Comments on: Why can’t researchers get their facts right? http://elleeseymour.com/2007/08/21/why-cant-researchers-get-their-facts-right/ PRESS CONSULTANT, JOURNALIST, GHOSTWRITER, POLITICAL AND PR BLOGGER. Thu, 24 May 2012 15:30:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Her Majesty’s Official Opposition: The Blogosphere » jsingh.com: just jag! http://elleeseymour.com/2007/08/21/why-cant-researchers-get-their-facts-right/comment-page-1/#comment-92401 Her Majesty’s Official Opposition: The Blogosphere » jsingh.com: just jag! Thu, 01 May 2008 18:54:39 +0000 http://elleeseymour.com/2007/08/21/why-cant-researchers-get-their-facts-right/#comment-92401 [...] One only needs to look at Tenacious Dave’s recent NHS scandal (or gaffe, depending on which CCHQ researcher you ask) to understand the dynamics of a self-correcting blogosphere up against a self-proselytising clique of second-rate part-timers. [...] [...] One only needs to look at Tenacious Dave’s recent NHS scandal (or gaffe, depending on which CCHQ researcher you ask) to understand the dynamics of a self-correcting blogosphere up against a self-proselytising clique of second-rate part-timers. [...]

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]]> By: Ellee http://elleeseymour.com/2007/08/21/why-cant-researchers-get-their-facts-right/comment-page-1/#comment-42111 Ellee Sat, 25 Aug 2007 06:48:19 +0000 http://elleeseymour.com/2007/08/21/why-cant-researchers-get-their-facts-right/#comment-42111 Obviously the criteria behind research documents should be fully stated in press releases so there is no doubt about their authenticity, the basis on which these findings are made.Obviously Obviously the criteria behind research documents should be fully stated in press releases so there is no doubt about their authenticity, the basis on which these findings are made.Obviously

]]> By: Paul Burgin http://elleeseymour.com/2007/08/21/why-cant-researchers-get-their-facts-right/comment-page-1/#comment-42027 Paul Burgin Thu, 23 Aug 2007 17:53:52 +0000 http://elleeseymour.com/2007/08/21/why-cant-researchers-get-their-facts-right/#comment-42027 This is an example of a desire to get involved in the Punch and Judy politics that David Cameron said he would not partake in. Cameron has said he wanted a bare knuckle boxing match over the NHS, aside from the offensiveness of such a comment, using an area where people feel vulnerable for the sake of political scoring, those researchers had the main aim of trying to humiliate the government, rather than concern over individual hospitals being their first priority. In short, if someone intends to have a "bare-knuckle boxing match" over the NHS or any other institution where the electorate feel vulnerable, then expect a bloody nose! This is an example of a desire to get involved in the Punch and Judy politics that David Cameron said he would not partake in.
Cameron has said he wanted a bare knuckle boxing match over the NHS, aside from the offensiveness of such a comment, using an area where people feel vulnerable for the sake of political scoring, those researchers had the main aim of trying to humiliate the government, rather than concern over individual hospitals being their first priority. In short, if someone intends to have a “bare-knuckle boxing match” over the NHS or any other institution where the electorate feel vulnerable, then expect a bloody nose!

]]> By: kris http://elleeseymour.com/2007/08/21/why-cant-researchers-get-their-facts-right/comment-page-1/#comment-41982 kris Wed, 22 Aug 2007 20:04:46 +0000 http://elleeseymour.com/2007/08/21/why-cant-researchers-get-their-facts-right/#comment-41982 Regrettably, it makes the conservatives look like they're not ready for government. They're not. They need to buck up their ideas fast. Regrettably, it makes the conservatives look like they’re not ready for government. They’re not. They need to buck up their ideas fast.

]]> By: jameshigham http://elleeseymour.com/2007/08/21/why-cant-researchers-get-their-facts-right/comment-page-1/#comment-41959 jameshigham Wed, 22 Aug 2007 13:33:58 +0000 http://elleeseymour.com/2007/08/21/why-cant-researchers-get-their-facts-right/#comment-41959 Have I not being saying since Day One that they need to drop Cameron and put in Davis? Gaffe after gaffe after gaffe. Have I not being saying since Day One that they need to drop Cameron and put in Davis? Gaffe after gaffe after gaffe.

