UK: Two more nanny state stories
Posted on September 14th, 2007 by bile Categories and Tags: Uncategorized, Crossan, drugs, food, healthcare, Healthy School, John Nuttall, Michael Daley, Michael Moore, nanny state, NHS, NHS hospital, police, politics, regulation, Royal Cornwall Hospital, sandwich seller, schooling, smoking ban, taxes, UK, United Kingdom, universal healthcare 3 Comments »A sandwich seller who passed food to pupils through the school gates was asked to move on by the police.
Children began placing orders at Michael Daley’s shop this term after their school banned them from leaving the grounds at lunchtime without permission.
Some did not want to eat the meals in the canteen - so they phoned their requests to Mr Daley instead.
Although the pupils were delighted with his deliveries, the school was not.
A smoker is facing years of pain after an NHS hospital refused to set his broken ankle unless he gives up cigarettes.
John Nuttall, 57, needs the operation to fix the ankle he broke in three places two years ago and which was not healed by a plaster cast.
Doctors at the Royal Cornwall Hospital in Truro have refused to operate to rebuild the ankle because they say Mr Nuttall’s heavy smoking would reduce the chance of a full recovery.
A spokesman for the hospital trust said: “Smoking has a very big influence on the outcome of this type of surgery and the healing process would be hindered significantly.”
Evil southern chicken wraps are killing British students! Run for the hills!! My high school didn’t let us leave for lunch and barely gave us anything worth eating. Even the burgers were crap. I ended up eating salads for 2+ years because they charged per salad and not weight. All meat and cheese salads are good. This is sad. These are young adults. They are perfectly capable of choosing what to eat. Mr Crossan is just worried of losing his Healthy School status.
As for the smoker… what was that about universal healthcare? I’m glad the NHS are more than happy to prescribe Mr Nuttall morphine but won’t fix the ankle causing the pain. If I were him I’d be selling that morphine to the highest bidder and buy the surgery from a private firm… if he can. He’s more than welcome to come to the States. Maybe Michael Moore could pick up the tab. Maybe he could break it again and go to the emergency room?
