Govt & Torygraph distorting again – this time disability claims
Last year, I caught the Telegraph red-handed in a politically-driven smear campaign on the NHS, as it slipped up and left instructions to its sub-editors not to remove a damaging […]
Last year, I caught the Telegraph red-handed in a politically-driven smear campaign on the NHS, as it slipped up and left instructions to its sub-editors not to remove a damaging […]
There’s so much negativity in the press, on TV and in government statements at the moment. Every imperfection of the NHS is magnified and held up for public ‘horror’ – […]
The BBC has, for months, joined in with the united – and completely misleading – media chorus about events at Stafford hospital. Every bulletin on the BBC News channel and […]
Jeremy Hunt’s announcement in Parliament last Tuesday on the changes he is planning in the wake of the Francis Report into events at Stafford Hospital was remarkable for two things: […]
As you’re likely to know if you’re visting this blog, I’ve written extensively on ‘Hospital Standardised Mortality Ratios‘, or HSMRs, and the many weaknesses and potential for inaccuracy of a […]
Most of the comments I’ve received on this blog about my articles on Hospital Standardised Mortality Ratios (HSMRs) has been very positive. Health workers, members of the public and the […]
It’s been an interesting day. First in a very good way – I attended a very interesting event ‘Journalists and the new health system’, met some very good people and […]
The OFT has announced its guidelines for approving NHS mergers. What these guidelines say, and how, speaks volumes about how the government really regards the NHS, Please take a look […]
In the most recent issue of Private Eye magaine, the Medicine Balls columnist shows a graph of figures concerning the use of the Z51.5 palliative care code for deaths at a number […]
Someone today told me that something I’d said on Twitter, in a discussion on HSMRs (hospital standardised mortality rates) and the furore surrounding Mid Staffs was insensitive and disgraceful. The […]