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Dizzy_Ditzy

Thinking of you aau and family x

izzy65

Night night tweets, and Happy birthday PD, hope it was a good one as you share it with my DS:bdaycake:

locarr

TrulyMadly wrote: »

NHS

I work with clients who will visit the walk in or A and E at the drop of a hat for the most minor ailment. It clogs up the system at the point of entry:o

It boils down to poor education, poor parenting and a culture that demands "me now"
Someone may be having a heart attack but they feel that their cut hand is more important.
Education is the key

lutzi1 wrote: »

Thank you Karlie for this post, and I feel you and your (hard working ) colleagues' pain. I have every respect for people in the public sector, who work hard, who are professional and who try to deliver the best service they possibly can. I've been one as an acccountant in the past and I am one to a lesser extent now. Full respect to everyone who falls into that category. :A

The trouble is, I've seen it from the other side too too often, and I've also seen how it can be in another European county. Far too often over the years I've sat in doctor's surgeries and hospital clinics with timed appointments and seriously lost the will to live. If you're sitting there in a nice suit and complain eventually, you might get somewhere. If I or my husband had behaved so unprofessionally in out professional lives, we'd have been out on our ear. I've sat in so many A&E departments over the years where far too many staff apparently have nothing to do but chat. You sit waiting for an X ray and the staff go off on a coffee break and you can hear every word of their conversations through the wall. For goodness' sake, who else has had a coffee break in the last 20 years? I've sat in A&E at midnight on a Saturday night with a 7 year old daughter with a broken arm and literally NOBODY else in - no emergencies, nothing anywhere - and listened to the nurse who was supposed to be setting her arm chatting aimlessly for half an hour. When my huband eventually went out after a very long time to enquire politely who was going to sort our daughetr out so she could go to bed, said bint reluctantly tore herself away from her conversation and claimed sulkily that she was "just coming".

Last year my husband was admitted to A&E in a German hospital on a Saturday evening being very seriously ill. Within two hours, his bloods had been couriered 80 miles to the nearest specialist University hospital and the results sent back. If he'd been admitted to the average English A&E, I seriously wonder if he would still have been here with me today.

This is not just a "poke" at the NHS - I know that there are many hardworking and excellent people working there. My mother when she was dying had excellent care and I am very grateful for that. The trouble is that it is a lottery and for every professional hardworking person there is at least the same number who don't give a flying wotsit, and unless we stop pretending that all are equally excellent we will never get anything improved. Everyone who works in the NHS - and I exclude you naturally from this dear karlie - is not a saint. It is often very poorly managed and staffed by lazy and inadequate staff on slave wages, more's the pity.

Agreed, There are 2 sides to every tale and I have some horror stories to tell too!!:eek:

one thing that hasn't been mentioned is that doctors can pick and choose their hours.... most choose not to work evenings or weekends!:(

try not to be ill at these times.....

Chrisv

lil_tiger wrote: »

Thanks TM - I will try not to - its just hard to find the time! :beer:

Sent you a PM lil_tiger

Sunshinemummy

TrulyMadly wrote: »

NHS

I work with clients who will visit the walk in or A and E at the drop of a hat for the most minor ailment. It clogs up the system at the point of entry:o

It boils down to poor education, poor parenting and a culture that demands "me now"
Someone may be having a heart attack but they feel that their cut hand is more important.
Education is the key

I agree, lots of waste of resources from people who cannot consider/wait.

I also think that there are significant issues with bereavement, grief, anger and blame, which hinder the NHS.

lookinforabargain

_party_ happy birthday day PD _party_

nerfdad

Wheres_My_Cashback wrote: »

Thought you wore one all the time

Just ordered for mrsnerf for Xmas :eek::eek:

TrulyMadly

Chrisv wrote: »

Sent you a PM lil_tiger

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1Pu1adxqUAg

nerfdad

Tinyshoes wrote: »

You two made me :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

I was feeling a little , no particular reason so thank you.

That's :cool::j:j

Chrisv

TrulyMadly wrote: »

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1Pu1adxqUAg

:rotfl:I knew what that was before I clicked on it :rotfl: