Does the controversial case represent the failure of Britain’s public health system? By Ann Farmer Following the death at Alder Hey Hospital of little Alfie Evans, who had a rare neurological condition, Christina Odone recalled her brother Lorenzo, who at six years old developed a rare neurological condition that “robbed him of hearing, sight, gait …
Continue reading "Alfie Evans: the NHS, from the cradle to the grave?"By Wesley J. Smith Editor’s note. While my family and I are on vacation, we are running some of our favorite NRL News Today stories from the last four months, entries from our “Roe at 40″ series, and an occasional update. I have written often here of the meltdown being experienced by the NHS [National …
Continue reading "NHS’s Horrifying Present is Obamacare’s Terrifying Future"By Wesley J. Smith I have written often here of the meltdown being experienced by the NHS. The cause? Centralized control that deprofessionalizes physicians, rations healthcare, and turns the system into a bureaucratic nightmare. Tellingly, the NHS was the model for many Obamacarians–particularly the centralized control part. This despite the fact that NHS quality of …
Continue reading "NHS’s Horrifying Present is Obamacare’s Terrifying Future"By Wesley J. Smith The NHS [British National Health Service] is a disaster, squared–caused by socialized systems, rationing, and centralized control. Over the years, I have reported here on women giving birth in hospital hallways, people being kept waiting in ambulances before entering ERs in order to permit hospitals to comply with waiting time directives …
Continue reading "Donald Berwick Gets His Dream Job at NHS"By Dr. Peter Saunders Editor’s note. Dr. Saunders is a former general surgeon and CEO of Christian Medical Fellowship, a UK-based organization with 4,500 UK doctors and 1,000 medical students as members. Fourteen NHS abortion clinics have broken the law by allowing doctors to pre-sign forms authorising a termination, according to the health service regulator …
Continue reading "Facts suggest abortion doctors in 14 NHS trusts should be prosecuted for perjury"