A dying subject
1961 Suicide Act. The rule of law whereby it is a crime for a person to commit suicide is hereby abrogated ‘it is no longer a crime to attempt suicide.
1987 survey of 301 GPs, which suggested that, if the law was to be changed along the lines of the ADTI Bill, 53% would not carry out euthanasia on a patient, 35% would consider doing so and 10%
might consider doing so.
1993 survey of 312 GPs and hospital consultants on attitudes of doctors to requests for euthanasia. 46% of those questioned (51% of GPs and 40% of consultants) would be prepared to consider practising euthanasia if asked by a competent patient. 32% would not.1993/4 there should be no change in the law on intentional killing, which is the cornerstone of law and social relationships,
1995 Survey of 2150 doctors, in which 44% supported legal reform while 53% rejected it. 43%—slightly more GPs than hospital doctors—would consider practising euthanasia if legal.
1996 BMA News Review survey of 750 GPs, in which 46% of GPs
supported and 44% rejected legal reform.
1998 Survey of 322 United Kingdom psychiatrists, 38% of whom believed that euthanasia should be legalised and 35% were willing to assess the psychological suitability of applicants for euthanasia.
1999 survey of 333 geriatricians (45% of all UK. doctors in this speciality), 80% of whom felt that euthanasia could never be justified, though 23% felt that it should be legal in some circumstances.
2003 The Liverpool Care Pathway for the Dying Patient (‘LCP’) was an integrated care pathway (ICP) recommended by successive governments in England and Wales to improve end-of-life care. It was discontinued in 2014 following mounting criticism and a national review.
2003 Lord Joffe introduced into Parliament his Patient (Assisted Dying) Bill
2004 qualitative research carried out by Help the Hospices, which concluded that the introduction of euthanasia legislation was seen within the hospice movement as capable of changing the ethos of hospice care for the worse and of eroding the relationship of trust physicians, carers and patients.
2014 New ‘approach’ to end of life care replaces axed Liverpool pathway.
2024 AND NOW A new way to die still under discussion.
A Bug eat bug world
ANTIBIOTICS ARE vital to modern medicine. Their ability to kill bacteria without harming the patient has saved billions of lives directly and made everything from caesarean sections to chemotherapy much safer. Life expectancy would drop by a third if they did not exist. But after decades of overuse their powers are fading. Some bacteria have evolved resistance, creating a growing army of “superbugs” against which there is no effective treatment. Antimicrobial resistance is expected to kill 10m people a year by 2050, up from around 1m in 2019.
Microbiologists have known for decades that disease-causing bacteria can suffer from illnesses of their own. They are susceptible to attack by bacteriophages (“phages” for short): specialised viruses that infect bacteria, and often kill them.
The trouble with phages is that comparatively little is known about them. After the discovery of penicillin, the first antibiotic, in 1928, they were largely ignored in the West. Only the Soviet Union, powered by research and production facilities in Georgia, continued to use them. Given the gravity of the antibiotic-resistance problem, it would be a good idea to find out more.
A century ago, phages were the most promising tool in the antibacterial arsenal. Felix d’Herelle, a microbiologist at the Pasteur Institute in Paris, used them to treat the first patient in 1919, after downing a dose himself to ensure they had no harmful effects. One of his colleagues was a young Georgian scientist named George Eliava, who returned home to found the institute that now bears his name.
But with the discovery of penicillin, the first antibiotic, in 1928, phages fell from favour. Production of penicillin surged during the second world war, crowding the phages out.
The first and so far only clinical trial on phages in Britain ended in 2009, concluding they were both safe and effective against an ear infection.
Although Dendritic cells were discovered in the 19th century, it was only at the beginning of the 21st century that their role in adaptive immunity was discovered. Ralph M. Steinman understood that the primed dendritic cells were capable of detecting and destroying malignant cancer cells in the body and for his work he was awarded the Nobel prize in Medicine in 2011.
Like macrophages and neutrophils, dendritic cells (DCs) are considered professional phagocytes. Even if the three cell types phagocytose parasites, bacteria, cell debris, or even intact cells very efficiently, the functional outcomes of the phagocytic event are quite different.
ATP stands for adenosine triphosphate, and it is the form of energy our body uses to fuel all the biological processes that keep us alive.
Bacteriophages, or phages, are viruses that specifically target bacteria. Phage therapy involves using phages to treat bacterial infections. Phages are everywhere. From the soil to our guts, there are thousands of different types.31 Aug 2022
Probiophage Dairy Free is a specialised bacteriophage formulation combining four types of phages, Proprietary Blend (Lactobacillus acidophilus, bifidobacterium bifidum, bifidobacterium longum, lactobacillus rhamnosus, bifidobacterium breve, lactobacillus casei, streptococcus thermophilus), PrePhage Bacteriophage Prebiotic Blend (LH01-Myoviridae, LL5-Siphoviridae, T4D-Myoviridae, LL12-Myoviridae).
