NHS rant

[oldypigeonpopper]

Hello, What is the latest news on your wife Dunks ??

[marsh man]

4 hours ago, Rewulf said:

You are very lucky to have these services.

In Jan 2023 I was A+E d to QMC, gall stones/bladder inflammation, was booked in for 'urgent' gall bladder removal, told I needed an MRI first.
Saw a consultant in May 23 told I didnt need an MRI, he prodded my stomach and said he had examined me.
2 episodes of intense gall stone pain later, one where I was blue lighted in, no date set for operation, sent home with pain relief.

December 2023 I got asked to go in for an MRI, no idea what the results were, as I cant get to speak to my GP, havent for 3 years now.
Jan 24, pre op consultation, asked if I have sleep apnea, answered no.
Booked in for sleep apnea test for March, test was inconclusive, booked in for 2nd sleep apnea test for June 24, 6 months of sleep study delays made the pre op consultation invalid, so needs to be done again.
After 18 months of waiting for an 'urgent' (in their words) gall bladder removal I told them to shove it, they were more than happy to be rid of a patient off their waiting lists, never asked me why, and said if it flares up again, go to A+E.

Now Im not saying the tories were any good, but Im pretty sure it wasnt them telling the hospital to throw people from pillar to post, mess them around and cause unnecessary delays to treatment, likewise there is literally no way labour can fix the broken machine that is the NHS, you could double their budget, stick a million more nurses and doctors into it, but it is managed by IDIOTS, and that isnt going to change until someone with power, and conviction, goes in and strips out all the useless parts and starts again.
Because at the moment, its only going to get worse.
 

Sorry to hear about the problems you have had in your doctors and the hospital , I did mention it on the forum at the time when I went for my chest x ray and with everything going on in my mind lately I went a day early , the lady at the reception told me and I said sorry my fault I can come back tomorrow , she said hang on and I will change it and she changed it there and then for the same time and no sooner had I sat down the chap called my name out and the x ray was sorted out in minutes , I was then back on my way home within less than an hour of leaving it , as I said , excellent service .    MM

[DUNKS]

13 hours ago, oldypigeonpopper said:

Hello, What is the latest news on your wife Dunks ??

Thanks for your concern. Wound dressed at a@e and appointment made for today at orthopedic but dressings leaked badly and had to go to another walk in centre to hhave dressings changed. All OK now but she is very weak she has had little sleep. Thank goodness for our two sons who are helping.

 

Edited August 16 by DUNKS

[oldypigeonpopper]

4 minutes ago, DUNKS said:

Thanks for your concern. Wound dressed at a@e and appointment made for today at orthopedic but dressings leaked badly and had to go to another walk in centre to hhave dressings changed. All OK now but she is very weak she has had little sleep. Thank goodness for our two sons who are helping.

 

Hello, That is good to hear, hope your wife makes a good recovery, 👍

[johnphilip]

51 minutes ago, DUNKS said:

Thanks for your concern. Wound dressed at a@e and appointment made for today at orthopedic but dressings leaked badly and had to go to another walk in centre to hhave dressings changed. All OK now but she is very weak she has had little sleep. Thank goodness for our two sons who are helping.

 

Hope she is fully on the mend soon , we have to be there for each other.

[DUNKS]

Thanks all for the well wishes. Wifey has had her arm stitched up in Orthopedic. Different department and totally different treatment , really all you could ask for ' Clean, efficient and everything explained. One and a half hours in theatre to repair the arm and umpteen stitches. They could not believe that at 88 years old apart from two childbirths she has never been in a hospital. Tough old bird!

Edited August 22 by DUNKS
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[TIGHTCHOKE]

Thank you for the update.

I am glad she has been treated properly at last.

[100milesaway]

My partner suffering from severe blood loss due to a blocked superpubic catheter and unable to pass water was taken by ambulance to Darlington memorial hospital A&E on arrival he was taken directly to a bed where he was seen to immediately  by a doctor,where his water system was flushed out and he was instantly out of pain and the catheter was working normal. In the A&E department were 5 nurses and 2 junior doctors all on the desk and NO other patients needing treatment  in the centre. The reason being, it was the European cup final, so the place was empty. We are used to driving to James Cook A&E hospital in Middlesbrough a round trip of 80 miles, at least twice a month with similar problems and spending dozens of hours waiting in the crowded unit. I understand this hospitals A&E unit was also empty on that date. So shame on you time wasters for endangering the lives of the truly sick people. Nuff sed.

From Auntie. 

Edited August 21 by 100milesaway

[Lloyd90]

On 15/08/2024 at 11:44, Rewulf said:

Correct, lets not blame the NHS trusts, who despite being paid increasing amounts each year, are constantly put in special measures for negligence and mismanagement, lets blame the 'tories' instead who have nothing to do with the running of the actual hospitals.
Good job labour are here to sort it all out 

Smaller increasing amounts every year with bigger demand every year. 
 

