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Wales worst in UK for waiting times... .D.A.R.G Wales has the worst UK waiting times record for life-saving tests, according to the latest figures. Government statistics show that around 42% of people in Wales waiting for diagnostic tests had to wait more than six weeks before they were finally seen. This compares with 1.8% in England and 3.8% in Scotland. The statistics also show that 16.6% of patients on the W... Thu, Jan 28 2016 How to block state snoops.... .D.A.R.G How to refuse consent for your GP to pass your fit note records to DWP. If you have a sick note/fit note from your GP, or are going to ask for one, come February 2016 you will need to explicitly tell your GP you refuse consent for them to pass your ‘fit note’ records onto the Department of Works & Pensions (DWP). In a measure that a doctor has described as... Thu, Jan 28 2016 DARG New Year ! .D.A.R.G HI here is a happy new year to supporters of DARG. Readers will note it has been quiet of late, this is due to illness of the owner Mr Crimond we all wish him well and we convey a happy new year to those who have stuck with DARG, lots of issues still and lots of real work still to be done.. Tue, Jan 05 2016 Welsh NHS abandons OOH Services ? .D.A.R.G Out-of-hours GP services are being taken away from Ysbyty Cwm Cynon in Mountain Ash (left) and Ysbyty Cwm Rhondda in Llwynypia Out-of-hours GP services will no longer be offered at hospitals in the Cynon and Rhondda Valleys because there “simply aren’t enough doctors” to staff them, it has been revealed. A plan to re-design Cwm Taf University Health Board... Wed, Sep 16 2015 More NHS BULLSHIT .D.A.R.G in todays dailymail, this shocking story appears. [link] Basically, NHS bosses are to trawl millions of medical records of patients to find out who is costing them the most money.They will identify which individuals frequently see their GP.go to A&E, and who are on lots of prescriptions.The key idea is to review their care so that the nhs can save money.Patients are ... Wed, Jun 10 2015 Absolutel Disgrace: Britain's NHS System .D.A.R.G For some time now I have suspected that many NHS vital services were being quietly privatisedand were being handed out to dubious private contractors.This article blows open the scandal: [link] i have had the gross misfortune to have been involved with the Pain Management Clinical service.A few weeks ago I attended an out patient pain management clinic and was very b... Mon, Jun 08 2015 Hello Nicola Sturgeon SNP : a few wee questions fur you .D.A.R.G Hello dear. many congrats on yer massive victory in the polls. We can hear the bagpipes playing all over the UK.But on behalf of ma fellow deafies, I huve some wee queestions for ya dearNow yer in power, are ya going to stop the widespread discrimination in our bonnie wee county against deaf people by Hospitals, GP surgeries and the elite Universities.Am sure i dinnae... Fri, May 08 2015 What a load of Bollocks: .D.A.R.G As most of you may well know, the UK goes to the polls tomorrow, to elect a new government. For almost 6 weeks now, we have all been subjected to a daily barrage on tv, newspapers,media, political meetings on our doorsteps/villages/towns.Never have I had to watch/listen to so much absolute bollocks uttered by so many politicians and their hanger-ons. In our view t... Wed, May 06 2015 In search of Tinnitus... .D.A.R.G This is a 3-D image of the left brain hemisphere of a patient with tinnitus (right) and the part of that hemisphere containing primary auditory cortex (left). Black dots indicate all the sites recorded from. Colored circles indicate electrodes at which the strength of ongoing brain activity correlated with the current strength of tinnitus perceived by the patient. ... Thu, Apr 30 2015 Tinnitus: The finger points to serotonin .D.A.R.G This post is not part of the current DARG research but merely a long suffering idea of the author. It is a slightly long story so please bear with me as I recount the incidence of the idea.As a windows operating system user, I noticed that if i went to control panel/folder options/view, i could tick various boxes that in theory would allow me to see hidden files o... Fri, Apr 17 2015 Hearing Loss and Social Class: Our Inspirational study .D.A.R.G During the course of our research study into the number of deaf students at all UK universities, we came across the following study which we noted for future use and which has been one but not the exclusive source of inspiration behind our current reserch. [link] said for the moment Sun, Apr 12 2015 Hearing Loss and Social Class Study: Important Point to... .D.A.R.G Yesterday DARG gave a very brief outline of our current research work into the possible connection between Hearing Loss and Social Class.We would very much like to draw your attention to several important points.There has been hundreds of studies covering hearing loss and social class,and on the whole with few exceptions, the vast majority of these studies discu... Sat, Apr 11 2015 Hearing Loss and Social class: What is the connection? .D.A.R.G During our recent research study into the number of deaf students at all UK Universities, we noticed several factors which we simply did not have the time to pursue further.One of these factors that continues to bug me is that there appeared from our examination of deaf children's education achievements, was that