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Posted by pottytime over 2 years ago
Last active over 2 years ago
28 responses
After the very nice FCL review of the Old Operating Theatre museum in Borough, I thought mention of other interesting small museums would be worthwhile. For example, there’s a fascinating exhibition at the Wellcome Medical Museum near Baker Street. I can’t be arsed looking it up at the moment, but itR...
Posted over 2 years ago 2 responses
Whilst “free at the point of use” is a fundamental value of the NHS one West London hospital is bucking up its ideas about treating foreign patients who are not entitled to free healthcare on the NHS by employing a “stablize and discharge” policy. Read More
Asked by Londonist over 2 years ago for 5 kudos
Best answer by CasperCCC
Last active about 1 year ago
9 responses
In the local paper yesterday, it was reported that Haringey gets about 15 people a week in hospital due to drink related illness or injury. If that’s replicated all over the capital then surely some of us, and people we know, must surely have had an embarrassing or debilitating drink related trip to A&E...
Posted over 2 years ago 1 response
As a patient admitted to hospital, the last thing you want to hear is the rat-a-tat-tat of the pest controllers at the door. According to the Conservative Party, 70% of health trusts were visited by the insect-busters at least 50 times over a twenty six month period. Read More
Posted about 1 year ago 1 response
The death of a man at University College London Hospital, where he was taking part in a cancer drug trial, has been blamed on a computer error. The 27-year old, who suffered from “very widespread” testicular cancer, was given double the correct dosage of chemotherapy over a period of months after a mistake in the set-up of the trial. Another man similarly treated has survived. Read More
