NHS and Education

I hate to say I told you so but I am afraid In did several times, the word care has to be put back into the NHS, the Francis report is damming of Mid Staffs Hospitals and rightly so but the fact that no staff whatsoever have been disciplined is a disgrace you can't work without responsibility, be it a CEO or a Porter all have a responsibility in the care of a patient, but  here we have a total disregard to care replaced by the desperate need to meet targets whatever the cost, so who will learn from this debacle?, hospital trusts probably not as they are now on a massive save money campaign, so who will be used as a saving why of course the patient, the patient who is lying in a bed who in a lot of cases can't complain because they are to ill to, so if you can't care or do not have the time to make a noise tell the management they are responsible they carry the can, but if you stay quiet you carry it do you want to?, I think not.

I supported a Head Teacher a couple of years ago, a great man in my eyes, a great teacher who I can't speak highly enough, he resigned from his post through no fault of his own who has now moved on, his school that he left was on a satisfactory rating by Ofsted is now inadequate really good for the children their education has slipped and all the governors and head can do is claim that the school is improving, the news on the street is not so rosy many parents have spoken to me saying that the school and the education it offers is rubbish their words not mine, what a sad situation for the children, one thing for sure the school will go on its merry way with the same inadequate teaching that it has now and sad to say had before, one really great bit of news the old head moving on has a new school that has progressed tremendously so much so that he has been voted teacher of the year in the town that the school is in, says a lot to me!!.  

Life

Had a very busy day yesterday, ended up with my grandson hurting his back falling off his scooter, then it starts, call 111 the new number got advice finally being told that it would be quicker to dial 999, at this time he looked very ill feeling sick had a headache, it is difficult to find his home so I stood at the end of his street waiting to give directions to the ambulance, very windy and cold, I waited and waited very cold, a further phone call 999 and still had to wait finally a fast response paramedic arrived over 2 hours after the first call then it took a further 20 mins for an ambulance to arrive, now I have no complaint regarding the treatment given to him by the crews they were very efficient and helpful, but the service was so long arriving it was awful, if they are really busy they should tell you that there will be a delay because of demand not leave you in limbo it was very worrying time and caused some grief to his mum and the rest of the family, as it turned out he was OK had a jarred back and needs to rest for 2/3 days, this is another thought about just what you can expect from  the ambulance service, it seems to me that every area of the NHS is  in turmoil something has to be done the service just can't sustain these levels of cuts!!.

I have to say that I am not anti NHS but it seems to me that the bill pushed through Parliament by Andrew Landsley was a massive mistake, it will become apparent after April 1st when it becomes fully active, just the right day really April fools day, you can make some savings but you can't keep cutting or you end up with an empty purse, the government has to accept that the NHS has to have increases each year to provide essential services, it has to be realised that there are more and more elderly needing help, unfortunately causing bed blocking at the hospital, why does this happen? because local councils have abdicated their responsibilities regarding the elderly closing any homes that they ran leaving care of the elderly to the private sector, and it seems that there are not enough places for them, this government has managed to destroy the health service as we knew it, obviously no one told ministers that the population is getting older by the day, time to reverse some of these decisions and get us back to being a caring community not one who does not give a dam!!.

NHS

I see that South Staffs hospital trust is in the news again, 400 to 1200 preventable deaths over several years, so what's new about this, well because of the changes that the government has brought in is decimating the NHS, they said it would be patient led, I don't think so, GP;s know what is best for us, I don't think so, reality is the service is collapsing, do not listen to our MP's who tell you all is well, well it is not, staff are leaving the sinking ship and not only because of the cuts but they can no longer stand the insecurity of the hospital they work in, the NHS did need sorting out but not to this extent, the government has demanded cut after cut this has to mean a depletion of service to the patient it has to, no amount of spin will change this, and I say this as a patient, if you are young and think you need not worry you do!!, one day you just might become ill then you will realise just how bad things have gotten to, you need to be aware now not later or it just might be too late for you and your family, to run an efficient NHS you need to provide the correct budget that can be effectively worked too, you can't cut and cut because it does not work, but then every government as soon as they get in to power mess with it, some times that can be for the good but this time it is for the worse, I worry a lot about it as I am getting on a bit and I dread to think of just what might happen to me, will all hospitals follow the South Staffs hospital Trust and fail to care for the patients???.

My Take

Well here we are, all this death and destruction in the world, the Middle East in turmoil death all over, Mali, the French involved and then dragging us in as well so we will no doubt have visits from Islamist Terrorists, and receive their best wishes or a bomb most likely, so what are we going to do?, as usual nothing, we will just mill along just hoping it goes away, but the problem is it won't, why is it we accept these factions in the UK, so frightened so as not to offend them or abuse their human rights, this has to be the silliest behaviour  we as the UK we have ever shown to the World, not surprising that they all take the p**s out of us, not only do we not want to offend them we also pay benefit to their family while they are away training to be a terrorist or even killing British troops wherever they might be, it will never end it will go on and on, they melt away when the going gets tough and reappear when the coast is clear, just watch Mali, we have to take action now not later, we have to have our security first and foremost not the human rights of people who were not born in this country and in fact wish death and destruction on us.

Life

Just how long can the government go on bleeding the poor of this country, you have to laugh they say that no one is manipulating petrol prices, yes some one is it stands to reason, the petrol retailers can't explain where a 1p increase has come from so who is making this massive profit out of the motorist?, now I have an idea, when the price of petrol rises the level of tax should decrease by the same amount to keep the cost of fuel at a reasonable level, £1 per Ltr would be an acceptable level, so many companies making vast profits in this country but not paying the correct level of tax vast amounts of money leaving this country that should in fact be paid to the public purse, we as tax payers of this country are being strangled to the limit, no jobs and little help from this government, many will be homeless and living on the streets through no fault of their own, it is time that the top MP's should be made to live on an income that we at the bottom have to contend with, but of course not a hope, but worst of all they have the nerve to say that they understand, well I have a little news for them they DON'T!!.

NHS

Well I have to say that I am once again less than impressed with the health service, last Monday I ordered drugs that I take for angina, when they had not arrived on Friday and only having two tablets left I rang the chemist to ask where they were, now I have to explain something here, I had had a large build up of these drugs and in August last year I asked that they did not order anymore till I asked, but it seems that when the chemist requested the drug for me the GP's surgery decided as I had not had it since last August I was not entitled to it, that is fine, but if that is the case should they not tell the chemist or me!, but No nothing till I was told by the chemist that the surgery would not provide a prescription for me, so in a bit of a temper I rang the surgery asking why they had refused to ensure I had the story right, I had!, someone sitting in front of a computer had decided that I was not entitled to the drug, not a medical person but one of the office staff, the second I said who I was the prescription was set in motion and that it would be faxed to my chemist within the hour, so you would think that was the end but no, this morning I took my last two tablets so I rang the chemist asking where my drugs were and would they be delivered today, the answer was No they did not have the prescription so could not give me the drugs, after pointing out they were needed for my heart the agreed to issue an emergency amount to get me through to Monday but I had to fetch them, ruined my one day of not having to drive, not in the least lousy service will take it up on Monday.

Peterborough City Council

It has to be said that Peterborough Councillors and the Council itself are seeming to forget that the care of the elderly is their responsibility, you can't abdicate it, anyone involved in social care from the Cabinet to the director of service (and I deliberately leave the D in lower case as that is what the job deserves), they are a disgrace to put people in fear and to believe that all the elderly are computer literate is for a start idiotic, the people who are at need of care most who had to live through World War 2 to allow us freedom, they lost their mums and dads some their sons and husbands, and what do today's councillors do Abuse them, I have thought many times what life might be like when I became a pensioner, well I am there now and I can assure you that in this city it is becoming a real nightmare, I should remind the councillors involved and the officers that what goes around comes around so beware you will be old soon it comes all of a sudden and then you will be on the scrap heap then you will find out just what it means to be old!!!.