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Women’s bodies shamed in medicine.
It is said that historically women have had a raw deal in Western systems of medicine. Women’s bodies have been routinely sexualized or their characteristics ignored or shamed. In a recent book1 a leading cancer doctor in the US, Dr … Continue reading
Posted in Health Delivery, Health Policy, Medicine, sexual relationships, Women's Health
Tagged discrimination, health service, misogyny, pseudo-angina, UK
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Can the NHS survive?
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
Posted in Health Delivery, Health Management, Health Policy, Private health care
Tagged dental, dentist, dentistry, Dentists, Ear infections, health, health service, healthcare, NHS, Optometrists, Privatization, UK
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Looking Back on Covid-19
As I write this, some scientists are urging us to start to wear masks again, because there is a new variant and cases of covid are rising. Covid hasn’t gone away and we know that things may take a turn … Continue reading
Posted in Coronavirus, Health Delivery, Health Policy, healthy food, Medicine, pandemic, science
Tagged Covid-19, health service, UK
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Politics, Health and Devolution.
I don’t usually discussed politics at all in my blog, unless absolutely essential to make a point. However, politics is now intruding on almost every aspect of our lives, all over the world. In the UK, Brexit is affecting the … Continue reading
Posted in Health Delivery, Health Policy, Medicine, Private health care, science
Tagged Brexit, Northern Ireland, Privatisation, Scotland, UK, Wales
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Why do parts of the media really enjoy criticizing the NHS in Wales?
It is generally considered that the NHS in Wales performs much worse than the English NHS. The Daily Mail is always saying so and many other commentators too. So when Theresa May recently asked – “If the Labour Party have … Continue reading
Posted in Health Delivery, Health Policy, Medicine, old age, Sir David Attenborough
Tagged end=of-life drugs, health, health service, UK
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The Elephant in the Flood
As we all look at our TV screens at the devastation caused by the recent flooding of the Somerset levels, the Thames and the Severn, our thoughts turn to climate change. Storms, unstable weather, floods were all predicted years ago … Continue reading
GP Fat Cats?
I was recently gossiping with an ex-colleague of mine, who works as a NHS manager. We were talking about colleagues we both knew (in management) who were well known to take their jobs very lightly – they used to take … Continue reading
Elen Samuel, doctor and writer 