To all NHS Staff: Thank you

LeeSouthEast

I would just like to say that the PITA comment was tongue in cheek.

I will ensure a letter gets forwarded in the right direction. It's only fair.

Thank you all again.

tandraig

er - am i the only one thinking that this should be the norm? and that its so unusual its singled out for praise?
Sad isnt it, that its so rare to get GOOD health care?

brettcta

tandraig wrote: »

er - am i the only one thinking that this should be the norm? and that its so unusual its singled out for praise?
Sad isnt it, that its so rare to get GOOD health care?

ah go away, i've been in hospital more times than i care to remember and have rarely, if ever, received BAD health care.

the OP is clearly happy with the service they received and is happy that their father in law is recovering from what was feared to be a heart attack and felt it necessary to praise the NHS staff who helped him and his family.

take your dim view of the world and jog on

tandraig

well brettcat or whatever your name is - I am so happy you recieved good health care .....long may it continue.
I wasnt being nasty - but the circumstances the OP describe, I would say should be standard health care - not a reason to single out GOOD health care. or even health care above and beyond call of duty.
its the fact they felt the NEED to post it on here i find sad.

exup

tandraig wrote: »

er - am i the only one thinking that this should be the norm? and that its so unusual its singled out for praise?
Sad isnt it, that its so rare to get GOOD health care?

no matter what job you do whether it health care or not - it is nice to get someone who does say thankyou. It can do a helluva lot for morale. With the amount of abuse that NHS staff get - especially front line staff this does help.

Mrs_Ryan

nuttyp wrote: »

This is a lovely thread, and yes the NHS gets a lot of bad press, but without the care and help in the QMC in notts, my daughter would be possibly now wheelchair bound due to scoliosis.

They were really lovely and very very careing. Even after the op, nurses from threatre popped onto ward on their way home to check her progress.

So i too would like to thanks all the NHS staff

Glad to hear a nice story about the QMC, I did my nurse training there. x

tandraig

my mistake - I thought the praise part of the title for thread was for care above and beyond the call of duty.
so - thank you for my milkman for delivering my milk this morning
and the postie
and thanks for aldi for being open and having the items i wanted
thanks also to corner shop for having the items aldi dont stock
thanks bbc for being in the box whenever i wanted to check the news and weather
thanks also to create and craft - keeps me entertained while relieving me of my money
oh and thanks yesterday on freeview - I enjoyed your programmes last week - can you do more?
thanks too to the council, I can fill my recycling bin just with the carp you leave on roadside - and after four months - you still havent given me my brown bin!
the government - you didnt listen to my concerns about Iraq - or Afghanistan - why are so many young lives being wasted?
right - thats my main rants - feel better now!!!!
ooh forgotten warnings - dont take sleeping tablets and laxatives at same time!

Nurseyjo_2

tandraig wrote: »

well brettcat or whatever your name is - I am so happy you recieved good health care .....long may it continue.
I wasnt being nasty - but the circumstances the OP describe, I would say should be standard health care - not a reason to single out GOOD health care. or even health care above and beyond call of duty.
its the fact they felt the NEED to post it on here i find sad.

This is standard health care. This is what most hospitals do on a day to day basis, it is just never front page news. Good news stories dont sell newspapers.

If you have never experienced it then it may be that you do feel it outstanding at a time of crisis. I am grateful that Lee posted this. After all, the forum is for Praise, as well as for bad stories. The NHS is getting a kicking at the moment but there are hundreds of staff in this organisation who do a fantastic job, and not just the clinical staff. They all go out of their way to ensure that, as far as possible, the patient gets a good experience. Its what they do the job for.

It is just shame that human nature dictates that people tell more horror stories than nice ones and that narrow minded people, such as yourself Tandraig, have to make comments such as the one above.

brettcta

tandraig wrote: »

my mistake - I thought the praise part of the title for thread was for care above and beyond the call of duty.
so - thank you for my milkman for delivering my milk this morning
and the postie
and thanks for aldi for being open and having the items i wanted
thanks also to corner shop for having the items aldi dont stock
thanks bbc for being in the box whenever i wanted to check the news and weather
thanks also to create and craft - keeps me entertained while relieving me of my money
oh and thanks yesterday on freeview - I enjoyed your programmes last week - can you do more?
thanks too to the council, I can fill my recycling bin just with the carp you leave on roadside - and after four months - you still havent given me my brown bin!
the government - you didnt listen to my concerns about Iraq - or Afghanistan - why are so many young lives being wasted?
right - thats my main rants - feel better now!!!!
ooh forgotten warnings - dont take sleeping tablets and laxatives at same time!

absolute clownshoes

it's a pity there's no ignore function on this here messageboard

tandraig

you are not getting what I am saying - good healthcare shouldnt be noteworthy or posted on here! only exceptional health care. and to me - that wasnt exceptional. shouldnt that be standard?
I have posted where I think people have excelled.
but when it comes to local hospitals - one is particularly bad and its where my sis in law is currently being treated. (or badly treated in my and families opinion). so scuse me if i think - I am glad this guy had the right treatment - but shouldnt he have had it anyway? why are we expected to be grateful for treatment which wouldnt be tolerated in other countries? because we are TOLD the nhs is best in world?
I think the NHS is better than american system - but we could learn from other countries.