Bloody immigrants eh? Coming over here, driving down wages, destroying terms and conditions of employment. Over the last few days British politicians have debated Brexit in the House of Commons, while their parties respective spin Doctors have filled the airwaves and provided content to partisan websites with endless drivel. The arguments about Brexit are tangled … Read more
For the first time in weeks I have no work this weekend, so I wanted to catch up with a couple of topics that I had written about previously, and which were finding their way back into the news. For those who follow such things my old pal the Jim Reaper has left Whitehall and … Read more
I found needles and ampules in my neighbourhood this week. I live very near a big hospital, which means that it was more likely to be medical rather than heroin, but I rang the Police nonetheless, being a concerned citizen. For those who don’t know Durham runs the most liberal drugs regime in … Read more
Apologies for the lack of blogging. I am on duty running the shop this weekend. If you would like to pop in and debate any of the issues in the blog, or buy Gin it would be great to see you. Especially if you want to buy Gin
Very very quietly a long era in NHS history might just be ending. I started writing a short history of NHS Management. My original jumping off point was this article from Warwick University Business School Warwick University offer a specialist healthcare management MBA which absolutely isn’t a conflict of interest with this research … Read more
The NHS is underfunded. This is such a widespread belief, that I don’t know anyone who would challenge that statement. Instinctively I believe it too, if only because over the last few years the Government has fibbed outrageously about how much it is putting into the NHS which they wouldn’t need to do if funding … Read more
Apologies that this blog is a week later than I intended. This is a bit ironic, as this blog is about waiting lists, specifically housing waiting lists, and the delay in publishing the blog is because of how long I had to wait to find out how long people have to wait for Social … Read more
I visited Cardiff earlier this year to see the Dr Who exhibition before it closed. On the Sunday morning we walked around the City to see some of the filming locations. It was like a horror movie. We came across people collapsed in the streets, comatose, or overdosed. Those who were moving were staggering … Read more
We are all living longer. Life expectancy is increasing year on year. This has become such a ubiquitous news story over the last few years that no-one ever seems to question the concept of an ever ageing population. While I am not disputing that there has been an increase in life expectancy I am sceptical … Read more
The APC driver who collects our parcels is a mad keen Brexiter. He still has his Vote Leave badge on his tabard, and believes profoundly that Brexit will reduce immigration, which in turn will increase his wages. He calls me a Remoaner. I explained to him that I don’t mind being called a … Read more