RANT; The NHS!!

Sandoval

Coopdivi wrote: »

When was the last time you agreed with anybody?

When someone said something worth agreeing with.

Coopdivi wrote: »

And when're you going to start using a proper font instead of that annoying look-at-me-everyone one you're using at the moment?

If you ask nicely and say please I promise I'll consider changing it.

Consider this though: as one of my fans you would have a harder time identifying my posts amongst the others if they were written in the standard font.

Be careful what you wish for...

qetu1357

dmg24 wrote: »

Which makes your rant even more ridiculous! You know that medicine is not an exact science, what did you expect them to do - leave the earlier patient open on the table?

"Rant away, but at least make it a reasoned rant"



Yep, and maybe if the OP lived in a country without the NHS she would be grateful for what we are given.



Do you think she should be prioritised over emergencies, or someone that is mid operation?

Rant away, but at least make it a reasoned rant.

"A rant is a speech or text that does not present a well-researched and calm argument; rather, it is typically an attack on an idea, a person or an institution. Very often rants lack proven claims. Such attacks are usually personal attacks. Compare with a dialectic.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rant"

A reasoned rant is an oxymoron.

callow

The trouble with the NHS surgery lists and beds is they are run on a "just in time" system. Which is fine for a supermarket but for a hospital where things often don't go plan it is not a good idea. There is no slack whatsoever.

Where I work patients often have their surgery and then have no ward bed to go to. They spend several hours in theatre recovery waiting. We have to give them lunch in an area that is really for unconcious patients coming around from their surgery.

As someone previously said, I can only see it getting worse.

marleyboy

I would REFUSE to go home on the grounds that I am still suffering, up until they provide me with the OP I would stay in the ward, informing them that they can put up with me filling a bed and costing them money where they can treat my symptoms regularly and until they have done the operation.

Whilst IN hospital you take priority over any outpatients appointments, which is unfortunately what happened to her previously.

WhiteHorse

Mupette wrote: »

Sorry to say the op was probably cancelled so another fat teen can have a gastric band

Exactly. Despite the soundbites emanating from bandwagoning opportunistic politicians and overpaid empire-building bureaucrats, the NHS is NOT short of resources or money.

The NHS provides fertility treatment, sex-changes, non-essential cosmetic surgery, and a whole plethora of other things that it shouldn't.

It's a question of wrong priorities.

WhiteHorse

Sandoval wrote: »

If you ask nicely and say please I promise I'll consider changing it.

Actually, the font makes your posts harder to read ...

tenmah

dmg24 wrote: »

Rant away, but at least make it a reasoned rant

Why on earth should it be a reasoned rant - although as has been pointed out there is no such thing.

This is the thread for ranting - about whatever someone is annoyed about.

It can be serious or trivial, but if it is upsetting them - they can rant.

Oh sorry I forgot, if you don't like it (which is everything anyone ever writes) then it shouldn't be posted unless they have checked with you first?

Sandoval

WhiteHorse wrote: »

Actually, the font makes your posts harder to read ...

If you're struggling then don't read them.

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

I do hope that your Mum gets her operation and recovers quickly, OP, and I know it must be doubly frustrating when you are a nurse, but could I ask whether it is possible that the couple of phone calls you made to see whether something could be sorted out, actually resulted in the Consultant saying 'put her on the end of my list and I'll do it if there's enough time'? One of my old bosses would do that if I asked him very nicely, but there was always the risk that they would be cancelled at the very last moment as a result. So in a way, although it was sometimes unsuccessful, the attempts to fit someone in were actually proof that the staff did care and were going that extra mile to try and help.

Although there is no excuse for the nursing staff to be so unhelpful.

I'd call the consultant's secretary Monday morning and explain she has been cancelled whilst waiting to be wheeled down. I'd then call admissions and point out that it was a very late cancellation (they look bad on printouts). If admissions is like some of the ones I have dealt with before, I'd then look at instigating the Complaints Procedure. PALS are nice, but it's surprising how quickly a telephone call to the chief exec's office gets results.

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

Sandoval, would it be possible for you to increase the size of Courier New that you use at all, please? It would make it slightly thicker and easier to read, whilst still standing out.