by The Editor | May 4, 2017 | Featured, Health & Education
For over fifty years now the UK has been losing a war that should have never been declared in the first place. A war in which countless lives have been turned upside down and thousands of people across the world have had to suffer. A war that not only could never be...
by The Editor | May 3, 2017 | Health & Education
That was the purpose and the message at last night’s meeting in Newcastle. No faffing about. No dilly dallying. No objections. Various NHS campaigners from around the North East behaving as activists and organising a Health bloc at the NUT Education rally on Saturday...
by The Editor | May 2, 2017 | Health & Education
Since last August I’ve sent Jeremy Hunt 57 tweets over 57 days, a few emails and one blog (Trust me Mr Hunt, I’m a junior doctor’s mam) and no response from him. Granted his department has emailed me back, but that doesn’t count. One email even said: “This may not be...
by The Editor | Apr 30, 2017 | Health & Education
My abiding memory from the #OurNHSdemo in London last Saturday 4 March? Marching through Trafalgar Square. Traffic at standstill; police marking the way; chants of Whose NHS? Our NHS; tourists snapping in awe. A black helicopter whirring high above us. It felt...
by The Editor | Apr 15, 2017 | Health & Education
It is fantastic news that cervical and ovarian cancers are no longer classified as “silent killers” due to the predictions that come from regular cervical screening tests – alerting women before major symptoms occur. This means all women should be able to detect any...