Doctors demand more Money and some want us to pay for our appointments “Are they having a laugh”…

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admin posted: " How dare they demand more bloody money in the year that various reports have concluded that a vast amount of people died unnecessarily in loads of hospitals up and down the country, incompetence and diabolical neglect were the basic reasons why patients" New post on Atos Victims Group News Doctors demand more Money and some want us to pay for our appointments "Are they having a laugh"… by admin How dare they demand more bloody money in the year that various reports have concluded that a vast amount of people died unnecessarily in loads of hospitals up and down the country, incompetence and diabolical neglect were the basic reasons why patients died, lack of empathy for the vulnerable in our society? Doctors and Nurses will say they're overworked, not enough nurses and doctors etc etc to provide safe care for patients, If that's the case instead of moaning about low pay and the unsocial hours which doctors have always worked maybe they should have gone on strike and demanded the government put more money into more nurses and doctors and to stop trying to turn the NHS into another profit driven Tory share scheme? OOPS! (Photo credit: Byzantine_K) It;s also been brought to my attention today by a loyal contributor to this site that GPs now think you and I should be charged for appointments at their surgeries on a scale that goes from £10 quid upwards, medicine is not advancing but going back to the days of Victoria, eventually the only healthy people will be the ones who can afford to go to bloody "Harley St"? Related articles "The Poor State of Public Hospital" A&E units would not cope with a flu outbreak this winter, MPs warn After health report shows cuts kill... We need nurses, not Tory hit squads Junior doctors' 100-hour weeks 'put patient safety at risk' NHS faces chronic shortage of staff, warns King's Fund Our reponse to the Royal College of Physicians "Hospitals on the Edge" report admin | July 25, 2013 at 3:49 pm | Tags: Bruce Keogh, Doctors and Nurses, Health, Health care, National Health Service, NHS, Nursing, Tory | Categories: Doctors/GPs, Health, Medicine, Money | URL: http://wp.me/p2nEy6-3xZ Comment    See all comments Unsubscribe or change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://atosvictimsgroup.co.uk/2013/07/25/doctors-demand-more-money-and-some-want-us-to-pay-for-our-appointments-are-they-having-a-laugh/

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California Medical Association - Uses Clout To Water Down/Defeat Safety Measures -in Sacramento

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We couldn't let them get away with it.  The California Medical Association used its clout to water down or defeat tough patient safety measures in Sacramento. That's why we are in Disneyland at the medical association's convention today fighting back by releasing a short, funny musical video.

"Pee In A Cup The Musical Part I" points out that police, firefighters, bus drivers, and Disney workers all must submit to drug testing, but not doctors. Not yet.

We're driving around Disneyland all weekend with a mobile billboard truck playing the ad. Watch the first part of "Pee In A Cup" today here, and return to see the next parts over the next two days. Or signup to receive them in your email.

The confab in the Magic Kingdom is a perfect metaphor for the fantasyland the state's medical establishment has been living in when it comes to threats to patients today.

Governor Jerry Brown recently vetoed a simple bill sending coroners' reports about prescription drug overdose deaths to the state medical board because the doctors undermined it. Legislation mandating that doctors check the electronic prescription drug database, known as CURES, about a patients' history before prescribing narcotics didn't make it out of the California Senate because the medical association stopped it.

The only prognosis is that while today's doctors are dealing with modern problems the Medical Association is still stuck in Walt Disney's 1950s mentality that physicians should never be told what to do or have anyone looking over their shoulder, even if it's a coroner.

Substance abuse among doctors runs as high as 18% of physicians according to the California Medical Board.

The Medical Association has long sought to coddle physicians who abuse alcohol and drugs.

One father, who lost two young children to an addict's driving and reckless prescribing, has had enough. Bob Pack is now circulating a ballot measure to require mandatory drug and alcohol testing for doctors and modernize patient safety laws.

Nothing is likely to shake the doctors in Disneyland so much as having to pee in a cup.

Watch the video and let your doctor know what you think.

Thanks for all you do,


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Valley fever: An incurable illness in the dust!

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Cases of an incurable illness called valley fever are multiplying at a mystifying rate in the American south-west. Six states are affected, and Mexico too, but few places have been hit as hard as one remote city.

Even in sweltering heat, the wind brings no respite to Avenal.

The gusts are warm, like a hair-dryer, and they carry an invisible threat that has claimed and disrupted many lives

The tiny city of 14,000 people, nestling in a dip in the floor of the San Joaquin Valley, California, is what experts refer to as a "hot zone" for coccidioidomycosis - an illness caused by the inhalation of tiny fungal spores that usually reside in the soil.

Described by the Centers for Disease Control as a silent epidemic, 22,401 new infections were recorded across the US in 2011, mostly in the south-west, up tenfold from 1998.

Although two-thirds of those infected suffer no symptoms, and the illness is not contagious, about 160 people die each year when the fungus spreads beyond the lungs to the brain.

Avenal is at the centre of the epidemic. While millions flock to the famous Californian beaches a couple of hours to the west and to Yosemite National Park to the east, they rarely linger in the San Joaquin Valley, the state's agricultural heartland. Avenal has the air of a forgotten place.

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