Tag Archives: Optometrists

Interesting snippets on getting adequate medical care

Posted on October 29, 2025 by Elen Samuel

Last year I wrote a blog “Women’s bodies shamed in medicine”, (1) on how women are treated both as doctors and as patients, and how their position as doctors has improved out of all recognition in the last fifty years. There … Continue reading →

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Can the NHS survive?

Posted on January 3, 2024 by Elen Samuel

While going about my normal life, fitting in appointments for dentists and  eye tests amongst shopping and hair appointments, I sometimes think about the changes in provision for these first two since I retired from clinical practice  over ten years … Continue reading →

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