My latest interest

Posted by on Mar 13, 2008 in updates | 12 comments I keep meaning to practise my clarinet more often, get stuck into the garden, read all those books I bought last year, spend more time with my mum, visit the gym more frequently and enjoy longer country walks and bird watching trips. I’m never short of things to do – and that’s on top of work, chores and being a permanent family chauffeur. So why am I taking up bridge classes...
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Do you wash your feet before going to bed?

Posted by on Mar 13, 2008 in updates | 11 comments My husband doesn’t wash his feet before going to bed, so he can count his blessings for not marrying this Chinese woman called Luo, who burned her husband to death for failing to do so. Can you imagine what his fate would have been if he had not replaced the top back on the toothpaste or put the loo seat...
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"Draconian" PCT denies treatment to more than 1,000 patients

Posted by on Mar 13, 2008 in updates | 3 comments Bravo to the York Press for launching a Let Your Doctor Decide campaign in protest against a PCT vetting panel which decides if patients are to be given further treatment as part of a cost-cutting exercise. Last year the panel denied treatment to more than 1,000 cases – nearly 40% of the referrals – including some for serious illnesses such as cancer. There are lots of angry people,...
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