Our hospitals and dying patients

I’ve had quite a few hits recently on a post I wrote about the Liverpool Care Pathway plan. I wonder if it is because of reports about David Tracey suing Health Secretary Andrew Lansley and Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge following claims that staff at the hospital put “do not resuscitate” notices on his wife’s medical notes without the consent of her...
read more

A return visit to Snowshill Manor

We have just returned from the picturesque Cotswolds where we spent a week visiting country homes, gardens and lots of antique shops – a passion shared by my husband and pa-in-law who joined us and both have stalls at an Ely antique centre. They found it impossible to strike up a bargain with dealers in the shops we visited where prices were much higher than East Anglia; they wouldn’t...
read more