Coroner blames man’s death on government cuts to ambulance service
(not satire – it’s the UK today) It’s official. Government cuts to ambulance and A&E services are causing deaths. Hartlepool …
Tag Archives: health
Daily Mail: how our reporter dialled 999 and got an ambulance – no questions asked!
(satire?) DAILY MAIL EXCLUSIVE! No ID, no checks… free ambulances for sob stories: scrounging accident victims get free rides to hospital – paid for …
Cameron takes action on smog by being driven around in a chauffeur-driven car more often
(satire?) The Prime Minister David Cameron has moved quickly to tackle the growing health crisis caused by dangerously thick smog and …
Thinktank proposing monthly fee for NHS is funded by private healthcare companies
(not satire – it’s the corrupt UK today!) Labour peer Lord Warner – who has written a report released today proposing …
Meet the NHS patient representative who seems to have a problem with women
(not satire – it’s the UK today!) Meet Roger Goss from an organisation called Patient Concern: Goss has been popping up …
South London Tory MP gets attacked in a hospital by a pensioner
(not satire – it’s the Tories!) This hilarious status has just been posted on Facebook: Sitting in the blood test …
Dad deported from UK for having cancer
(not satire – it’s the UK today!) The coalition government is so desperate to show it has reduced immigration before …
UK pay rises – nurses: 1%, MPs: 11%, bankers: 35%
(not satire – it’s the UK today!) The government has just announced an average increase of 0%-1% in pay for …
According to Lib Dems: closing hospitals is ‘giving local people more say’!
(not satire – it’s the Lib Dems!) According to the Liberal Democrats – allowing hospitals to be closed without public …
Scandal of Lib Dem payments to agree break-up and sell-off of NHS
(not satire – it’s the Lib Dems!) A couple of weeks ago it was reported that top Liberal Democrat Party …
Coalition government announces plans to slash pregnancy from 9 months to 4
(satire?) The Department for Work and Pensions has announced it is to cut the period of time women spend on …
Government sells entire NHS patient data to firm headed by disgraced banker
(not satire – it’s the UK today!) I’m not sure what would normally constitute a political scandal of massive proportions …
Insurers already refusing to insure homes in areas designated for fracking
(not satire – it’s the UK today!) The coalition government has decided that more than half of Britain and two-thirds …
Council privatises children’s playground and charges £20 for children to play
(not satire – it’s the Tories!) Some Tory councils are now charging children to play. Conservative-controlled Wandsworth council bulldozed a …
Bayer CEO admits cancer drug is not for poor but only for rich “western patients”
(not satire) Not quite sure how I missed this one. Last December, Bayer CEO Marijn Dekkers admitted a cancer drug it …
Man loses benefits because he had heart attack during work capability assessment
(not satire – it’s the UK today!) A man with heart problems who couldn’t complete a work capability assessment because …
Irrefutable statistical proof that bovine TB is caused by UKIP support and not badgers
(satire?) Here is a graph showing general election voting intention for UKIP compared with the actual number of cattle in …
Doctors – watching too much poverty porn can make you blind
(satire?) According to new research, medical experts are warning that watching too much poverty pornography such as Channel 4′s Benefits …
DWP blames cancer patient for her illness
(not satire – it’s the UK today!) This letter from the Department for Work and Pensions was posted by Chris …
Mother’s plea for son who lost benefits after missing signing on because of cancer op
(not satire – it’s the UK today!) A letter from a desperate mother: Trish Lewis Walton My son was diagnosed …
Coalition cuts NHS by £20bn – but subsidises banks with £37.7bn every year
(not satire unfortunately – it’s the UK today!) The government bangs on all the time about the need for fiscal …
Iain Duncan Smith to undergo surgery after tests reveal severe shrinkage of the heart
(satire?) The Department for Work and Pensions has announced that Iain Duncan Smith is to undergo aortic valve enlargement surgery after …
Boris Johnson to close 3 fire stations that sent engines to the Apollo Theatre
(not satire – it’s Boris Johnson!) The High Court today has ruled that London Mayor Boris Johnson can go ahead …
Huffington Post claims autistic children just need to ‘learn patience’
(not satire – it’s Simon Stevens!) Simon Stevens is the Uncle Tom of disability activism. I’ve written about him before: …
P&O Ferries value their shop goods over the lives of their passengers?
(not satire – it’s the UK today!) Six months ago, Richard Fearnside was travelling home from holiday on a night …
The single killer question from ATOS that drove a woman to suicide
(not satire – it’s ATOS) I might have to stop writing satire. It seems I might be giving the wrong …
David Cameron launches inquiry into abuse of pure ‘methodism’ by top bankers
(satire?) The Prime Minister David Cameron has announced he is to launch an inquiry into the growing scandal of addiction and use …
Cycling deaths in London – Boris to make an exception of himself?
(not satire – it’s Boris Johnson!) As part of his continuing efforts to blame cyclists for the recent spate of deaths …
Drug addict ‘seeking help’ after admitting being a banker
(satire?) A hard-core drug addict has apologised for his “stupid and wrong” behaviour and said he is seeking professional help after …
Boris Johnson to paint his arse blue in effort to reduce cycling deaths
(satire?) London Mayor Boris Johnson has announced he is to paint his arse blue in an effort to reduce the …
