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NHS Meltdown: Dentistry in Disarray

The NHS continues to implode. Now dentists are leaving the service, perhaps leading to a collapse of socialized dentistry. From the story:Contract changes that have seen more than 1,000 dentists leave the health service threaten to bring about the end of NHS dentistry, MPs will be warned next week. . . . . Continue Reading »

NHS Meltdown Disgrace—Again!

Every day it gets worse. Now, stroke victims are not being treated properly. From the story:Thousands of stroke victims die every year because they are not given life-saving drugs swiftly enough. Almost a third of stroke patients die within one month, a figure that could be cut if clot-fighting . . . . Continue Reading »

NHS Meltdown: A Baby Dies

This is worse than awful: A 54 day old baby was sexually abused and beaten to death by her father. Yet during her brief life 30 different health care workers cared for her, and somehow didn’t notice a thing. Plus, her mother is schizophrenic, which should have triggered a referral to social . . . . Continue Reading »

NHS Meltdown: A Continuing Tragedy

I cannot believe the disaster that is befalling the health care system in the UK. Now, it turns out that patients are leaving hospitals malnourished! From the story:Some 140,000 people are discharged from hospital while underweight every year, and most are never diagnosed or treated, nutritionists . . . . Continue Reading »

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