August 2026 blog
Dept of Health: Frightening strategies
GMC to rewrite Medical Act: allow "anyone " to be a Doctor: IEA thinking
GMC to award CCT Consultant title to "anyone" they choose
Dilute and weaken our NHS with dangerous unqualified non-Doctors, (Noctors), PAs, AAs and ACPs
Stop qualified GPs ready to work from being hired
Stopping training places for qualified Medical graduates-preventing Consultants of the future
Espousing a "single patient record"-too detailed, vast text, not secure, vast expense, unachieveable...
Awarding Palentir-an evil war surveillance firm-to handle NHS data
Employing PAs, AAs, ACPs in roles that require a real Doctor Swamping, diluting to a two tier NHS for the poorest
Patients should be able to easily check if they are indeed on the NHS waiting list-with a direct email to contact WL admin

Elderly patients without internet skills should be able to key in their patient number to speak direct to a receptionist...
Dept of Health are scything GPs lists with a scattergun blunderbuss approach
removing patients, not informing GPs
who only become aware when a patient attends, requiring treatment.
Practice receptionists and managers then have to spend time getting these patients reinstated.
Junior Doctors (Residents) dispute for FPR
Government pretend they have increased the pay restoration offer to JD, Residents.
The BMA has acted too swiftly in calling off this weeks strike before details are shown.
BMA should have kept strike on, so Doctors could calmly analyse the details, pros and cons (mainly cons)
Doctors still need £22 an hour, and a prudent surplus of training places, with already qualified GPs being employed by DH and practices.
This smacks of micrometer movement to run down the BMA mandate!
The DDRB can be instructed to award 0% next year!!!
A & E triage by ipad
A well-trained nurse receptionist is skilled at taking
details, nature of Emergency, deciding how urgently the patient needs to be
seen by a real Doctor.
When I took my unconscious sepsis wife by car, a Doctor came out and arranged
urgent admission.
A barcode stencilled on our heads would allow name, address, dob to be rapidly
noted-NOT by a terrified patient maybe non tech, disabled etc
A BAD IDEA WITH PURPOSE TO REFUSE DIVERT AND DENY TREATMENT.
ASK FOR A HUMAN SRECEPTIONIST/ TRIAGE NURSE!!!
Maternity failings
When I have my baby,
I would like
-plenty
of beds,
-admission
when I need it
-Plenty
of real Doctor obstetricians
-Plenty
of midwives
-all working with plenty of knowledge, wisdom, caring, in harmony, no understaffing, rivalry, reluctance to elevate,
towards a good outcome
Social care system
Thatcher said local authorities shoulsd pay for SC,
but did not have to provide SC.
Most sold off their valuable care homes
to developers at £1...
It is totally wrong that a patient is
forced to sell their home, bought of a lifetimes work, out of taxed income,
to pay £5000 a month...
Collect all taxes due: the tax gap (uncollected)
is £41 billion
add money in aid to terrorists £41billion
Di do's £37 billion test and no
TRace etc

August links: (right click, open in new window)
Unions demand Palentir be kicked out of NHS records
Single patient record: power grab by ministers
Single patient record reduces waits
Single patient record: severe risks & disadvantages, unachieveable
The Single Patient record needs more than a database
Single patient record security concerns
Put homes into Trusts:fines and trouble
Horrendous GMC changes, proposals, consultation
What went wrong in Nottigham Maternity
How politics shaped neighboiurhood hubs
Homes into Trusts: fines and hassle
2/3 of hospitals savage cutsL: Myerson
Longterm woirkforce plan:Flood NHS with PAs, ACPs
NHSE has overloaded GPs with targets
Only 31 in £12 ARRS spent on GPs
Brutal hospital cuts coming NHS Alliance
NHS chiefs frightened to share the facts
Doctors & BMA extremely concerned
GPS contract variation in PCNs
Single patient record privacy-by GPs
Single patient record: different systems-compulsory, practical???
European Powell: Palantir insanity
Not the NHS again podcasts
GP Contracts conflict with Neighbourhood hubsl
Not the NHS again: Health Bill, Patient lists
Care beds need increase URGENT!
New Health Secretary: Same bad offer
Government wants to pay and Ration Exam fees
ICE gets Palentirs Israeli software
Streeting legacy: Cleansing patients on GP lists
GPs list cleaning: worst in deprived areas
Aggressive cleaning of patients on GP lists
System Units so Understaffed: they cannot cope
Agressive list cleaning removes 350,000 patients