Melissa Kite Melissa Kite

‘Protect the NHS’ is all very well, but when will the NHS protect us?

I have been offered a telephoned blood pressure appointment: how on earth is that meant to work?

What went on the day the blood pressure nurse rang up and said she wanted to wind a strap around someone’s arm and pump a squeezy ball down a phone line? [Photo: Dean Mitchell/iStock]
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