very few deaf children in the UK are educated at privat... Fri, Apr 10 2015 Barriers for Deaf at Universities... .D.A.R.G Ken O’Neill earned his Ph.D. in mathematics from the University of Strathclyde in the United Kingdom in 2012. Today, he is assistant statistician in the input-output statistics branch of the Office of the Chief Economic Adviser in the Scottish Government, where he helps analyze economic data and calculate the gross domestic product of Scotland. In his spare tim... Wed, Mar 18 2015 Report: Deaf people face problems when accessing health... .D.A.R.G A new report has concluded deaf people are facing a number of problems when accessing health services across the town. Deaf Positives Action, on behalf of organisation Healthwatch Slough, has conducted a survey with eight deaf people to find out about their experiences when dealing with GPs and hospital. In its report it stated there is an urgent and clear need fo... Sun, Mar 15 2015 Only 1 in 10 get real choice... .D.A.R.G Monitor found that the vast majority of people treated for hearing loss want to choose where and how they get NHS services. Monitor found only 1 in 10 NHS patients treated for hearing loss is offered a choice of who provides their care. However, only 1 in 10 NHS patients treated for hearing loss is offered a choice of who provides their care, according to Monitor. ... Fri, Mar 06 2015 Deaf Teen wins right to challenge Student Grant system .D.A.R.G LAWYERS have been given the green light to launch a legal challenge on behalf of disabled students, including a Cumbrian teenager, who feel ‘ignored’ by the Government’s failure to consult on proposed restrictions to higher education grants. In April last year the Government announced plans to limit the support offered by the Disabled Student Allowance. Aw... Sun, Mar 01 2015 Schools letting down deaf pupils. .D.A.R.G That is the fundamental issue at the heart of the deaf learners conference being held in Glasgow on Wednesday - the first of its kind. Between 2011/2 and 2012/13 the proportion of pupils leaving with no qualifications went down from 1.1 per cent to 0.9 per cent according to Scottish Government figures. Not only are deaf children around nine times more likely to ... Mon, Feb 23 2015 Children forced to wait a YEAR for speech therapy .D.A.R.G Children are being forced to wait a YEAR for speech therapy help due to savage cuts. Nearly a third under four get NO aid when they need it most – with 40 per cent of under-18 sufferers not seen Nearly a third under four get NO aid when they need it most – with 40 per cent of under-18 sufferers not seen. And some have to wait a YEAR to see a therapist, compar... Sun, Feb 22 2015 Lack of College access preventing deaf student intake. .D.A.R.G A new report found that less deaf students are now attending college in Ireland. AROUND 60% OF disability staff believe that academics are not doing enough to include students with disabilities in their courses. That’s according to a new report by the Association for Higher Education Access & Disability (AHEAD). The disability staff made comments about le... Wed, Feb 18 2015 NHS decision-making: About as transparent as fog. .D.A.R.G The deaf access research group is extremely concerned that there appears to be a bewildering mutitude of nhs organizations and groups making key health decisions without making it clear which organization is actually making the decision and whether that organization has fully consulted with other interested organizations, specifically within the nhs empire.In Linc... Wed, Feb 11 2015 UK: Dump the elderly, now, dump the disabled too.. .D.A.R.G First elderly in Care homes are sold to the highest bidder, now, they are closing hospitals where vulnerable disabled are looked after. The NHS is to shut many of the 58 hospital units in England where people with learning disabilities are still being sent to live despite ministers’ demands that the practice should end in the wake of the Winterbourne View abu... Tue, Feb 10 2015 Deaf People and Counsellors: How absolutely stupid .D.A.R.G Last week I met a friend who told me that, following the death of her beloved husband, her GP had recommended that she undertake a course of bereavement counselling, as she was apparently showing signs of mild depression and withdrawal.I did not know whether to laugh my head off or wail in despair at such stupidity.My friend is totally deaf so how is she going to hear... Mon, Feb 02 2015 Lost in Translation ? .D.A.R.G GP's, What are the requirements? Practices are still confused about whether or not they are required to provide translation or interpretation services to patients whose first language is not English. Even some CQC inspectors have been unable to clarify the requirements it seems. Translation services (written communication) or interpreters (verbal communications) ar... Fri, Jan 30 2015 NHS audiology departments forced to cut core services .D.A.R.G According to a new report two in five NHS audiology departments are being forced to cut core services either because of a reduction in budgets or an increase in demand on their services. Currently 55% of over 60s are already affected by some form of hearing loss and with the level of demand set to increase because of an ageing population, the situation is likely... Mon, Jan 26 2015 Welsh Health unable to cope with deaf and hearing loss... .D.A.R.G Health boards across much of