tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post3827683301233169168..comments2023-11-03T11:32:01.540+00:00Comments on Thought Experiments : The Blog: Beware the Killer DocsBryan Appleyardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08276787058430388582noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-34258101814011346902008-10-20T18:14:00.000+00:002008-10-20T18:14:00.000+00:00As a humble cog in the NHS i'd like to defend it b...As a humble cog in the NHS i'd like to defend it by adding that Occupational Therapists often have great figures and Speech Therapists tend to be historians. i suggest you drop this NHS pessimism and realise hospitals are not here to do anything about illness but are rather grotesque Gormenghast-like labryinths where the Occupational Therapists are almost all sexy dames in green trousers, Speech Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-6478193913139491882008-10-20T14:25:00.000+00:002008-10-20T14:25:00.000+00:00I find the phrase 'no can stopee' curiously consol...I find the phrase 'no can stopee' curiously consoling.Bryan Appleyardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08276787058430388582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-39849507703122125852008-10-20T14:22:00.000+00:002008-10-20T14:22:00.000+00:00Our local practice sends us, unsolicited, a "fact"...Our local practice sends us, unsolicited, a "fact" sheet giving us, based upon our medical records, the odds for or against reaching old age, telling them that we are not interested and would they kindly stick their statistics up their backsides has no effect, the system is rolling, no can stopee.<BR/>The NHS is the worlds premier organization for the production of life threatening, hospital maltyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02936465848907794425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-45828443894895668932008-10-20T14:18:00.000+00:002008-10-20T14:18:00.000+00:00So do NHS waiting lists actually increase the nati...So do NHS waiting lists actually increase the nation's life expectancy?<BR/><BR/>(PS - Mark. Hmmm, maybe. But you should never ever ever Google your symptoms. That way madness lies.)Brithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00390560583798960760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-65428207284907390642008-10-20T14:04:00.000+00:002008-10-20T14:04:00.000+00:00Lol, hospitals exist to kill you. Yes, I'd guess m...Lol, hospitals exist to kill you. Yes, I'd guess most of us know of a relative or two who was killed off by a bungling doctor. And in an age when we are increasingly treated as passive "clients" or victims, it is that much harder to summon up the courage to challenge medical advice or find another doctor if you think your present one is just a salesman for Big Pharma.<BR/><BR/>However, one would Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06074816573442173758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-86972084510566171112008-10-20T14:03:00.000+00:002008-10-20T14:03:00.000+00:00It would be interesting to know whether repeatedly...It would be interesting to know whether repeatedly making and then cancelling appointments for check-ups and tests has a placebo effect on this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com