Comments on: Dr Liz Gordon: A letter to old blighty

By: Greywarbler

Greywarbler — Thu, 23 Apr 2020 09:18:48 +0000

About the UK NHS. Your comment appears hopeful or ironic.
Your fatality rate, now at 13% and rising, is shockingly high. How is it so high (and some say a lot higher)?
Your National Health Service is supposed to be the model of public health for the world. But your fatality rate is now equal to Italy’s as the highest in the world. You are killing off health workers in huge numbers. How could the possibly happen?

I have recently found these three reports on the NHS fragility and inadequate care from cheese-paring resulting in hardship and worse health.
Feb 2020 https://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/life/one-ailment-gp-appointment-literally-killing-us/

July 2019 https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/jul/11/nhs-patients-struggle-to-see-gp-or-contact-surgery-by-phone

May 2018 https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/may/10/patients-same-gp-nhs\
I recently did a surgery in my south London general practice. There were 18 patients at 10-minute intervals, followed by paperwork, results, prescriptions and a home visit. Nothing unusual in that.
This is concerning the ability to see the same GP and be known and understood and obtain continuity of care.

By: Hemi

Hemi — Wed, 22 Apr 2020 02:11:25 +0000

"is it reasonable to say we've got to rethink this and save lives in the future at the expense of those lives now ' - Paul Henry i sometimes wander what effect the thousands of dead working professionals in new york will have on the economy .

By: Rodel

Rodel — Tue, 21 Apr 2020 23:49:09 +0000

Always enjoy Liz Gordon’s posts. But I wouldn’t put David Clark’s bike ride and family trip to a secluded beach (IMO minor transgressions in the early uncertain times of lock-down) in the same category as Boris’ Johnson’s aristocratic, born to rule Etonion nurtured, arrogant, apathetic and dangerous, (run out of adjectives) clowning behaviour.
Johnson makes coulrophobia acceptable. Clark is a bit of a self confessed idiot whereas Johnson is a 2020 covidiot

By: CLEANGREEN

CLEANGREEN — Tue, 21 Apr 2020 23:43:04 +0000

Fantastic letter Liz we fully agree with your sentiments. Well written.