A Prescription for the NHS: The Emperor has no clothes!

The NHS has just announced that an astonishing £11.8 billion has been wasted on the National Project for IT – otherwise known as the failed attempt to computerise medical records.  In addition, it has suddenly been ‘realised’ by NHS Trusts all over the country that their fantastic PFI deals are actually crap and unaffordable.  How can [...]

ADHD: Its obvious why the unscrupulous poor want Ritalin but why do the middle classes?

The BBC has recently published a controversial article in which it quoted claims from headteachers that some families are seeking diagnoses of ADHD for their children for financial reasons. Predicatably, the article has stimulated some hysterical hyperactivity amongst middle class mumsnetters, who now fear that it the BBC is making it appear that all parents [...]