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Drew Payne - Words, Words, Words,: February 2016

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Drew Payne - Words, Words, Words,. Wednesday, 10 February 2016. Who Cares About Gay Mental Health? January the charity PACE suddenly closed because of lack of funds. ( 1. PACE opened in 1985 to “support LGBT people to manage the difficulties they face in their day to day lives; at work, school and home.” ( 2. To LGBT people in London, PACE provided counselling, advocacy, training, youth work, research and mental health support services. But even a celebrity patron wasn't enough to save PACE. Unfortunatel...

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Drew Payne - Words, Words, Words,: Not In My Name

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Drew Payne - Words, Words, Words,. Tuesday, 15 November 2016. Not In My Name. Yesterday our media was full of secret plans to merge NHS services, to close A&E Departments, to merge stroke and maternity services and to even close some hospitals ( 1. What was most shocking about these plans were that they were all drawn up in secret. The managers tasked with drawing them up were told by NHS England not to release them to the public, even to deny any freedom of information requests ( 1. In Devon bosses are ...

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Drew Payne - Words, Words, Words,: November 2012

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Drew Payne - Words, Words, Words,. Thursday, 8 November 2012. Read Me On Amazon! Finished By Hand (an Xcite Books collection of five erotic m/m stories. Was published three days ago on Amazon and my short story, Two in a Bed. Is one of those stories. I nearly screamed with delight when I saw it! My story, Two in a Bed. I hope it works. Anyway, if you want you can judge for yourself. Finished By Hand. Can be downloaded here. Labels: erotic m/m story. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Read Me On Amazon! Read mor...

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Drew Payne - Words, Words, Words,: May 2015

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Drew Payne - Words, Words, Words,. Thursday, 7 May 2015. My Political Wish for Friday, the Repeal of the Health and Social Care Act 2012. The Health and Social Care Act has failed and needs to be replaced. Unfortunately it has failed on so many levels that to effectively modify it would mean ripping it apart and starting again. Ding Private companies have not produced any benefits when they have taken over running NHS services. Whatever replaces it needs to both meet the needs of local communities but al...

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Drew Payne - Words, Words, Words,: The NMC Disappoints Me Again, Why Aren’t I Surprised

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Drew Payne - Words, Words, Words,. Monday, 28 November 2016. The NMC Disappoints Me Again, Why Aren’t I Surprised. I am disappointed and disillusioned by the NMC (Nursing and Midwifery Council). What can I do about it? Last week their tribunal found Donna Wood guilty of “dishonesty” ( 1. And she has been suspended from practising as a nurse for two months ( 2. I agree with him. This and the persecution of Pauline Cafferkey ( 3. Pauline Cafferkey, Donna Wood and Dr Hannah Ryan (A newly qualified doctor wh...

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Drew Payne - Words, Words, Words,: June 2012

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Drew Payne - Words, Words, Words,. Sunday, 17 June 2012. Four days ago we went to see the National Theatre’s production of Frankenstein, staring Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller, but we didn’t see it at the theatre. Earlier this year the National Theatre broadcast a live transition of Frankenstein into different cinemas around the country. Four days ago they re-broadcast it and we wert to see it, at the Vue cinema Dagenham. We give human traits and personalities to animals and even inanimate obj...

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Drew Payne - Words, Words, Words,: Just When I Thought the NMC Had Hit Rock Bottom…

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Drew Payne - Words, Words, Words,. Wednesday, 23 November 2016. Just When I Thought the NMC Had Hit Rock Bottom…. They go and prove me wrong. I was disgusted at the NMC’s treatment of Pauline Cafferkey, and expressed it in this blog. With the tribunal collapsing so fast I thought that it was the end of it all, but no. Not being able to prosecute Pauline Cafferkey, they have turned their attention to the woman who wrote down Pauline Cafferkey’s temperature. Public Health England ( 3. Both these complaints...

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Drew Payne - Words, Words, Words,: October 2016

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Drew Payne - Words, Words, Words,. Saturday, 29 October 2016. Four Corners of the Same Room. Last Sunday (23/10/16) I was reading the BBC news feed on my phone when I was struck by something. All four stories, in the NHS news category, were linked. Not just linked because they were all related to the NHS, but linked because they were all, ultimately caused by the same problem. 8220;NHS trust 'relies' on crowdfunding to equipward”. 8220;Teenager describes summer on 'terrifying'adult ward”. Teenagers with ...

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Drew Payne - Words, Words, Words,: June 2016

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Drew Payne - Words, Words, Words,. Wednesday, 22 June 2016. Ten Commitments of Nursing or Just Another Paper Exercise? Simply write a list of “commitments”, ensure as many people as you can reads them, then sit back and feel as if you have done something positive. Jane Cummings, the Chief Nursing Officer for England, has had written and is now publicising her Ten Commitments of Nursing. Read the full version here. Since 2010, we’ve seen a huge decrease in the number of nurses in the NHS ( 1. As they leav...