Wales are struggling to cope with the demand from people who are deaf or have hearing loss, a report has found. A review by Welsh Charities found test waiting times at three of the seven health boards were up. Meanwhile, patients in two areas did not always get two hearing aids because of restrictions on the number they give out. T... Mon, Jan 26 2015 Deaf Education ? Disappointing ! .D.A.R.G We thank our sister blog ATR, for this update on deaf education in the UK. All seems to validate D.A.R.G's reports and surveys were right in every sense. The education of the deaf at all levels and their chaotic approaches to support are damaging deaf futures be those futures,within the mainstream, or indeed, within own areas. It is an excerpt from an MP con... Fri, Jan 16 2015 OMG......MELTDOWN!!! .D.A.R.G 2 of the recent worst from the UK's NHS. Woman waited unattended for 60 hours on a hospital trolley.A WOMAN with breathing difficulties says she was left on a hospital trolley for 60 hours before she was found a bed at the Royal Gwent Hospital in Newport (Gwent). Emma Shand, 30, spoke to the Argus from the hospital ward today after she was finally given a bed at... Thu, Jan 15 2015 Bishop Blesses Church Toilets and Road Gritters: What a... .D.A.R.G DARG has read some amazing and stupid media stories in our time, but in our view the following story takes the proverbial --- is an account of the Bishop of Lincolnshire and his cohorts conducting blessings on church toilets and road gritters all over Lincolnshire.Have you ever read so much unadulterated crap, by those who should know better.Lincolnshire is a mai... Wed, Nov 26 2014 thiceathE liked this 101 emergency police contacts went down again... .D.A.R.G 4 major police forces in Wales, unable to take any deaf calls.... The 101 number was designed to relieve pressure on the 999 line. The constant breakdowns are leaving deaf and HI unable to contact emergency or other help... The 101 non-emergency police phone number has been restored following a technical fault again.... Vodafone, which provides the ... Sat, Nov 22 2014 Deaf children being failed by Ignorant teachers .D.A.R.G In our recent study of the number of deaf students at all UK universities, we noted several reasons for the low numbers of deaf University students ( 2 deaf students for every 1000 students at UK Universities.)One of our key findings was the endemic failure of deaf children to acquire 2 or more GCSE passes at grades c or d.As a consequence of this very few deaf ch... Thu, Nov 20 2014 GP SURGERY; Non ATTENDERS .D.A.R.G It is well known that one of the most common complaints which patients express about their GP surgery, is the difficulty in obtaining a simple GP appointment, especially a same day appointment.Recently we have been doing (on-going), some research into GP surgery appointments systems, and one of the major things we have noticed is the very high rate of non-att... Wed, Nov 19 2014 thiceathE liked this Welsh Assembly recognises DARG. .D.A.R.G Minutes from the All Party Group on Deaf Issues Welsh Assembly, 8 July 2014 Assembly website/Senedd TV accessibility – Mark Isherwood informed members that he had received a series of emails from DARG (Deaf Action Research Group) expressing their concerns regarding Senedd TV not meeting the requiremen... Mon, Nov 17 2014 DON'T USE HOSPITALS USE BOOTS THE CHEMIST ? .D.A.R.G More utter cobblers from the UK NHS think Tank. ATR and DARG published numerous instances, of where no chemist could facilitate a deaf person, including Boots The Chemist, one of the largest on Britain's High St. 85% have no private consult rooms, 100% had no way to facilitate a deaf or sign-using customer requiring medical advice, 67% had a loop which a UK leadi... Fri, Nov 14 2014 thiceathE liked this Mcafee Internet Secuity: DO NOT PAY THEM: ARGUE .D.A.R.G Last month it was time to renew my subscription for a one year licence for 1 pc. When I attempted to do so on line I was told by Mcafee that the renewal would cost me £54.97p. I almost had a heart attack simply because I had just noticed that the same product could be purchased from any branch of Currys or PC world for £19.85p.They offered no explanation as to ... Thu, Nov 13 2014 Failings in Uk NHS: Read the facts here. .D.A.R.G [link] simply justifies our fears and confirms all we have said about the UK NHS over the past few years.Worse is yet to come. There are numerous reports circulating re patients being removed fromGP surgery lists simply because the surgeries need to downsize/close, because the greedy GP incumbents have had enough and the graduates from medical schools are runnin... Wed, Oct 29 2014 NGT and EE Mobile.. .D.A.R.G Seems pressure from deaf and HI has resulted in a re-think/climbdown re these mobile phone providers were refusing to accept NGT relay call numbers, but, there are still other providers not taking the number. What EE said in response to DARG and other concerns....: "We were ready to carry out the required change over the weekend. During the impact assessme... Wed, Oct 15 2014 "Talking Crap": The Real Epidemic in our Society .D.A.R.G A few days ago we discussed the Ebola virus, and pointed out the unadulterated crap, that was beingissued by governments worldwide and state health departments.In the blog we quoted the words of an eminent Professor at the London school of Tropical medicine who categorically stated that "screening will