Jeremy Hunt, the sale of the NHS, Hospital and ward closures.
The Big Picture has featured five posts this week on the NHS including the sale of the blood transfusion service & cancer research. This post continues that theme looking first at Jeremy Hunt’s...
View ArticleOh what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive
Let me say right at the outset, so that my position is clear, I used to be a fan of Mr Richard Branson, I admired his entrepreneurial spirit, I admired the was he’s progressed from selling records out...
View ArticleMore shenanigans in the great NHS sell off.
My compatriot on the Big Picture has already written a post about Virgin Care this week and this one also features Virgin Care as I summarise some of the latest posts relating to the NHS. Dr Eoin...
View Article999, Which Emergency Service Do You Require? Ambulance?
Need an Ambulance? Need it now? Can’t get one? Maybe this will help explain why. I’ve heard of Bed Blocking in the NHS but until recently I had never heard of Ambulance Blocking. Well I have now...
View ArticleUpdating The Big Picture
Most of the blogs I read are Police-related. The main reason for that is because that’s my background. Earlier this year Steve and I decided that we’d give The Big Picture a try in an attempt to get...
View ArticleThis all sounds a bit too familiar to me
Many NHS hospitals in England are paying over the odds for supplies, a snapshot investigation suggests. The findings come despite long-standing concerns from MPs and the National Audit Office over...
View ArticleAmbulance Delays – A Slight Return
Back in October I brought you a blog on the delays experienced by Ambulance crews when they delivered their patient to hospital. I thought that time might be right to revisit that subject and see if...
View ArticleAmbulance Delays, the Police and the Chaos Theory
I wrote recently about Ambulance delays and how they are potentially affecting every one of us. The problem has now moved on, certainly not got much better, and most probably worse. Last Friday the...
View ArticleSocial Care or Smoke and Mirrors?
Much is being made of a proposed government cap on Social Costs. I hear the figure of £75,000 being banded about and that nice Jeremy Hunt is due to make a speech to Parliament on the subject later...
View ArticleThe NHS as we know it needs a prayer
REBLOGGED FROM http://www.opendemocracy.net Regulations passed last week will turn England’s National Health Service into a competitive market. They appear to contradict assurances from the Coalition...
View ArticleLet’s All Pull Together
I am indebted to @Cate_a_Moore of Twitter fame for raising this issue today. Thank you Cate. There have been several marches, demonstrations, petitions and arguements at various conferences over the...
View ArticleThe end of the NHS is almost upon us.
This Wednesday the House of Lords have an opportunity to reject s76 of the Health and Social Care Act which many commentators suggest could be the end of the NHS as we know it. There is nothing you...
View ArticleCynical? Me?
Now I’m a cynical, sceptical old soul, but there are things going on (some may say many) in the world of government that I don’t understand. Police Service – As much as possible seems to be in the...
View Article2015
“What’s so special about 2015?” you may ask. It’s just a number, just another year, a bit like 1984 maybe. 2015 is the proposed date for the next General Election, but 2015 is so much more than that....
View ArticleThe Crucifixion Cycle
And so it has started. In truth it probably started a year or two ago, but various distractions have kept our blinkers in place. The Crucifixion Cycle Stage 1 Slash Resources Government slashes the...
View ArticleSocial Investigations: NHS privatisation: Compilation of financial and vested...
Social Investigations: NHS privatisation: Compilation of financial and vested interests.. This list represents the dire state of our democracy. The financial and vested interests of our MPs and Lords...
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