The NHS

I have to say do not listen to our MP's throwing money at the NHS it will not help to sort out the mess it is in, there have to be changes, they are to be found at the top, management non clinical staff, not the clinical staff, paying agency staff is a massive waste of money, so full time staff are what are needed, and I am sorry to say that they have to be able to speak English, and be aware of the way that care is given in the UK, in my mind new UK trained nurses should be started on the wards not a university, on the job training would I believe ensure that the people attending the course would gain the ability to be able to care, and to carry out those nasty little jobs that some nurses think is to far below them so will not do it.

Every time a target is introduced by the government it means a new manager and a team of people to collate the numbers, what happens to these staff if the target is removed ?, some it seems stay on drawing pay but having no department to work in, all of this needs to be stopped, illegal payments to top people is a con and a rip off the tax payer carrying the bill.

But you can help the future population of the UK, if you happen to be ill and you are asked to join in a research trial please, please give it a lot of thought, if you join you just might help future generations find a better answer or even a cure for illnesses, the NHS is FREE but you can help them by participating in research it does not hurt costs you just your time so give it a go!!, your involvement would be welcomed I am sure. 

NHS

It is a very annoying that the parties seem to want to kill the NHS!, whatever they say they are not properly supporting the service, they impose targets on the clinical parts of the hospital service, then make cuts to the budget, it is not possible for this to happen!, the clinical staff are running about like chickens with no heads trying desperately to meet the targets set for them by non clinical people who I am sorry to say do not think about the patient safety or experience.

There is a definite split in the hospital service, the clinical staff tell me that they feel that they are at the bottom of a diamond thin at the bottom heavy at the top, I have to ask is this why we are loosing so many health workers to Australia??, we train them then we burn them out and off they go, I understand this and I respect their decisions but we need to make our service more attractive to medical staff and just possibly they will stay and work here.

So we have a service that is imploding nothing to do with the work of the clinical staff more the fault of the management group, the service needs to be sorted out once and for all, but the decisions will be made by MP's and bureaucrats who do not have the first idea as too the effect that their decisions will have on staffing levels or more importantly the safety/experience of the patient!!.
I just hope that the  polotitans pull their finger out and take the NHS off the election battle it is not needed and could well destroy it!!!!.

Election

Election, I would never have guessed that it is on, weeks and weeks of what we called in the army "Bull Shit", I was unfortunate to serve in the army when labour were in control, I can say it was not funny at all, men were leaving all over the place, we were paid a pittance and treated like scum, we had no representation in Parliament so we got the dirty bit of the stick, now I sit and listen to Labour telling me just how great they are, and they are ready to take power, it is only a few years since they had power anyway and what did they do with it then, the country was all but bankrupt, so I have to watch leaders saying that they will not join with other party's to form a coalition!!, No? just watch this space when there is what everyone expects a split government no one with overall control, so will the crazy SNP pull the strings, they seem to want everything they can possibly get, and not one thought for the cost to the UK,  or will the silly greens join in as well, one thing for sure we as English will end up paying the price for all this crap, the one thing we will never see is one of the Leaders actually telling the truth, there is as much chance as finding a chicken tooth!!!.

Last Nights Leaders Confrontation

I have to say I was very fortunate as I made a point of not watching this clap trap, I have unfortunately had to sit through news bulletins today, on and on about it, I was very surprised that the SNP managed to pull the wool over English Peoples eyes, she showed herself as some one who is so caring about the university students of England saying that courses should be free, the statement education should be the ability to learn not ability to pay, wonder full this is a person who has admitted that if we should vote for a conservative government she will do every thing to stop the Queens speech, meaning we would have to go to the polls again, the cost ??? where democracy??, the reality is that unless there is an overwhelming vote for the tory party we will have a fool as PM and backed by a party that hate us, this whole situation is so dangerous for us English, the Scots even though they decided to stay in the UK their leaders just can't accept it, and it has to be seen that the SNP leader will NOT be a MP, so how is it that she can dictate policy to us, I personally thought that staying with us was best but now they have shown their true colours, might be better for us to be one of three, how about us having a vote as to if we want to be joined with Scotland??, for me I would not want to accept some one who is not a MP or  MP party leader to be in control of our laws and taxes, it is not on so we have to be aware of the dangers we have looming over us as a people, Labour over the years of Blair and Brown tried to beat Englishness out of us I hope to god that it is  going to be remembered  when a vote is cast, but many will sit on their hands and the idiots will get in just watch!!.

NHS

It is really silly that the political parties have to use the NHS as a football, they should get out of it, the major problem is that the NHS is run by people who are not of a clinical background, so they are very protective of their jobs blaming every one but themselves, the polotitans speak with these people who would not give an honest answer whatever, the clinical staff (these are the most important) know what is wrong but have to keep their mouths shut on pain of loosing their jobs, so all the talk that they tell us about whistle blower's have no worries about their position in the NHS, that is what I say FAT CHANCE, they do not have a hope, they are seen as a problem for the hospital are then treated as such, messed about spoken down too and harassed, you have to remember that the whistle blower is saving you or your family, they see the mistakes! but are told that they should keep quiet or else!!, so if a hospital has a real problem with patient care and safety no one is going to say anything about it, you or one of your family just might die, unfortunately then it just might come out about possible mistakes made in the care, management of hospitals needs to have at least 45% if not more clinical staff running the clinical care needed, but no it will not happen, management group form a clan and anyone on the out side has no influence, many committees at hospitals have a patient representative,  but how much is listened to when they point out faults, I have to smile when the NHS talks about transparency but fails to deliver to the country, when caught out they fight tooth and nail to move the responsibility on to any possible thing that can be thought up to explain the problem away.

Look at the NHS, who do they employ as a nurse??, not some one who has spent time on the wards learning how to care, they employ people who have a degree!!, what use is a degree when a patient needs to be cleaned up, it needs a caring person who wants to care not some one who has spent time in a university not being able to be taught how to care, care is not in fact taught you either have it or you don't, as you move up the nursing ladder to dizzy heights you will have to have a masters degree what a load of tosh!!!, you need to be able to care, understand the wards needs and finally have to ensure patient safety,  you certainly do not need a degree or masters to be able and competent to do the job.

The next government should when it takes over should ensure that a top down review of services should be undertaken, and should involve more patient reps and many clinical people to ensure that the service runs correctly, and remove this overpowering stress put on staff to keep quiet when they see a problem.