Blog posts tagged "NHS"

September 22, 2011 11:41 am 26 Comments

Inveterate cyclist Jon Snow experiences life at the sharp end of the NHS after taking a tumble from his bike.

January 19, 2011 7:58 am 99 Comments

The health reforms are so wideranging they may prove difficult to cover, writes Jon Snow - but more importantly, will they be difficult to implement as well?

November 4, 2009 10:33 am 19 Comments

Jon Snow blogs on the costs of modern dentistry costs. You think his ties are expensive? Read on...

September 2, 2009 12:54 pm No Comments

Soon after arriving on holiday in the States, I was standing in a friend’s kitchen in which the telly happened to be on. Suddenly an expensive-looking ad came on sporting a British cancer specialist, Karol Sikora. His message was simple: Britain’s NHS is a failure that the United States should not attempt to emulate.

May 7, 2009 12:35 pm 13 Comments

At my advanced age my dentist informed me I had to have a wisdom tooth out. Today was the day, and I had visions of general anaesthetic and the rest. Strangely, these last 24 hours I’ve been treasuring my teeth. I haven’t lost one since I was 11. Fifty years of molars! Losing one is likely [...]