Russell and Carol - hayle and hearty

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People in this country are disillusioned by a two-party system that thrives on despair. Politicians may regret spending their lives convincing their constituents that nothing will change. Instead, they should inspire some hope that a more equal world is possible.
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—Jeremy Corbyn January 2025

Privatisation does not save money for the NHS. It diverts money away from the NHS. This is the very same NHS that will end up delivering the expanded care. It is NHS staff – and NHS resources – that will provide the private sector’s “spare capacity”. This is what Dr. Tony O’Sullivan, co-chair of Keep Our NHS Public means when he says that “feeding the parasite undermines the health of the NHS host”.

Privatisation rests on an illusion that their services are provided out of thin air, hiding the human and economic cost required to satisfy the private sector’s endless greed.

great letter in The Times. Whose hours would you prefer? @thetimes @TheBMA pic.twitter.com/fGScUnczkD

— Matthew Cooke (@EDdocUK) October 1, 2015

Via Twitter:

See gruesome and marvelous animated GIFs from GE's new body scanner http://www.theverge.com/2015/1/11/7527809/ge-ct-scanner

See gruesome and marvelous animated GIFs from GE's new body scanner http://t.co/p7Vvaq5Ayv pic.twitter.com/eaw3wPwVxs

— The Verge (@verge) January 11, 2015

Via Twitter:

GP visit £31, A&E £114, ambulance £235. Save the #NHS by investing in #primarycare #putpatientsfirst #yourgpcares

GP visit £31, A&E £114, ambulance £235. Save the #NHS by investing in #primarycare #putpatientsfirst #yourgpcares pic.twitter.com/QcmXtwd6c1

— Thomas Round (@drtomround) January 2, 2015

So the Judiciary have noticed that the current government doesn't follow the law and doesn't keep its promises

I had thought Blair's Iraq posturings were the worst affront to democracy but the current Coalition is beating him hands down.

Both parties commissioned and agreed to the Coalition document to bind this parliament.

One of the things it says is 'No Top Down reorganisations of the NHS'

From Sir David Nicholson's testimony to the Health and Social Care Committee today -

I was struck by some of the numbers in the recent Guardian article on plans to lift radioactive contamination controls on UK sheep farms

I've long been interested in the connections between BSE and nutrient deficiencies/excess so I was interested to see the following article in today's Western Morning News

Two more interesting letters today from:

As a side report in today's report about the tangible effects of loneliness on heaalth:

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