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National Health and the Health of a Nation

The power structure in Britain has been turned upside down and now sides with the forces of destruction instead of protecting a society that was, at one time, among the great civilizations of the world.

John F. Di Leo | May 23, 2026

There’s a true story making the rounds on social media about a British doctor named Keith Wolverson, a general practitioner working for the National Health Service, who has battled an almost decade-long disciplinary process, having first been suspended for alleged disrespect of a Muslim patient, continuing to work during the suspension, and ultimately being fired.

The facts are simple enough. The NHS is understaffed, underfunded, and overworked, so doctors need to be efficient. They need to diagnose a patient as quickly as possible, write a prescription, and move on to the next patient. There is always a line; there is always a “next patient” to treat.

In this case, way back in 2018, a Muslim woman with a fully covered face entered his office with a sick child. Due to a combination of her accent and her burka or niqab, he couldn’t understand the mother clearly enough to diagnose the child, so he had to ask her repeatedly to lift her face covering and speak slowly and clearly.

Eventually, she finally agreed to, and the doctor successfully diagnosed and cured the child.

This should have been the end of it, and there would be no news story.

But the mother’s husband made her reconsider the experience – once the child was on the path to recovery, of course – and she filed a complaint against the doctor, claiming that her English is fine and he disrespected her and her “religion” by making her remove the face covering so he could diagnose the child.

The doctor maintains that there’s no prejudice or disrespect involved. Like most people, when you have difficulty understanding someone’s words due to a foreign accent or the........

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