Just watched some of Prime Minster Question's time in parliament, Labour kicking up about A&E and the problems it is experiencing, but I have to say that they do not have the first idea as to what the problem is, they sit in London pontificating about the problem, they believe that they know what the problem is and how to fix it, when an MP or Minister of state visits a hospital it is everyone on best behaviour, they cancel appointments to ensue they show the better side of the service, as a patient representative I see it just a bit differently, I see the queues that build up very quickly, often because more than one patient is booked for each appointment just in case some of them become
" Did Not Attend" (DNA), but the problem comes when they all turn up causing mayhem,
One of the worst clinics to attend is the fracture clinic it is always overwhelmed, Gastroenterology is another clinic that can keep you waiting for long periods of time, then the A&E, just looking in the door can frighten you off, it has to be remembered that each patient has a troop of carers this alone can make the clinic look extremely busy even when there are in fact just a few patients, the problem for most hospitals is the need to admit patients but where do you put them if the wards are in fact full, this is where patients are left in all sorts of areas just so they can be admitted when a bed does become available, but this is not acceptable but what can be done?, maybe pop up hospitals a tented mobile unit that can be erected quickly and be used to take the overflow, it is no good saying that we need to get patients home sooner, sooner can mean that you are not completely recovered and you have been discharged to soon possibly allowing additional conditions to arise, so in my mind Parliament really does not understand the problems of the NHS, they need some one on the ground floor who can visit and assess the services without the bull that happens when authority visits.
" Did Not Attend" (DNA), but the problem comes when they all turn up causing mayhem,
One of the worst clinics to attend is the fracture clinic it is always overwhelmed, Gastroenterology is another clinic that can keep you waiting for long periods of time, then the A&E, just looking in the door can frighten you off, it has to be remembered that each patient has a troop of carers this alone can make the clinic look extremely busy even when there are in fact just a few patients, the problem for most hospitals is the need to admit patients but where do you put them if the wards are in fact full, this is where patients are left in all sorts of areas just so they can be admitted when a bed does become available, but this is not acceptable but what can be done?, maybe pop up hospitals a tented mobile unit that can be erected quickly and be used to take the overflow, it is no good saying that we need to get patients home sooner, sooner can mean that you are not completely recovered and you have been discharged to soon possibly allowing additional conditions to arise, so in my mind Parliament really does not understand the problems of the NHS, they need some one on the ground floor who can visit and assess the services without the bull that happens when authority visits.
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