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This is the secret diary of the NHS Exposed Editor. Having edited the controversial yet popular website www.nhs-exposed.com for six years, her adventures are set out in a blog. NHS Exposed was voted in the 50 best website category by the Times Newspapers.
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Andy Burnham\'s Brainwave
A Scan of The Burnham Brain Rumour has it that Andy Burnham, Health Minister of this unfortunate land, has had an idea. At first glance that seemed so unlikely that I assumed he must have had help, or at least special training. But then I read a litt...
BMJ BANS BMA MEMBER.
Fiona Godlee. Gagging Free Speech. Since the reign of Fiona Godlee, editor of the BMJ, we have had numerous complaints regarding the BMJ's stalinist control of Rapid Responses. For those who are not aware of Rapid Responses, it is essentially a forum...
Alexander Macara. Setting the Record Straight?!
Early this morning, I spotted Alexander Macara's name on a missive written to Senator Kerry. Kerry apparently wishes to dispel the myths about the state of the NHS. Apparently some senior doctors in the UK need to defend the NHS and embroil themselve...
Patients Association In Abacus Scandal
Richard Branson funds Kieran Mullan's AbacusPreviously on NHS Behind the Headlines, the blunder committed by the Patients Association was exposed. Channel 4 then weighed in to give the "1 million patients are neglected" a thumbs down. I spotted Sir A...
Channel 4 Factchecker gives Patient Association Statistics a Thumbs Down
Of course, its funnyHelena Kennedy QC, Sir Alexander Macara, Claire Raynerand a set of dubious claims.Previously on NHS Behind the Headlines, I dissected the misleading statistics touted to the media by the Patients Association. Such misleading behav...
Patients Association in Freemason Shocker. The Tale of The Statistical Laughing Stock :)
The Patient Association's Freemason Trustee"I do not think there is any doubt that they have been misled by receiving part of the truth and not the whole truth. It is sometimes more damaging to have part of the truth because you do not realise what y...
Patients Association. 16 Patients Extrapolated to 1 Million.
Golden Shoes but No Statistics Lecture Notes It is nice to see that the media are extrapolating 16 patients as described by the Patients Association as the gold standard test for extrapolation into a million neglected patients. Lets try Claire Rayner...
The Patient's Association's Misleading Statistics. Repeat Hospital Admissions But You Only Die Once :)
The Patient Association's Guide to Statistics Previously on NHS Behind the Headlines, we featured the Patients Association. They were also featured following their conceited attitude to Robbie Powell's case [ which by the way is evidence based]. Ther...
Lord Sleaze's Prostate. St Mary's Whips Mandy's Underpants Off
Pink News exclaimed that the most powerful gay man in UK history was having his prostate done. Indeed, lots of newspapers started to dedicate their columns to Mandy's prostate.Do we really have to have all the intricate details of how Peter's nether ...
NHS Sick Leave.
Earlier this week, Britain's news media was consumed by a frenzy of so-called patriotic support for the "much loved" (I kid you not) National Health Service, following American criticism of our shambolic healthcare system. With typically brash arroga...
The Darzian Way
Nu LabourOur series on the life and times of Lord Ara Darzi and Nu Labour continues today. I often compare the government of today to the Mafia. Actually, the Mafia were better looking so you had something positive for women kind. Nu Labour though ...
Darzi Exposed by Dr Ray
Dr X RayDr Ray did some wonderful work regarding the early onset Darzian policies. We have republished his masterpiece here. This is the now defunct website by Dr Ray. It is presented here for the benefit of our US counterparts. No one actually likes...
Ara Darzi, Embellishing the Truth
Don't lie to our allies Lord Darzi. Lord Darzi is no stranger to embellishing the truth. Ara, who recently resigned from his government post has been penning a missive to the Washington Post. He calls himself "Britain's ambassador for health and life...
The Lovely Susan Rees.
In memory of a lovely lady called Susan. In August 2008, I lost my Mum to Lung Cancer . She brought to light the uncompassionate and negligent system that we have to rely on for our own health and well being. I think it takes an Outsider like the US ...
