GP
Rishi’s smoking ban inspired me to light a cigarette
What has Rishi Sunak’s government achieved in its first year? The highlights include a renegotiated Brexit policy and setting more…
How I know I’m an adult
Adulthood was once determined by age, but now we’ve extended childhood far beyond the teenage years. If the government gets its…
Why are the British so anti-doctor?
Having lived in the United Kingdom for almost my whole adult life, I like to think I’m well assimilated. I…
Real life
While we were looking forward to Freedom Day, the National Health Service was busy planning something extra special to coincide…
Real life
‘You’ll come back when you’re in enough pain,’ said the osteopath as I walked out of his door. That was…
Real life
‘You’re meant to be having your dental appointment now!’ barked the receptionist, bringing my lie-in to an abrupt end. Very…
Low life
Around the time that poor M. Macron was casting televised aspersions on the AstraZeneca jab, I was offered one by…
Low Life
On a hard chair next to the waiting-room door, I sat for an hour defusing thoughts of my own demise,…
Not going to the osteopath cured me
Not going to the osteopath worked a treat. Walking out of that surgery after hearing the crunching coming from inside…
Real life
Surely it can be no coincidence that the road by which one enters St George’s Hospital, Tooting, is called Effort…
Real life
The doctor eyed me suspiciously as I walked into her consulting room. ‘Ye-es?’ she said, nervously, eyeing me up and…
Long life
It’s more than four months now since my 75th birthday, but I’m still waiting for a ‘cold call’ from the…
Real life
My request to see my medical notes was granted in the end. I honestly don’t know why I wanted to…
Real life
My request to see my medical notes has sparked all-out panic at the GP surgery. ‘What do you mean?’ said…
Real life
Incredible as it seems to me now, there was a time when a wolf whistle was annoying. A man would…
