The NHS

[johnsusername]

19 minutes ago, Anubis said:

Nothing to see here. Just a fucking cash for mates scandal moving to its next stage. I wonder if there’ll be a government intervention with the NCA.

 

 

She is as bent as they come. Robbing from the poor to give to the rich (herself). Classic Tory. 

[Bjornebye]

 

 

 

[lifetime fan]

Fucking cunt is Davies. 

[Bjornebye]

15 minutes ago, lifetime fan said:

Fucking cunt is Davies. 

That one is Davis. This one is David Davies. Another complete cunt

 

 

 

[Anubis]

And if you believe that I have some magic beans to sell to you.

 

 

[johnsusername]

2 hours ago, Bjornebye said:

 

 

 

As the Tweeter says - what happened to the £350million that was going to go to the NHS every week? 

[littletedwest]

Had a shocking experience yesterday. The Mrs had an MRI scan for long standing back problems a few weeks ago. Anyway her gp says yesterday we need to go to a and e urgently. I'm working from home and they expressed we needed to get there before 5.30 as the specialist we needed to see finishes at 5.30. Told us to hand the referral letter into the a and e and we will be fast tracked through. So at about 3pm we set off.

Of course this was bollocks  as a and e told us. So I'd finished work early, we hadn't eaten and hadn't arranged for anyone look after the dog.

 

We then spent 15 hours in a and e. At one point they said they would admit her. So I drove home, let the dog out and drove back with an overnight bag. Only to be told they had no beds but she couldn't go home. We were told if she discharged herself we would then have to do all this again.

 

Eventually at 6am after waiting for Salford hospital to contact wigan a and e back from 12.30 she discharged herself. Salford had already confirmed that she definitely didn't have cauda equina and had simply asked was she under the care of a specialist. 

 

Thing is the NHS itself is fantastic but its so underfunded and understaffed. Managed decline until people say its a failure and needs to go so some rich people can become even richer at the expense if society as a whole.

[Captain Howdy]

I’ve not been able to walk properly for nearly two months now, still haven’t seen a doctor, In that time I’ve been to a walk in centre twice, both times I never saw a Dr, managed to get a Drs appointment two weeks ago but only saw a nurse who didn’t know her arse from her elbow and I’ve had two appointments with a physio who tells me I need an injection an MIR and possibly an operation, asked him when I will get the injection, he told me he doesn’t know “maybe” in a couple of weeks. It’s a fucking shambles. I don’t know what the answer is but it’s definitely not fit for purpose. I’m going to have to bite the bullet and go private, fuck knows what it will cost me. 
 

Forgot to say, when I hobbled into my first walk in centre the nurse told me and I shit you not “it might be the heat” where the fucking hell do you start with that?

[Captain Howdy]

On 03/10/2022 at 12:35, Bjornebye said:

That one is Davis. This one is David Davies. Another complete cunt

 

 

 

Now that looks like a face you could trust.

[Paulie Dangerously]

I've been in A&E for 9 and a half hours now as I have an aching testicle. I saw a triage nurse after 1 hour. Had bloods taken after 4. Blood pressure again after 7 and saw a doctor at after 8 hours. 6 people have had a go of my balls today. 

 

The staff are lovely and everyone is apologising for the delay but how did it get to this? Fucking tories. 

[Bjornebye]

5 hours ago, Paulie Dangerously said:

I've been in A&E for 9 and a half hours now as I have an aching testicle. I saw a triage nurse after 1 hour. Had bloods taken after 4. Blood pressure again after 7 and saw a doctor at after 8 hours. 6 people have had a go of my balls today. 

 

The staff are lovely and everyone is apologising for the delay but how did it get to this? Fucking tories. 

Are you ok mate? I’ve got one had it since about teatime last night. Had a weird itch below and a slight dull ache….

[Paul]

My mother-in-law, who is 88, had a fall at the residential home round the corner where she lives on Friday afternoon at about 4pm. Her blood pressure plummeted and they were worried. However, a triage nurse came to her within twenty minutes (at the home) and she was ambulanced to hospital. By midday on Saturday she’d had a partial hip replacement!!!
 

Genuinely defied all my expectations. We were trying ourselves in moral knots about going private in case they were going to say she’s too old or she’ll have to wait weeks. Such an amazing concept, The NHS. Even when on its knees it can still deliver for people. 

[Anubis]

My aunt had a fall in the nursing home on the 18th of last month. Small brain bleed which has stopped of its own accord, which is good as she wouldn’t have withstood surgery. Got the call from the nursing home 3.30am. Went and followed the ambulance to the Royal A&E. There from 4.30am. Had to join a queue along A&E corridor which moved up bit by bit. Staff were brilliant but overwhelmed. Bloods and scans done by 2pm. Temporary A&E bed bay by 4pm. Proper A&E bed bay by 9pm. Ward bed following day.

 

The paramedics who bring you in have to wait 2 hours until the patient is fully booked in and had a check over. Some crews offer to watch several patients to free up others.