]]> By: Quasar9 http://elleeseymour.com/2007/08/21/why-cant-researchers-get-their-facts-right/comment-page-1/#comment-41933 Quasar9 Wed, 22 Aug 2007 08:46:48 +0000 http://elleeseymour.com/2007/08/21/why-cant-researchers-get-their-facts-right/#comment-41933 Hi Elle, the thing is the waters have been muddied so much we no longer know what health is and what health care is supposed to deliver. I think David Cameron should take it back to the drawing board - and introduce an almost counter - conservative policy - the issue is to deliver health & health care to patients who need it. Putting the issue of costs and how to pay for it (putting the cart before the horse) is what has skewered priorities, and muddied the field. A hospital or PCT should receive funding according to how many patients it treats and cures, not according to how many high cost treatments or operations (the darlings of the BMA) it performs. Accuracy is important at all times, but more important is what health care is being delivered. That patients still lose teeth in this day and age (because they can't get dentists to provide 21st century dentistry on the nhs, and instead receive second or third rate dentistry) is at the crux of the matter. If we can't get this 'simple' thing right, then we are just blowing hot air on more complex issues such as drugs for alzheimer's or stem cell research. Some Maternity wards have become a much more complex theatre of operations, technology and medical science than they were ever meant to be. Almost unnatural. Hi Elle, the thing is the waters have been muddied so much we no longer know what health is and what health care is supposed to deliver.

I think David Cameron should take it back to the drawing board – and introduce an almost counter – conservative policy – the issue is to deliver health & health care to patients who need it. Putting the issue of costs and how to pay for it (putting the cart before the horse) is what has skewered priorities, and muddied the field.

A hospital or PCT should receive funding according to how many patients it treats and cures, not according to how many high cost treatments or operations (the darlings of the BMA) it performs.

Accuracy is important at all times, but more important is what health care is being delivered. That patients still lose teeth in this day and age (because they can’t get dentists to provide 21st century dentistry on the nhs, and instead receive second or third rate dentistry) is at the crux of the matter.

If we can’t get this ‘simple’ thing right, then we are just blowing hot air on more complex issues such as drugs for alzheimer’s or stem cell research.

Some Maternity wards have become a much more complex theatre of operations, technology and medical science than they were ever meant to be. Almost unnatural.

]]> By: Ellee http://elleeseymour.com/2007/08/21/why-cant-researchers-get-their-facts-right/comment-page-1/#comment-41928 Ellee Wed, 22 Aug 2007 08:02:49 +0000 http://elleeseymour.com/2007/08/21/why-cant-researchers-get-their-facts-right/#comment-41928 Lucy, Sources which provide imperative information of this kind should obviosly be double checked. I'm delighted to have a comedienne visit my site and shall reciprocate. But hey, I would never edit your grammar, the beauty of blogging is that it is not essential to write perfect English. Lucy, Sources which provide imperative information of this kind should obviosly be double checked. I’m delighted to have a comedienne visit my site and shall reciprocate. But hey, I would never edit your grammar, the beauty of blogging is that it is not essential to write perfect English.

]]> By: Lucy Dee http://elleeseymour.com/2007/08/21/why-cant-researchers-get-their-facts-right/comment-page-1/#comment-41927 Lucy Dee Wed, 22 Aug 2007 07:23:42 +0000 http://elleeseymour.com/2007/08/21/why-cant-researchers-get-their-facts-right/#comment-41927 Technically, I'm not a journalist, but solely a blogger. But I am in the middle of conducting interviews and I'm constantly returning to my source for follow-up and checking and re-checking. I only think it's imperative. It's basic respect and moral code. I'm actually a standup comedienne in NYC. Feel free to stop by and fact-check, or at least edit my grammar and spelling errors. Nice coming across your blog! Technically, I’m not a journalist, but solely a blogger. But I am in the middle of conducting interviews and I’m constantly returning to my source for follow-up and checking and re-checking. I only think it’s imperative. It’s basic respect and moral code.

I’m actually a standup comedienne in NYC. Feel free to stop by and fact-check, or at least edit my grammar and spelling errors.

Nice coming across your blog!

]]> By: Maalie http://elleeseymour.com/2007/08/21/why-cant-researchers-get-their-facts-right/comment-page-1/#comment-41900 Maalie Tue, 21 Aug 2007 21:34:22 +0000 http://elleeseymour.com/2007/08/21/why-cant-researchers-get-their-facts-right/#comment-41900 Yes, this is the sort of thing that makes the electorate suspicious of claims made by politicians of any colour. Yes, this is the sort of thing that makes the electorate suspicious of claims made by politicians of any colour.

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