Podcast for 28 July 2014

[MrBogosity]

[mp3]http://podcast.bogosity.tv/mp3s/BogosityPodcast-2014-07-28.mp3[/mp3]


Co-host: Dave Turcotte

Dave's appeal: Join Our Boys

• http://joinourboys.org/
• https://www.facebook.com/Joinourboys/

NHS Special:

2:44 - NHS to charge non-EU patients 150% of cost of treatment http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/jul/14/nhs-charge-non-eu-patients-150-per-cent-cost-treatment

• IMTJ Medical Travel Awards 2014 http://awards.imtj.com/results
• Medical Tourism Statistics & Facts http://www.patientsbeyondborders.com/medical-tourism-statistics-facts
• Medical Tourism: A Cost or Benefit to the NHS? http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0070406

12:33 - NHS crisis as struggling A&E departments fail to meet waiting time targets for A YEAR http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/nhs-crisis-struggling-ae-departments-3882288

18:29 - Forty per cent of adults advised to take statins under new NHS guidance http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/10973432/Forty-per-cent-of-adults-advised-to-take-statins-under-new-NHS-guidance.html

• Statins: Are these cholesterol-lowering drugs right for you? http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/high-blood-cholesterol/in-depth/statins/art-20045772

25:41 - 'The NHS dishes out boob jobs and gastric bands but won't pay for my life-saving heart op': Stroke victim, 28, must now raise £10,000 for private treatment http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2695696/The-NHS-dishes-boob-jobs-gastric-bands-wont-pay-life-saving-heart-op-Stroke-victim-28-raise-10-000-private-treatment.html

31:52 - Patients denied vital operations by NHS bodies, surgeons report http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/jul/15/patients-denied-operations-nhs-surgeons-report

41:22 - NHS shamed into U-turn as cerebral palsy kids WILL get life-changing operations like Ben Baddeley http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/nhs-shamed-u-turn-cerebral-palsy-3876212

• About Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy (SDR) http://www.stlouischildrens.org/our-services/center-cerebral-palsy-spasticity/about-selective-dorsal-rhizotomy-sdr

This Week's Quote: "The highwayman takes solely upon himself the responsibility, danger, and crime of his own act. He does not pretend that he has any rightful claim to your money, or that he intends to use it for your own benefit. He does not pretend to be anything but a robber...Furthermore, having taken your money, he leaves you, as you wish him to do. He does not persist in following you on the road, against your will; assuming to be your rightful "sovereign," on account of the "protection" he affords you...The proceedings of those robbers and murderers, who call themselves "the government," are directly the opposite of these of the single highwayman." —Lysander Spooner

[Dallas Wildman]

I think the SDR had a far more lengthy history than this podcast let on:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selective_Dorsal_Rhizotomy#Origin_and_Development