 

The Royal are now moving patients to the new building. Each will have their own room. It’s lovely, but something like 230 less beds!

 

You also have patients like my aunt. Medically fit for discharge but can’t until a more suitable care home placement can be found (spoiler alert - there aren’t enough places) while assessments take a while.

 

Not enough staff. Not enough care home staff. Care staff are underpaid anyway. The whole system being underfunded as a pretext for privatisation, which the people at the bottom won’t be able to afford.

 

[Paulie Dangerously]

2 hours ago, Bjornebye said:

Are you ok mate? I’ve got one had it since about teatime last night. Had a weird itch below and a slight dull ache….

Infection in my bollock tube they think. Going for an ultrasound next week to be on the safe side. 

[Bjornebye]

1 minute ago, Paulie Dangerously said:

Infection in my bollock tube they think. Going for an ultrasound next week to be on the safe side. 

Ouch 

[Anubis]

Fingers crossed Paulie and Howdy get sorted and back to full health.

[Captain Howdy]

10 minutes ago, Anubis said:

Fingers crossed Paulie and Howdy get sorted and back to full health.

Cheers pal, it’s as Paul says it’s a moral dilemma about going private, as a principle I don’t really believe in private medicine but what do you do? I know there are people far worse off than me but it’s seriously impinging on my quality of life now. Plus it will no doubt cost a bloody fortune, I’ve already been quoted £150 for a consultation and £400 for an MRI. That’s before any actual treatment!!

[Paulie Dangerously]

1 hour ago, Captain Howdy said:

Cheers pal, it’s as Paul says it’s a moral dilemma about going private, as a principle I don’t really believe in private medicine but what do you do? I know there are people far worse off than me but it’s seriously impinging on my quality of life now. Plus it will no doubt cost a bloody fortune, I’ve already been quoted £150 for a consultation and £400 for an MRI. That’s before any actual treatment!!

The irony is that we pay for Vitality healthcare after MrsD could have died of a necrotic appendix years ago and the care was shocking. It's a scam though, it's great for low urgent things you would wait years on the NHS for (I had a cyst on my head removed in a fortnight for example) and you can get a GP video chat in a couple of hours  but anything urgent they just tell you to go to A&E and wait. 

[Captain Howdy]

3 minutes ago, Paulie Dangerously said:

The irony is that we pay for Vitality healthcare after MrsD could have died of a necrotic appendix years ago and the care was shocking. It's a scam though, it's great for low urgent things you would wait years on the NHS for (I had a cyst on my head removed in a fortnight for example) and you can get a GP video chat in a couple of hours  but anything urgent they just tell you to go to A&E and wait. 

Doesn’t surprise me mate. I don’t know what the answer is, the money it will take to turn it around will be off the scale.

[VladimirIlyich]

On 02/09/2022 at 07:07, Section_31 said:

I think they're possibly picking up people who can't get a GP appointment. I had to go there once because I couldn't get one.

 

There's only ever about four GPs in in my one even though there used to be about eight. I think they all still work there but not as often.

 

Despite all their moaning about being overworked, I suspect more of them are doing private consultations at least one day a week.

I think older GPs are job sharing now. I almost never see the same Doctor and they are usually far younger than me. The Senior Doctor is still around but works shorter hours. He isn't a Tory as he is a business client of my sister who works for the NHS as a sort of independent consultant(the business type,not senior doctor type) to midwives and maternity departments. I think this is a sound idea in principle,but not in the way those scumbag Tories do.

[Captain Howdy]

It needs massive, humongous funding, how do we go about it though, it can only  be tax rises, I don’t see any other way. I’d image that there is incredible wastage on things like admin and positions and departments that aren’t really necessary etc maybe things like that should be looked at. It’s a massive challenge as it’s an incredibly expensive institution, given advances in medicine and the demand for service it’s only going to get worse. 

[Bjornebye]

1 minute ago, Captain Howdy said:

It needs massive, humongous funding, how do we go about it though, it can only  be tax rises, I don’t see any other way. I’d image that there is incredible wastage on things like admin and positions and departments that aren’t really necessary etc maybe things like that should be looked at. It’s a massive challenge as it’s an incredibly expensive institution, given advances in medicine and the demand for service it’s only going to get worse. 

Brexit mate. 350 million quid a week. It was on the side of a bus. 

[Captain Howdy]

1 minute ago, Bjornebye said:

Brexit mate. 350 million quid a week. It was on the side of a bus. 

Yeah, what a load of plums that was. Tbh I thought it was 350 a day, doesn’t matter anyway as it was clearly a lie either way.

[VladimirIlyich]

3 minutes ago, Captain Howdy said:

Yeah, what a load of plums that was. Tbh I thought it was 350 a day, doesn’t matter anyway as it was clearly a lie either way.

More like 350 quid!

[Arniepie]

Was in sainsbury's last night and they were offering flu jabs for £16

If 1 little jab costs so much imagine how much a big op and rehab would cost?

No wonder they are desperate to get their hands on it