Under plans being considered by the Home Office, drug and alcohol addicts who refuse treatment could have their welfare benefits withdrawn. Should benefits be dependent upon treatment? How else can drug abuse be tackled?
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Benefits for drug addicts – should they be dependent on treatment?
Under plans being considered by the Home Office, drug and alcohol addicts who refuse treatment could have their welfare benefits withdrawn. Should benefits be dependent upon treatment? How else can drug abuse be tackled?
Have Your Say
Under plans being considered by the Home Office, drug and alcohol addicts who refuse treatment could have their welfare benefits withdrawn. Should benefits be dependent upon treatment? How else can drug abuse be tackled?
Have Your Say
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Frankly Speaking Controversial, outspoken, ironic, but most of all up-front, Frankly Speaking
is the uncensored voice of NHS ONLINE. Frank Leigh is prepared to provoke with an unflinching look
at the world of healthcare and the NHS; Frankly Speaking will put into words the things you were just too afraid
to say.
We welcome your comments and thoughts!
The views expressed in Frankly Speaking do not reflect the opinions of the management of NHS ONLINE.
Frankly Speaking Controversial, outspoken, ironic, but most of all up-front, Frankly Speaking
is the uncensored voice of NHS ONLINE. Frank Leigh is prepared to provoke with an unflinching look
at the world of healthcare and the NHS; Frankly Speaking will put into words the things you were just too afraid
to say.We welcome your comments and thoughts!
The views expressed in Frankly Speaking do not reflect the opinions of the management of NHS ONLINE.
Warding off evil
Paedophiles, murderers, car clampers. The worst elements of mankind, you would think. All deserving of disdain; worthy only of having TB-rich spittoons dunked over their heads. I hope that for most people reading this, first-hand experience of paedophiles and clampers is pretty limited. And as for murderers, well it’s not too often you get to cosy up to one of those and live to tell the tale.
Charitable status
How much do you worry about the plight of others? Do you care enough about animals to shun a juicy steak and avoid cosmetics that have been tested on bunny rabbits? What do you feel about working conditions in the sweatshops where they make your clothes? And exactly how far do your toes curl in revulsion as they enter a Nike trainer?
Tat by name etc.
You see them everywhere these days. If yours isn’t on public show, someone else’s surely will be. Naturally, in gym locker rooms and showers up and down the country they are always to be prominently displayed, perhaps even paraded and boasted about. But even the modest can let theirs slip out, unbeknownst to their owners, perhaps as a result of a sudden stretch or yawn or when trying to reach for that something just out of grasp. I refer, of course, to tattoos.
Pregnant pause
It is one of the great wonders of nature that to every new mother her freshly delivered offspring is gorgeous and cute no matter how hideous its prune-like visage. It is indeed a wonder that despite all the peer pressure and indoctrination there are still modern, fashionable women who yearn for motherhood and delight in the frankly unfashionable ordeal that is their shrivelled bundle of rather questionable joy.
Paedophiles, murderers, car clampers. The worst elements of mankind, you would think. All deserving of disdain; worthy only of having TB-rich spittoons dunked over their heads. I hope that for most people reading this, first-hand experience of paedophiles and clampers is pretty limited. And as for murderers, well it’s not too often you get to cosy up to one of those and live to tell the tale.
Charitable status
How much do you worry about the plight of others? Do you care enough about animals to shun a juicy steak and avoid cosmetics that have been tested on bunny rabbits? What do you feel about working conditions in the sweatshops where they make your clothes? And exactly how far do your toes curl in revulsion as they enter a Nike trainer?
Tat by name etc.
You see them everywhere these days. If yours isn’t on public show, someone else’s surely will be. Naturally, in gym locker rooms and showers up and down the country they are always to be prominently displayed, perhaps even paraded and boasted about. But even the modest can let theirs slip out, unbeknownst to their owners, perhaps as a result of a sudden stretch or yawn or when trying to reach for that something just out of grasp. I refer, of course, to tattoos.
Pregnant pause
It is one of the great wonders of nature that to every new mother her freshly delivered offspring is gorgeous and cute no matter how hideous its prune-like visage. It is indeed a wonder that despite all the peer pressure and indoctrination there are still modern, fashionable women who yearn for motherhood and delight in the frankly unfashionable ordeal that is their shrivelled bundle of rather questionable joy.
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NHS and private?
Is it fair for patients to use the NHS for some services, and pay privately for other services? This poll is currently running on MedilinkUK.com. Maybe you'd like to share your opinion?
Is it fair for patients to use the NHS for some services, and pay privately for other services? This poll is currently running on MedilinkUK.com. Maybe you'd like to share your opinion?
NHS Intimidation Tactics - Myth or Reality?
Many of you feel very strongly about the dismissal of Nurse Margaret Haywood and have advanced arguments both for and against the decision of the NMC to remove her from her post. The spirited debate raises some interesting questions about the NHS and how you, the members of staff, feel about the system in general. Many of the comments seem to display a certain amount of wariness and even suspicion felt amongst NHS staff for the government and the NHS management. We want to know of your experiences concerning this.
Many of you feel very strongly about the dismissal of Nurse Margaret Haywood and have advanced arguments both for and against the decision of the NMC to remove her from her post. The spirited debate raises some interesting questions about the NHS and how you, the members of staff, feel about the system in general. Many of the comments seem to display a certain amount of wariness and even suspicion felt amongst NHS staff for the government and the NHS management. We want to know of your experiences concerning this.
