The past week spent as an in-patient in the Charing Cross Hospital in West London served mainly to reinforce my respect and admiration for the staff there. Once again (this was revision surgery for a whole hip replacement done last year) there was not the slightest sign of any of the unpleasantness one reads of […]
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Richard Smith: Five things about the NHS that are not sustainable
“There are five things about the NHS that are not sustainable,” said Phil Morley, chief executive of Hull and East Yorkshire Trust, in the middle of a conference last week on sustainability and health. He spoke like Cicero, only with more humour and a strong Northern accent. The conference was about environmental sustainability, but Morley […]
Chris Turner on life at Stafford Hospital after the media storm
So it’s the end of week two since the Healthcare Commission report into Stafford Hospital became public knowledge, and the toll is showing. It shows on the faces of staff who feel battered, it shows on the faces of managers who look beleaguered, and most importantly it shows on the faces of our patients who […]
Mark Clarfield on Israeli Arab patients in time of war
Someone less than familiar with Israel might wonder how during this crisis we handle Israeli Arab patients who walk around the hospital in a bright red kaffieh and use the helicopter pad as a place to pray. After all, we are in the midst of a war just a few miles from the hospital involving […]