Osborne calls cost of an ageing population "a burden"
Successive governments have betrayed Britain’s pensioners by spending less on social care for the elderly than almost any other country in Europe. Research which campaigners say ‘should shame us as a...
View ArticleTreatment for most of your diseases
take 7 dates in the morning It was very weird that western physicians who treat their patients by fasting advise them by taking the natural sugar in fruits and water when breaking the fast . And when...
View ArticleTell me, true or false?
Allah says (Ye who believe intoxicants and gambling, (dedication of) stones, and (divination by) arrows, are an abomination, of Satan's handiwork: eschew such (abomination), that ye may prosper. Â -...
View ArticleAssisted dying
Yesterday we had the High court rule that 'Locked -in-Syndrome sufferer,Tony Nicklinson's could not have anyone to help him died.....
View ArticleAnd the first shoe drops....Obamacare being abandoned by Obama
The long term care provision is being abandoned as fiscally impossible...a huge blow to Obamacare as it was touted as a means to offset the overall costs of the health care package from being a deficit...
View ArticlePaedophiles and politicians
If you are unfortunate enough to get in a discussion with a UKIP supporter, the odds are that if that person feels cornered on the arguments in favour of the EU and immigration, he or she will move the...
View ArticleNHS foundation trusts and patchwork privatisation
The NHS is something us Brits regard very highly – it’s a public service that we’re all proud of. Almost everybody in the UK is opposed to the abolishment of the National Health Service, and the vast...
View ArticleWhy are U.S. citizens ignoring the 6% gain on GDP, by not nationalizing...
Why are U.S. citizens ignoring the 6% gain on GDP, by not nationalizing health care? Statistics show that the average U.S. citizen pays considerably more for their, --- bankruptcy creating inhumane...
View ArticleThe assault on the poor and disabled
I reblogged this post in 'honour' of the Tory party conference and Ivan asked me to post it here, too. You can find the original post complete with links at:...
View ArticleShould GPs ban patients who complain?
It now seems that if you complain about your GP, instead of looking into the complaint they will simply boot you out of their surgery "perminantly" leaving you to find another surgery, of course the...
View ArticlePatient choice or not?
One of the main planks of the governments changes to the NHS is the oft repeated patient choice and their main strategy to achieve this is to put control of the NHS b budget in the hands of...
View ArticleAnd the first shoe drops....Obamacare being abandoned by Obama
The long term care provision is being abandoned as fiscally impossible...a huge blow to Obamacare as it was touted as a means to offset the overall costs of the health care package from being a deficit...
View ArticleDave plans to share your medical information.....
David Cameron has outlined plans to share NHS patient data with private companies as party of government efforts to boost the medical research industry. The prime minister said the move would not...
View ArticleShould the state pay the unpaid supply bills of hospitals?
In my country south africa there are many unpaid supply bills for hospitals. The way out of this I think is to make the state pay for them in the meantime, as it is for their citizens that they need...
View ArticleBreast implants - the NHS and private clinics
Regulatory authorities involved in the current implant scare include : 1. The British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons 2. British Association for Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons...
View ArticleShould sex education just consist of telling teenagers to abstain?
Bigots and reactionaries are like small children, in that when they ask a question over and over again, it's usually because they don't like the answer. "How do we stop teenage girls having sex?" is...
View ArticleVoluntary euthanasia
As I just came to the site a few days ago I have not managed to get round all of the topics here, and as such I hope that I am not resurrecting, ( excuse the pun ), a thread that has already been...
View ArticleMinimum price for alcohol - has the government got it right?
Today the government announced its proposals for tackling binge drinking with a minimum price for alcohol based upon 40p per unit of alcohol. As a licensee working in the pub trade for almost 20 years,...
View ArticlePersonal experience of NHS cutbacks
I am a type 2 diabetic, although I am not on medication, I manage to control it through diet and exercise. Diabetes is a problem where your blood sugar levels go way to high and this causes damage to...
View ArticleThe Tories will use even the Paralympics against the disabled
Hi all. I'm posting this here at Ivan's request, but the links to supporting articles won't copy over. If you want to see those, please visit the original article at...
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