Don’t look at investment, look at investment per 100,000 population. 
 

The idea that the hospitals have so much money that they’re failing on purpose is madness. 
 

There are inefficiencies and poor management but they have that in many companies and many sectors. 
 

The NHS does not have the monopoly on bad management … 

 

This does not excuse the lack of investment and massive increase in scope and demand. 

37 minutes ago, 100milesaway said:

My partner suffering from severe blood loss due to a blocked superpubic catheter and unable to pass water was taken by ambulance to Darlington memorial hospital A&E on arrival he was taken directly to a bed where he was seen to immediately  by a doctor,where his water system was flushed out and he was instantly out of pain and the catheter was working normal. In the A&E department were 5 nurses and 2 junior doctors all on the desk and NO other patients needing treatment  in the centre. The reason being, it was the European cup final, so the place was empty. We are used to driving to James Cook A&E hospital in Middlesbrough a round trip of 80 miles, at least twice a month with similar problems and spending dozens of hours waiting in the crowded unit. I understand this hospitals A&E unit was also empty on that date. So shame on you time wasters for endangering the lives of the truly sick people. Nuff sed.

From Auntie. 

Also a very regular occurrence … but again you need to look at the root cause. 
 

Lack of investment in infrastructure and community services leading to people having to present to A&E due to being waiting so long. 
 

My dad has waited over 12 months to be seen by an older adults MH team for dementia review … it wasn’t until I took him to A&E last month and told them my mums at breaking point and will refuse to take him home that he was seen immediately, a referral done and he just had the scan he’s been waiting 18 months for. 
 

My baby daughter has has been waiting 8 months for a paediatric dietician app … she’s seen the paed for horrendous reflux… the GP tells us to do stuff the Paed has already told us doesn’t work … we ring the paed weekly but they’re so busy they never get back to us… we also had to take her to children’s A&E after 2 months of no reply to have her meds reviewed, which they were then able to sort out in 15 minutes. 

[armsid]

How does the system work in Europe? Ireland you pay 75 euros at a&e 22 euros to see GP wonder how long the quees are there 

[Lloyd90]

1 hour ago, armsid said:

How does the system work in Europe? Ireland you pay 75 euros at a&e 22 euros to see GP wonder how long the quees are there 

My mates a nurse out there … there services are even worse than here. 
 

Her aunt had terminal cancer, no hospice or staying in hospital with 24/7 care like here.

 

Discharged home to die, husband/family had to do care when they could fit it in, got a district nurse visit once a fortnight. 

[Penelope]

12 hours ago, Lloyd90 said:

 

The NHS does not have the monopoly on bad management … 

But appear to have a surfit.

[Rewulf]

13 hours ago, Lloyd90 said:

Smaller increasing amounts every year with bigger demand every year. 

Ill grant you bigger demand, uncontrolled immigration has seen to that, but increased spending has been steady.

1 in 25 working age people work for the NHS , 1.3 million, the biggest employer in Europe, yet we cant get to see a GP, and 8 million people awaiting operations.
A+E well, Im sure you know the story there.
With its vast budget, massive work force, is it demand, or is it run by clowns ?

[Luckyshot]

14 hours ago, Lloyd90 said:

My mates a nurse out there … there services are even worse than here. 
 

Her aunt had terminal cancer, no hospice or staying in hospital with 24/7 care like here.

 

Discharged home to die, husband/family had to do care when they could fit it in, got a district nurse visit once a fortnight. 

You don't get that treatment here, my dad was diagnosed with bowl cancer told he was fine well operate in a week or so. Went in for operation within 10 minutes the surgeon was all done, only to come out and tell my mam there is nothing they can do its terminal. After being stitched up he was discharged immediately to go home and die. Four weeks later after a brief visit back to hospital where a nurse refused to empty his colostomy bag as apparently doing that was disgusting he was dead.

[Jega]

I recently had cause to attend our A&E (nothing to serious thankfully ) however i couldn't get over how many quite old non-nationals were in there .

While i was waiting i got talking to one of the volunteers who told me that this was very much the norm .

The majority were apparently East Europeans mainly Poland and the Baltic states , their youngsters who are working here bring them over for medical treatment as their own health systems are rubbish .

Out of about 30 or so in the waiting area i can honestly say that there were no more the 10-12 of British nationality .

[old man]

6 minutes ago, Jega said:

I recently had cause to attend our A&E (nothing to serious thankfully ) however i couldn't get over how many quite old non-nationals were in there .

While i was waiting i got talking to one of the volunteers who told me that this was very much the norm .

The majority were apparently East Europeans mainly Poland and the Baltic states , their youngsters who are working here bring them over for medical treatment as their own health systems are rubbish .

Out of about 30 or so in the waiting area i can honestly say that there were no more the 10-12 of British nationality .

Again, no good blaming the takers. Blame the enabling system?

[Jega]

Just now, old man said:

Again, no good blaming the takers. Blame the enabling system?

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