simply not work"In today's newspaper (www.dailymail.co.uk/new... Mon, Oct 13 2014 Visiting the UK ? Dont be silly .D.A.R.G The UK government have sent medical teams and supplies to various countries affected by the Ebola virus epidemic, at an enormous cost, yet in the UK, the government have to date done absolutely nothing to protect UK citizens.Whilst our colleagues across the pond have introduced basic screening tests at airports, the UK is still discussing the issues and or beloved P... Sat, Oct 11 2014 Privitisation of UK NHS; The hard clinical evidence .D.A.R.G In previous posts we have referred to what we see as one of the greatest dangers to the health of all UK citizens. Here is the evidence for our concerns [link] DARG has received over 1947 emails from patients complaining about the privatisation of essential basic care services to cowboy private providers.Last week I had the misfortune to attend a muscular exam.The ... Fri, Sep 26 2014 Stop talkng: Balls. .D.A.R.G Having watched the Miliband and Balls cohort, spouting about how the Labour Party would change the face of the UK and the NHS in particular, I honestly do not know whether to laugh at most of their preposterous suggestions or weep in despair at the unadulterated ignorance they display, of the basic problems in our society, be it the economy, education or the Hea... Tue, Sep 23 2014 ArthurOr liked this Creep Creep Creep: The privatisation of UK NHS services. .D.A.R.G During the course of DARG's research studies into various aspects of the UK NHS service, and our interest in the Scotland Referendum Campaign with particular reference to the claims being made by YES campaigners re NHS in Scotland, we have become totally disillusioned by some of our recent findings.For purely legal reasons we are unable in the following parag... Wed, Sep 17 2014 Scottish Independence and the DARG Report Final words .D.A.R.G We are simply amazed that the numerous debates re whether Scotland should vote YES or NO , in the referendum, have not focused on Education issues.To complete our views on the recent darg report into deaf students at Universities in Scotland.A Yes vote would likely lead to the imposition of fees for all Scottish university students emanating from changes ... Thu, Sep 11 2014 The Darg University Report: Some more questions to be... .D.A.R.G The DARG study , "Why so Few", an examination of deaf students admitted to Universities in Scotland/Wales, threw up a number of ancillary problems /questions, which were not discussed in the original report, for many reasons, time/applicability and the number of changes in the pipeline re SEN children and University admissions systems.In this DARG article , we shall... Sun, Sep 07 2014 School /University: WHO TEACHES YOU? .D.A.R.G Our recent study into deaf students at Universities in Scotland/Wales, threw up a large numberof questions, which for numerous reasons we were unable to raise in the main report.One of these questions was "who actually teaches you at your state/private school / Special school/university."At state schools many teachers seldom ever teach on A level courses or on di... Fri, Sep 05 2014 Deaf Students at Universities In Scotland and Wales: A... .D.A.R.G Well after 3 months burning the midnight oil, the DARG study into deaf students at Universities in Scotland and Wales , is now finished.You can read it here:www.scribd.com/doc/238405206/DARG4-FINALIt has been a very difficult study to research for so many reasons , which you can read in the report.The UK Data Protection Act, the unwillingness of local autho... Tue, Sep 02 2014 Cor Blimey! MP left in Hospital A&E for 19 hours .D.A.R.G In today's www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2732816 there is a truly shocking story of a LondonMP being left on a trolley in his A&E hospital for 12 hours, then waiting a further 7 hours for a diagnosis. He had a ruptured appendix.Only when he told them who he was, did things begin to improve, but if it had been you or me, I would not be here doing th... Sun, Aug 24 2014 A&E closures will force doctors to treat patients on... .D.A.R.G Thousands requiring urgent medical care may have conditions diagnosed by internet video call Proposals by Shropshire Clinical Commissioning Group to close and downgrade Accident and Emergency departments. Patients with potentially serious complaints will be sent to walk-in centres. Plans mean there could be one A&E department for more than 600,000 people across ... Sun, Aug 17 2014 A National Disgrace in the UK .D.A.R.G As a deaf person I rely on the excellent BT textrelay service. The operators are first class and I get a 60% discount on al calls I make.From time to time I have noticed better broadband deals than my current isp provider ; not BTbut when I attempt to contact these other providers they insist that I must transfer my BT landline and calls package to them.When I ask ... Fri, Aug 15 2014 Dr Surgeries: Give us Access or get shut down !
.D.A.R.G Ofsted-style ratings to be introduced for GP surgeries. GP surgeries are to be given Ofsted-style ratings, and poorly performing practices could be forced to close, the health regulator has warned. The Care Quality Commission has announced that England's 8,300 GP surgeries are to be assessed, and that from October those that are rated "inadequate", and don't improve ... Thu, Aug 14 2014 |
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