Fresh

Image of a woman vaping

Vaping is a gateway to tobacco addiction—a real nuisance that reeks like a nightclub’s sweaty armpit. If it’s truly useful for quitting smoking, then make it prescription-only. For everyone else, it’s just an annoying, smoky distraction. So, let’s clear the air… cough.

Choice

picture of hourglass

Every eight days, a Briton travels to Dignitas in Switzerland seeking assistance to end their life, often in a stark, clinical room far from home. The impersonal setting highlights the harsh reality faced by those denied the right to die in their own country, sparking ongoing debates about dignity, autonomy, and end-of-life choices.

Ask

Only a doctor is truly a doctor. Others may be experts, knowledgeable, professional, and qualified, but when I’m undiagnosed and uncertain, all I want is to see a doctor.

Attitude

Pickup

Affectionately dubbed Big John by his pals, he emerged from the cool comfort of the diner into the searing Texan sun, which seemed to ricochet off the buildings lining Camel Back main street. With a sigh, he reached into his pocket for the keys to his trusty F-100 pickup, only to find the spot where it had been parked now empty.

Education

Nurse

The nurse’s distinct role is to aid individuals, whether they are ill or healthy, in carrying out tasks essential for health maintenance, recuperation, or, if necessary, a serene passage towards the end of life—tasks they would undertake independently if they possessed the requisite strength, determination, or understanding.

Misdirection

Artificial Intelligence

As per the individual responsible for Twitter’s chaotic state, we’re heading towards an era where human labor may become obsolete, thanks to the increasing role of artificial intelligence. However, this notion might not resonate with care-home assistants or frontline nurses who continue to provide crucial human care and support.

What matters

Waiting...

Setting aside all of that and returning to my fair-minded, charitable, and warm-hearted self, I managed to resist the temptation to toss the report into the shredder, right alongside last week’s tips from the Sporting Life.

Too basic

Department of Health & Social Care

No matter how you examine the situation, even when considering the most generous assessment, factoring in conflicts in distant lands, the dynamics of international labor markets, worldwide financial stresses, turmoil within the Tory party, and the cost of potato chips…