Leaked reports have revealed a government drive to wipe out smoking altogether in England by 2030. Tory ministers are poised to reveal the bombshell target in a Green Paper outlining new incentives to kick the habit, with tobacco giants facing a levy to pay for the public health costs of helping people to stop orContinue reading “Smoking To Be Wiped Out In England”
Category Archives: NHS
One In Three GPs Admit They Miss Symptoms
More than one in three GPs acknowledge they’ve neglected to properly diagnose patients because short appointment times have meant symptoms have been missed. Misdiagnoses meant sick patients are forced to return for repeat appointments and further medical treatment as 10-minute consultation windows didn’t give enough time for doctors to assess them correctly, and a monstrousContinue reading “One In Three GPs Admit They Miss Symptoms”
Boris Johnson: I campaigned To Leave The EU
Boris Johnson said it’s about taking back control, and that it doesn’t just apply to Westminster retrieving independence from the EU. It simply means that our cities, counties and towns can become more self-governing. It means people taking more accountability for their own neighbourhoods, and that London and Manchester have expanded partly because they’ve hadContinue reading “Boris Johnson: I campaigned To Leave The EU”
Labour MP leaves son at Number 10
Labour MP Jess Phillips left her son on the steps of 10 Downing Street because his school was set to close early on Fridays thanks to Tory cuts. Danny, 10, goes to King’s Heath primary in Birmingham which is now having to shut early because of tight budgets, and campaigners announced that more than 250Continue reading “Labour MP leaves son at Number 10”
Man With Brain Tumour
A man left reeling following a brain tumour diagnosis says he was forced to fill out forms for six hours as he applied for Universal Credit because Neil MacVicar had to leave his bar manager job in London and move back into his parents home in Inverness as he battled cancer. The 26-year-old said heContinue reading “Man With Brain Tumour”
NHS Hospital Charges £18k For Hip Op
NHS hospital chiefs have sparked fury by charging for operations that were free, and now Warrington and Halton Hospitals Trust will offer you a new hip for £18,143 amongst a list of 71 other expensive private treatments, and this is a total disgrace because desperate patients are being left in agony because they can’t affordContinue reading “NHS Hospital Charges £18k For Hip Op”
Alarming Precedent Being Set
The NHS was created on the belief that it was free for everyone, regardless of means or circumstances, but this is no longer the case because patients at a trust in the north-west of England have been informed they will have to go private if they want treatments that were once customary on the NHS.Continue reading “Alarming Precedent Being Set”
Boris Johnson Finally Surfaces
Submarine Boris Johnson is finally surfacing to launch his Tory leadership campaign, and the blonde-haired Brexiteer Buffon is currently the frontrunner for 10 Downing Street. Yes, that’s the same MP who jeopardised incarcerated mum Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe in Iran, called black people “piccaninnies”, rugby tackled a 10-year-old boy on a business trip, accused the President ofContinue reading “Boris Johnson Finally Surfaces”
Here’s What You’ll Be Charged
During his hotly-protested state visit to the United Kingdom, US President Donald Trump let slide his intentions for the NHS. He revealed that the privatisation of Britain’s publicly funded health service would be “on the table” during post-Brexit trade talks. Both Conservative and Brexit Party officials have shown their backing for a privatised NHS. Meanwhile,Continue reading “Here’s What You’ll Be Charged”
Donald Trump U-TURNS
Donald Trump has delivered a screeching U-turn on his assertions that the NHS would be ‘on the table’ in a Brexit trade deal, but the US President rowed back on his remarks, made at a live international press conference after they led to public outrage. The contradiction is expected to boost worries about which versionContinue reading “Donald Trump U-TURNS”
THE MONTHLY MOSQUITO 