SO WHERE DID COVID 19 (Money maker) COME FROM PLUTO IN 2020 ?
Keep your eyes open and watch out for Brain Fog
Davos 18 July 23
Klaus Schwab Founder and Chairman World Economic Forum.
Harvard Student, mentor Henry Kissinger, mater David Rockefeller.
b.1938 Upper middle class. Father’s firm Escher Wyss, slave labour used 1938 to 1945 making ammunitions and heavy industrial components including development equipment for nuclear weapons.
KS. Quote; No one will own property by 2030 but will be happy.
Bank account should be monitored for subversive individuals, jab refusers, non-conformists to religious doctrine and any rebels made non-persons (reflections of Germany in the 1930s).
Guests at this year’s conference (£19,000 a seat by invite only) Sir Keith Starmer and Rachel Reeves plus other UK middle and upper class influencers.
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Who is looking after my health ?
Cllr Louise Gittins Chair of HCP, Leader of Cheshire West, and Chester Council
Raj Jain Chair of NHS Cheshire and Merseyside & Vice Chair of HCP
Ellen Loudon Vice Chair of HCP – Director of Social Justice, Diocese Liverpool,
and Canon Chancellor, Liverpool Cathedral
Cllr Sam Corcoran Leader of the Council, Cheshire East Council
Cllr Marie Wright Chair of Health and Wellbeing Board/Cabinet member for Health
and Wellbeing, Halton Borough Council
Cllr Christine Bannon Health Cabinet Member, Knowsley Council
Cllr Marlene Quinn St Helens Council
Gareth Lee Assistant Chief Constable, Cheshire Police
Tom Walley University of Liverpool
Cllr Maureen McLaughlin Warrington Council
Racheal Jones CEO of One Knowsley, VCSE Representative for Liverpool City Region
Carly Brown Children’s Services (DCS forum- C and M)
Isla Wilson Chair – Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust,
Provider Collaborative rep (trust in MH/LD/CS)
Dame Jo Williams Chair of Alder Hey Children’s NHS FT, Provider Collaborative rep (CMAST)
Joanne Clague NWAS
Sarah Thwaites Healthwatch, Liverpool
Stephen Watson Executive Director, Place, Sefton Council
Adam Irvine CEO, Community Pharmacy, Cheshire, and Wirral
Louise Barry Governor of Liverpool City College
Angela Simpson Executive Dean, Health and Social Care, University of Chester
Matt James Smith MJS
Laura Gibson Senior Corporate Comms Manager, Cheshire, and Merseyside ICB
Jennie Williams Minute Taker
Clare Watson Deputy Chief Executive
Claire Wilson Director of Finance
Sue Forster Attending on Behalf of Ian Ashworth
Lee Shears Attending on Behalf of Alex Waller
Thomasina Afful Cheshire and Merseyside ICB ECI Lead Officer
Neil Evans Associate Director of Strategy and Collaboration
Rob Tabb Liverpool City Region
Melissa Crellin Cheshire and Warrington LEP
Fiona Lemmens Deputy Medical Director
Natalie Robinson Associate Director of Programme Delivery and Assurance
Matthew Cunningham Associate Director of Corporate Affairs & Governance / Company
Secretary
Ian Ashworth IAs Director of Population Heath, ICB
Alex Waller Chief Fire Officer, Cheshire Fire and Rescue
Kath McEvoy Business Delivery Lead, ICB
Cllr Ian Moncur Sefton Council
Cllr Jan Williamson JWi Wirral Council
Karen Prior Chief Executive Officer, Healthwatch
Alison Cullen Chief Officer, Warrington Voluntary Action
Kate Shone Managing Director, Torus Foundation
Merab Gill VNSW
Dianne Blair Healthwatch
Maxine Power NWAS
Steve McGuirk Chair of Warrington/ Halton Hospitals
Phil Garrigan Chief Fire Officer, Merseyside Fire and Rescue
Rowan Pritchard Jones RPJ Medical Director, Cheshire, and Merseyside ICB
Salman Desai NWAS
Steve Park Warrington Borough Council
Susan Wallace-Bonner Halton Council
Cllr Fraser Lake Fla Liverpool City Council
Darren Mochrie NWAS
“WELL I NEVER” WHAT A LUCKY 78YR OLD MAN I AM