Category Archives: Health Service Debate

The fat tsunami rolls on

Posted on June 2, 2023 by richardkemp

No-one would pretend that the sort of body pictured here is the ideal that we should be aiming for but too few people are prepared to take effective action to tackle the scourge of obesity in the way that we … Continue reading →

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Tory Lies on NHS implode within weeks of General Election (part1)

Posted on January 30, 2020 by richardkemp

This list summarises those manifesto pledges made by the Conservative Party ahead of its election in the General Election which are of relevance to the health and social care areas. Some, but not all of the pledges have now been … Continue reading →

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Action for Zero suicides

Posted on June 17, 2019 by richardkemp

This year I have attended and spoken at or participated in a large number of events relating to the problems of suicide. This is a much larger problem than people might think although ‘only’ about 6,500 people die by suicide … Continue reading →

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Is what you eat killing you?

Posted on June 6, 2019 by richardkemp

Increasingly, the evidence is growing that the fizzy, salted, and carbonated food that the major food producers and supermarkets are pushing at us is leading to unhealthy lives and early deaths. This article below is reproduced from the BBC following … Continue reading →

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Let’s stop people getting ill – A radical policy for health & social care

Posted on October 17, 2018 by richardkemp

When the late,great Ken Dodd sang his most well-loved song, “happiness”and made people happy he was singing about the most important thing in our lives that keeps us from needing the NHS If I wanted to make a controversial statement … Continue reading →

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Paying for Social Care – the LGA Green Paper

Posted on July 31, 2018 by richardkemp

If we could all have a healthy old age like these youngsters we would not be facing the huge costs in the NHS which are happening because so many of us are living so much longer Today I have spent … Continue reading →

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The 11 Ps approach to ageing

Posted on July 29, 2018 by richardkemp

If we all want to dance into and through our third age we as individuals; as members of a community and as citizens need to plan for the third age and face up to the realities of it On Friday … Continue reading →

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Health and Care funding is a total shambles

Posted on July 1, 2018 by richardkemp

When Liberal MP William Beveridge wrote the seminal report on the development of a National Health Service, which Labour then implemented, the health conditions and the type of society were very different from those of today The Prime Minister has … Continue reading →

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The debt that the NHS and the Country owes to immigrants

Posted on June 20, 2018 by richardkemp

I was so pleased to see Dr Shiv Pande MBE recognised in an article in the i-newspaper for his service to our City and our Country I was delighted to be reading a copy of the i-newspaper yesterday to see … Continue reading →

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Sugar and Salt the New Nicotine!

Posted on May 30, 2018 by richardkemp

We need to make a massive improvement to the diets of everyone but especially children if we are to stop what can only be described as the obesity tsunami facing our Country Regular readers of this blog might feel that … Continue reading →

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