The announcement of an unprecedented expansion in healthcare services provided by high street pharmacies conveys the kind of fresh, revolutionary thinking the NHS needs to ensure its long-term survival. For the first time, local chemists will be permitted to write prescriptions for seven common conditions, including earache, sore throats and urinary tract infections, without referenceContinue reading “Save Our Pharmacies To Help Save The NHS”
Tag Archives: A&E
Family Furious After 89-Year-Old Left Outside For Over Eight Hours In Ambulance Queue
An old man who required critical medical care after falling on his head was given a 21-hour wait time for an ambulance and then forced to queue in the ambulance for eight hours outside the hospital. The family of Roy Clare, 89, from Southend-on-Sea, called 999 on Tuesday when he fell out of his wheelchairContinue reading “Family Furious After 89-Year-Old Left Outside For Over Eight Hours In Ambulance Queue”
GPs Still Refuse To See Patients Face-To-Face. What Could Possibly Justify This?
Helen Leaford, 62, from Basingstoke was falling over and suffering dizzy spells, but her GP advised her to use ear drops and get used to being off balance, but instead, she borrowed money from friends and went to see a private doctor. The £300 doctor said she needed an urgent MRI scan to diagnose theContinue reading “GPs Still Refuse To See Patients Face-To-Face. What Could Possibly Justify This?”
Patients Went To A&E 4.7 Million Times Because They Couldn’t Get Advice Or Treatment From Their GP
An official study indicates that up to 4.7 million visits to hospital accident and emergency units in the past year may have been due to people being unable to see their GP. Research by health watchdog the Care Quality Commission (CQC) discovered nearly one in five A&E patients studied had resorted to emergency departments becauseContinue reading “Patients Went To A&E 4.7 Million Times Because They Couldn’t Get Advice Or Treatment From Their GP”
Ambulance Service Apologises To Family Of Great Grandfather
West Midlands Ambulance Service has apologised to the family of a 91-year-old great grandfather who died after waiting 10 hours for paramedics to arrive when he broke his hip following a fall. Don Mansell, from Shrewsbury, lost his balance and fell onto the concrete floor in the kitchen of his home on November 28. AContinue reading “Ambulance Service Apologises To Family Of Great Grandfather”
Doctor Dismisses Killing COVID Patients To Free Up Beds
A doctor in Italy has been arrested after allegations he killed two coronavirus patients to free up beds at the height of the pandemic. Carlo Mosca, 47, has been accused of giving Natale Bassi, 61, and Angela Paletti, 80, fatal doses of anaesthetics at Montichiari Hospital near Brescia. The incident supposedly took place in MarchContinue reading “Doctor Dismisses Killing COVID Patients To Free Up Beds”
FANGS FOR NOTHING
The creepy crawly plunged its fangs into Paula Smith, 52, making her leg to triple the size and she believes it was retaliation for destroying its web. Hairdresser Paula Smith had to go to A&E after the bite because she had blisters the size of 10 pence coins on her calf. She had been walkingContinue reading “FANGS FOR NOTHING”
Who will mend the NHS?
I was completely disgusted as I sat in A&E a few weeks ago. This was the second time I’d had to go, the first time was for mauve marks that had come up on the side of my feet and, dreadful burning pain. I actually did not have to wait long before I wasContinue reading “Who will mend the NHS?”
THE MONTHLY MOSQUITO 