ELITE 11+ Awaiting glitches and chatting with friends

mutley_muppet

I had an APG to use up today so bought some Lynx that compares ok against Mr T:

2 x Lynx Deodorant Body Spray - Africa (200ml)£7.00£3.98
But don't buy mixed fresh chillies like I did! D'oh! :eek:
1 x SADA Mixed Chillies (50g)£0.50£1.00

TrulyMadly

Dizzy_Ditzy

Happy birthday PD :beer:

TrulyMadly

lutzi1 wrote: »

:beer::beer::beer:


BA(Hons) and MA. :rotfl:

Some accountancy exams. :eek:

Ooh and Girl Guide Child Nurse award. :question:

And Cycling Proficiency Badge . :p:p

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

I have a Leeds United Supporters badge:rotfl:

76rosie

dipdap wrote: »

Just finished entering some more Dr O pizza codes.
51 codes now and still not won a gift card.
Don't know whether to :rotfl: or
I said to DH when the promo first started if I won any they'd be for Xmas shopping, think I may have expected too much!

i thought it was only me that hadn't won anything.:(

Tinyshoes

TrulyMadly wrote: »

I have a Leeds United Supporters badge:rotfl:

I have a Prefect badge.

Oh and Age 18 and Age 21. :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

mutley_muppet

Happy Birthday PD!! :beer::j

TrulyMadly wrote: »

I have a Leeds United Supporters badge:rotfl:

I have a certficate in Canine First Aid! Top that! :rotfl:

Ladyshopper

karlie88 wrote: »

The problem is Nana, that there is a significant proportion of people who are not grateful.



You are right, we're very lucky to have the NHS.

I'm just going to inform you of the cruel/sad/disappointing stuff that I sometimes see. This may be a long post and I apologise in advance.

I go to work and I see 'ungrateful' people everyday. They 'whinge' about their care, long waiting times, uncomfortable beds, not enough pillows, operation delays, hospital food, delays in scans and several hundred other things. I see doctors, staff nurses, auxiliary nurses, sisters, porters, radiographers, bank nurses, locum doctors etc. get verbally abused (myself included) and sometimes physically abused. On one occasion, my colleague was strangled by a patient's relative after they had waited over 30 minutes for a doctor to attend them (not strangled to death, but to the extent where he couldn't breathe for about 10 seconds). I found him (by chance) on a set of stairs in the hospital; he was crying his eyes out.

People do not realise that from 5pm to 8am (15 hours of the day; Monday to Friday), the hospital is severely lacking in staff. Add to this the whole of Saturday and Sunday. People think that a hospital is a 24/7 working environment and it is, to some extent. But people don't realise that departments close down and that there are 'on-call teams' when doctors are on shift.

For example, pretty much all hospitals in the UK (big or small) have about 3 doctors on-call during the evenings/nights/weekends. A&E is the only department to be fully staffed 24/7. These 3 doctors on-call typically have to look after 300 - 500 inpatients (i.e those in beds and on wards). But what people don't realise is that Mr Jones on the Cardiology ward starts to have a heart attack at 11pm. At the same time, Mrs Campbell develops signs of stroke on Ward 12. Half an hour later, a nurse bleeps you to say that Mr Stokes is becoming more short of breath and is now coughing up blood. An hour later, Margaret on Ward 32 starts to vomit blood and is developing severe abdominal pain. 2 hours before you got a bleep but didn't have time to answer it, you get re-bleeped from the same number; turns out Betty had a fall from her bed and has now fractured her femur. You then get a call from the on-call radiologist to say someone's scan results weren't reviewed earlier in the day and that the patient's results show a severe pneumonia...are they on antibiotics? Nope. We are pushed to breaking point..and then you get abuse, jokes about being late on the seen, complaints of poor service, 'I called for you 2 hours ago', being strangled...the list goes on.

Even nursing staff are stretched (and that's every single hour of every week - they have so much 'mandatory' paperwork to fill in that they haven't got time to actually look after the patients). It's such a shame to see; they're job description says it all, they need to nurse patients. However, some big shot in the managerial side of the hospital decides to introduce new paperwork which takes an hour to complete. How are they supposed to look after their patients? Administer medication? Help feed them? Respond to their pain?

Granted, mistakes happen. We are only human. Some mistakes should never happen, but they do. But has anyone ever thought, why? Could it not be frustration within? Tiredness? Stretched resources? On average, every year one doctor is killed when driving home from a long shift. Verdict? Sleeping at the wheel.

I've lost count the number of journeys I've done driving home and not remembering a single thing about the drive home; almost sleeping with my eyes open.

Sorry about the above; this was not aimed at anyone in particular. Just my viewpoint/interesting facts about the hospital environment.

Needed to get that off my chest. :mad::o:rotfl::o:mad:

There's just a growing number of people who don't appreciate a thing that the NHS offers; 1st class healthcare.

:T

Totally agree with this karlie. Also think it's very similar in my job (police officer).

Have definitely had my money's worth out of the nhs with all my bladder ops. I received a report today from my consultant that was requested by my police dr, it looks as if I now have to have my bladder removed. Bit scary, big op.

strewth71

I signed up for Orchard yesterday and got an email for a fruit and veg campaign today :j Starts 3 October. Not sure what they send out but am looking forward to finding out

Sunshinemummy

queen_of_cheap wrote: »

Happy birthday PD :beer:

Happy Bday PD x