The NHS

It is really making me very angry as to the behaviour of some Hospital Trusts in this country, a promise to voters some years ago the government did say that the NHS was to become more transparent, but years later and that is still not the case, I keep saying that the gagging orders that trusts use to shut up whistle-blowers are not legal, how many more people would have died at Mid Staffs if some one did not have the bottle to say just what was going on,even so a cover up was attempted, young people out there seem to think that the care in hospitals is excellent! well in most cases it is but in some it is appalling, in most cases you will never hear of the mistakes they will not be reported as staff involved have their mouths taped shut, if they should break this rule it is  a mark on your record meaning that you are unlikely to get another post in the NHS, this has to stop and stop now, we are loosing nurses as it is, we are not training nowhere enough nurses anyway, the question I have is why, why, why does a nurse have to have a degree to do the job?????, you cant factor in the word care into a degree, we need to go back to training nurses  in the environment that they will work in not in a university, so we are in a position where we are employing nurses from anywhere we can get them from and what ever the government says they do not have to understand English, I just hope that if I am admitted again I pray that I will only be looked after by nurses that can speak and understand what I am saying, the younger generation needs to be aware of just what is going on before they have to be admitted themselves and all of a sudden find out that it is not quite as good as they were led to believe, ask you MP where he stands on the subject? pressure might help to sort this mess out, I have asked mine!!

NHS

I said just a few days ago that the A&E departments would be overwhelmed over the new year, just as I said that it is exactly what has happened, pictures of young girls drunk on the street unable to walk in one case being dragged along the street by her friend, why do we accept this behaviour??, it is nice to go out and have a drink but to get so smashed out of your brain is just stupidity in the extreme, don't young women realise that they are under dressed and incapable and there are some very nasty people about on the streets prowling about just looking for a likely target and these girls are putting themselves at a massive risk, why is it today that so many see the need to drink till 3/4 am before they are put out on the street to get themselves home, personally (may be I am a prude) I think the opening times for licenced premises should be confined from 10am till 11pm and then close, just maybe then the A&E departments would not be so overwhelmed by drunks, there is something seriously wrong with people who think that it is OK to get drunk out of their minds on a regular basis, it is not normal or acceptable to the person on the street, time to be responsible for your drinking habit, you might think it is clever but unfortunately for you the rest of find it very unacceptable so take the hint!!!!.  

Whistleblowing NHS

It makes me sick that the NHS is gagging staff who make statements regarding the faults made by the NHS in hospitals, senior doctors have been belittled by management of trusts because they had the nerve to publicly disclose faults, it is not acceptable that hospital trusts can stop these faults becoming public knowledge, the government tells us that they are pushing for transparency in the NHS but it is just not happening, a senior doctor can loose his/her job just by expressing a concern about patient safety in their departments, how can this be?, I believe that it is due to labours policy's in the last government where stupid targets were set for hospitals to attain, so the management will not accept criticism from staff, when in hospital you have the right to be looked after in a caring manner by qualified staff who have your best interests at the forefront of treatment, not the managements policy of hiding behind closed doors and keeping the truth from the outside world, this is not an attack on the staff of the NHS but the senior managers who seems to believe that it is in their best interests not the patient, they hold their job position more important than anything else and has to be preserved, the health secretary needs to sort this evil out at its deepest roots, we as the patient need to be sure that we are safe in hospital and believe that the treatment we are receiving is safe and being applied in a proper manner, the paramount importance of treatment is the fact that Patient Safety comes first not the managements policy of meeting targets life is far more important than targets, it is time that the government takes action against these senior staff who have no thought at all for the safety of the patients that attend their hospitals.  It is well known to be happening so now sooner than later has to be the need of the government to act in this matter and before the next election.  

Queens Honours List

 The Honours list for the New Year, it makes me laugh that it is the Queens awards, who's leg are they trying to pull?, these are government awards to people who are in the know only a very few to the real people of this country who selflessly give up their time to help support all sorts of things in this world that does not attract government funding, people who work tirelessly year in and out for others their reward nothing, but others who have been well paid for their life time work that has only seen them getting involved as a matter of need for their profile, some do deserve it but others are just a joke, film stars, pop stars???, all seem to be able to attract honours not so for the general population, is it not abut time that the honours were given out to the people who have given themselves to help others not to people who have only done what they needed to do to get paid for their work, why should they be honoured? not for me thanks.

Weather amd Drunks an the NHS

What do we think we are with the weather?, I have a cousin in Canada where the temperature yesterday was -17 and snowing hard, he was saying to me that it would have to be very exceptional before anyone was not at work because of it, but of course we have a little snow and the country stops. I wonder just why that is?, why are we never prepared when we go out in poor weather conditions, the forecast often tells you to beware but we for some reason take no notice of it at all, it is not difficult to put a flask a blanket a shovel of some kind in the car with us, but no that is far to easy we prefer to cause mayhem on the roads, braking down not being able to carry on with the journey because we did not carry the equipment we just might need to get out of trouble, and then the next question is did we really need to go out anyway, our inconsideration means that some one else is inconvenienced the police, ambulance fire or the AA/RAC, we need to start to accept that we are never prepared for bad weather whatever it might be so we become the laughing stock of the world because of stupidity when it comes to travelling in bad weather, time to think before we act then just maybe we will be safe.

Would someone justify to me why it is that we accept people going out on a weekend with the sole intention of getting so drunk they are unable to stand let alone walk, this behaviour is without doubt self inflicted state of oblivion, who has to deal with these cretins why of course the NHS, why should they be treated? at no cost to themselves, only to us the general tax payer, I agree with a senior doctor that all of these people should never be seen in hospital A&E, and if they have to be the cost of this treatment should be paid by the patient attending, an ambulance costs good money to take them to hospital, cost of two staff the cost of fuel and the fact that it is out of service for any amount of time meaning one less ambulance unavailable for emergency use, then of course the abuse that these people pour on to staff is totally out of order, I feel desperately sorry for the staff on duty at all A&E units around the UK who will have to work on New Years eve they are saints and we should do something to stop this abuse of our NHS, it can't carry on looking after drunken idiots they have far more important work to do for people who are through no fault of their own sick.

Christmas

Christmas is the time of joy and happiness so why is it that people are killed in the most violent way, I am thinking about the family who lost 3 of their family in one go in the accident in Glasgow, just how do you as a family cope with such a terrible blow at Christmas time it?, is bad enough at any time of the year but at this time it must be doubly horrible!!.

People killed in road accidents all over the holiday period it is a terrible price to pay for a mistake by either you or someone else, and how do you live with yourself when you hit a pedestrian or cyclist and then fail to stop, the word flight and escape comes to mind.

Then we have City Link what a wonderful company, see everyone off on Christmas eve only to tell the staff on Christmas day that the company has folded and they are out of work, the bosses must have took a lot of time deciding on selecting the day, what they did is inexcusable to tell them on this day of all days is beyond sick it just shows the level of competence that the boss and his side kicks have, of course they are, I am sure well looked after they will mot be in tears, just the sickest present that they could possibly have given, who ever is responsible should be banned from  employing people ever again they are not a fit person to be allowed into a position such as an employer ever again!!!.

Christmas

Much to say but it is Christmas so all I have to say today is that I wish all a very merry Christmas and a happy new year will be back boxing day.