Category Archives: NHS

Health Tourism

I have put in a poorly worded Freedom of Information request to the Department of Health to find out what statistics are available. What do you think? Continue reading

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Liberalism and Legalisation

Dominic Grieve spoke of the “mythological state of absolute security.” Perhaps we need to speak of a mythological state of absolute health too, and admit that the consequence of decriminalisation will be an uptick in cannabis use. Continue reading

Posted in Diary, Law and Order, NHS, Politics | 5 Comments

Blocking Facebook

Just because Facebook conversations occur in semi-public, its not clear to me why this sort of personal communication is considered time-wasting, while simple vanilla e-mailing is still acceptable. Continue reading

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Keeping an Eye on Things

A picture of the inside of my eye. Continue reading

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Goodbye Doctor

We have an army of millions of people around the world, who have worked in the UK at some point in our lives. They are a million secret agents, sleeper cells in their own communities, who will stand up and defend our interests and our reputation when required. This latest decision by the Home Office is the first step in the disbanding of that multicultural regiment, and it will hurt us in the long run. Continue reading

Posted in Multiculturalism, NHS | 11 Comments

Terrorists and the NHS

I’m sure elsewhere in Blogistan the wags are enjoying the news that all the recent terror arrestees worked for the NHS. No doubt someone will suggest that working under Patricia Hewitt was enough to drive anyone to extremism; no doubt … Continue reading

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Remedy Scotland

One thing I have witnessed “first hand” is the anxiety – nay, terror – induced by the shocking MTAS system for appointing junior doctors. Various aspects of the mis-management continue to be discussed in the blogs and in newspapers, including … Continue reading

Posted in Elsewhere, Internet Philosophy, NHS, Scotland | 5 Comments

Maladministrating Medical Careers

Since Monday, when the Medical Training Application Service (MTAS) announced which doctors would be shortlisted for an interview in their new system, a tsunami of discontent has been rumbling on the horizon. It has taken until Friday for the full … Continue reading

Posted in Internet Philosophy, NHS | 14 Comments

Cost-cutting at NHS Lothian

NHS ‘moles’ are like the Malawian Orphan of the blogging world. Continue reading

Posted in Edinburgh, NHS | 3 Comments