Do Not Shoot The Messenger
So, Daniel Hannan finds himself in hot water, for daring to have his own thoughts and opinions. How dare he! I bet the Downing Street phone lines were on fire. The problem with freedom of speech is we sometimes have to hear opinions we may not like. ...
#WELOVETHENHS . Patient Care before Patriotism
El Gordo - Tell the US how may elderly patients have died needlessly? As the internet phenomena carries on, #Welovethenhs is setting all kinds of records on Twitter. If each patient neglected by the NHS could have that kind of response, the NHS woul...
Obama's Health Pitch. Playing Baseball with the NHS
Grown up Ball Games NowChange is always difficult for most people. The Americans are not coping well with it. The good thing about the Americans is that they fight for what they believe in.We in the United Kingdom sit around and expect others to figh...
The Accountability of Foundation Trusts
Foundation Trusts are a law onto themselves. This is what the Department of Health tells us about them "NHS foundation trusts (often referred to as foundation hospitals) are at the cutting edge of the Government's commitment to the decentralisation ...
Putting Patients Last: How the NHS keeps the ten commandments of business failure
Summary "In recent years, NHS reform in England has focused on stimulating competition between providers and increasing choice for patients. Many NHS organisations are now as much businesses as they are public bodies; if they fail to design services ...
PLANET NHS
It seems that the Hubble telescope has discovered a new planet which has been named NHS Management, due to the fact that it is unapproachable and is in a spatial rift that removes it from the normal space-time continuum. The Jodrell Bank radio te...
Mortality and Complaints
Alan Johnson has finally got off his backside and listened Death rates for every hospital in England were published yesterday by the Government for the first time to tighten standards of NHS care. The information will be available on the NHS Choic...
Women Driving the NHS
Parking and Working in the NHS - Not Much DifferenceDr Crippen has finally got himself out of his blogging crypt to tell us that women doctors are due to take over the NHS. I have to say that I don't like the majority of women medics. They tend to be...
NO BED FOR DYING BURNS VICTIM
Now Extinct In 2004, the BBC news story exclaimed that the lack of beds was killing patients. Professor David Bennett stated "There is a feeling that the number of intensive care and high dependency beds has not increased enough to keep up with...
SUFFER THE SLINGS AND ARROWS…………
While the MPs live the high life and spend on moats, horse manure, duck houses, light bulbs and other “necessities”, the other side of life is portrayed by the Telegraph This is the side of life that most of us are lucky enough not to see:- [ ...
DARZI’S FOLLIES PART TROIS
NHS Management Consultants. The Pseudo-intellectual Bimbo “Lord” Darzi, the biggest knob in the NHS was recently in Pennsylvania and spoke with Wharton management professor Michael Useem about the British National Health Service and how it plan...
Body In The Bog, NHS Care Down Pan
Dead PanWe know that standards of care in the NHS are often shit, but seldom has this been more clearly demonstrated than in the case of a 22-year-old man who apparently suffocated himself in an NHS lavvy – and then remained undiscovered for 3 days...
Tsar of Kleenex. Someone to "Catch It, Kill It, Bin It".
A View From the DOH Trough Snouting Out "Swine Flu". The pointy heads at the Depot of Halfwitted ideas has finally lost their pointy minds; the latest “wonderful” idea is the appointment of Ian Dalton as National Director for NHS Flu Resilienc...
TAKE CARE NOW - TAKES LIFE
GMC International Liasion Team - Ineffective Take Care Now (Take Care Now is one of the UK's leading independent healthcare providers. TCN currently provides health services to over 2.1 million people living, or resident, in the UK. We work in par...
The Lady With The Beautiful Smile
I know the woman above by her picture. She the lady with the beautiful smile. The point about the lady above is that you know from her eyes and her smile that she always lived life to the full.She has experienced the wonders of blue skies and fields...
Ann Reeves, daughter of Ms Devine, "If somebody is going to die, it is not up to the doctor to decide when that will be"
Gosport Hospital Continues. "Speaking outside the court in a press conference, the families of some of the patients called for a new police probe as well as a public inquiry.Ann Reeves, daughter of Ms Devine, said in a statement: "The elderly and the...
