Senior Moment – Prostate cancer
Every year in the UK an estimated 45,000 men undergo surgery for an enlarged prostrate, at a massive cost to the NHS. Treatment involves administering a general anaesthetic followed by several days in ...
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A letter from Paul Broadhurst – Jeremy Hunt
On reading the recent article in the Mature Times, Jeremy Hunt stated ‘We need to do better on social care’. Fact – Jeremy Hunt and his department have neglected health care; does he think speak ...
A letter from Phil Jones – NHS Crisis
I am sorry your reader, R. Bilbrough of Suffolk feels “upset and angry” that the older generation is often mentioned as a “major factor why the NHS is in such a crisis”. In his “Diaries”, Christopher ...
Who pays for care fees?
This subject quite simply won’t go away. After all, it’s expensive and it’s a problem that is only going to get worse and worse as the population both grows and ages. So it was with alarm that I read ...