Labour – Dr Rod’s Odd Blog (almondemotion)

Winter cannibalism, a theory of economics, healthcare, and D:Ream

Healthcare staff working in the late 90’s and early 00’s will be familiar with the airplane analogy. Sometimes a double-decker bus was used. This supposedly equated either (depending on who was talking and their level of cynicism) to the numbers of patients harmed or killed in US and UK hospitals every day. The UK planesContinue reading “Winter cannibalism, a theory of economics, healthcare, and D:Ream”

Squeeze the capsule and empty the contents on to their sugar puffs. The 21st century balm.

If you open the capsule and sprinkle, everything will be ok.

Football, tory intransigence & virtual reality head-sets

Poor me another drink,

Soothe me

Comfort me,

Don’t face me with facts.

Revelation #1 & the day I was kicked-out of Waitrose

If my mind is stolen,

and I acquire a Union Jack tattoo, you will know the experiment was a failure.

Why I have been depressed for the past nine years (and how to save the NHS)

..when you see society deteriorating, when there is so much potential for improvement, that is surely depressing; when you see vibrant doctors and nurses forced into early retirement because the work has become too much, that is bad; when you know that people have and will die because of cuts, what could be worse?

Doctor, doctor, can’t you see?

All of these add richness to relationship and whilst not essential for me prescribing penicillin are essential to my humanity.

Jeremy

I have been battling with my brother for the past six months or so on the Corbyn situation. Essentially, he sees him as an outspoken critic of Israel, Anti-Semitic and representing all that is bad in relation to the left-wing of British politics. I always quite liked him (JC) – in his stance against ApartheidContinue reading “Jeremy”