There's been lots of media coverage in the UK about Margaret Haywood, a nurse who was struck off the register after taking a hidden camera into the workplace to highlight alleged neglect of elderly patients. The footage she took was then used in a BBC Panorama programme. Ms Haywood argued that her film was in the public ... Read More »

The Brisbane to Gladstone Yacht Race is an Australian classic every Easter since 1949. However the appeal of racing is contrasted with a more leisurely sailing for the sheer enjoyment. Old age is also contrasted with the impatience of youth.  ... Read More »

I have been texted twice in the past 2 weeks by my own GP surgery.  My surgery "wants my help." Do I smoke? Please text back -"Never, stopped and when and if a smoker, how many a day?" Last week another text arrived please help again and text your height and weight.  A GP myself. I'm well aware what they ... Read More »

Over 2000 doctors in the US have paid a company to help them prevent their patients rating them online. The company, Medical Justice, provides doctors with a waiver agreement that patients are told they must sign before being seen or treated by the doctor. The company monitors websites like RateMDs and Angies List, which ... Read More »

Jade Goody has achieved the amazing feat of knocking the recession off the front page while the nation debates the rights and wrongs of her living out her final months in the public gaze.
 
The aspect that bothered me most was her claim that she is seeking maximum exposure to provide for her young sons' ... Read More »

 
The Department of Health has stated that teams providing 24 hour care, highly specialist teams and some remote and rural units would be allowed the exemption of a 48 hour working week. The opt out will last for a further three years before being reviewed.
I am confused. Surely every doctor in every ... Read More »

Some snowfall and London comes to a standstill. 1: 5  Londoners didn't go to work today and most of the schools closed- what would Canada make of this! I woke up with a jolt when I heard the buses weren't running-when that was my only way to work. Since coming off my bike in icy conditions 2 years ago -my ... Read More »

I strongly feel that the BBC's decision on not airing the DEC's appeal for humanitarian aid to the suffering people in Gaza on the pretence of so-called impartiality is totally baseless and appauling. I think they have given in to the lobby culture which they claim that they wanted to avoid in the first place. Its really ... Read More »

 
While the US rejoices in their new president, our very own Health secretary Alan Johnson is unveiling a new NHS constitution today. http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2009/jan/21/nhs-constitution-rights-treatment
 
It will set out the rights and responsibilities of patients, NHS staff ... Read More »

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