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.

The Election SNP

Just who does the SNP think they are??, they lost the vote last year but now the leaders are saying that they will defeat democracy by pushing the Labour leader as Prime Minister, what gives them the right to override the three other nations involved in the vote, they plan to break up the UK in a different way now that the vote is lost, now they will force Labour to allow them special treatment and an extra budget of £148 Billion just where would this money come from, reality says that if you owe money you have to pay it back in the end, we lived the high life when Labour were last in power are we going to go through it all again when their policies sink us into the mire, dare we allow Labour to get in?? can we the three quarters of this country called the UK allow one party with the backing of a party who without a doubt hate the lot of us but more specifically the English, the grass on the other side always looks greener but we well know that it isn't can you afford top take the chance, it matters that you vote for any Party but at this moment in time not Labour!!!!.

Cancer

Cancer, we all know how difficult life is for people who have any kind of cancer but why should they be seen quicker than any one else, many other illnesses need very quick treatment or you might die, so why is it that so much emphasis on this one condition, many do recover some will die, for all of my life time cancer research has begged money for their work, billions of pounds have been donated, the drug companies are the only people to benefit from this research, when they find a drug beneficial for a certain cancer the cost of the drug is momentous, meaning that rationing has to happen, drugs costing several thousands of pounds each month become unavailable through the NHS, all people in this country who have a condition needs to be seen and looked after not just one condition getting a better deal than all the rest.

The World

It is sad today to see all the problems of death and destruction in the world, much of it done as religious terrorism, as far as terrorism is concerned we in the UK a pretty safe, we do not suffer as much as people in other parts of the world, we are lucky we can walk the streets in some safety and have the right to say what we feel within reason, but many have not a hope in their own countries, they are limited to what they might say, whatever you might say can and often does bring retribution, possible death usually in a terrifying way, how can this be in todays day and age, it seems that half the world has progressed forward in leaps and bounds, but in others it has gone back to the dark ages, democracy is not allowed, criticism of the ruling people can bring nasty treatment not only for the alleged  offender but his/her family as well, beheading, stoning and throwing people of the top of buildings, we see this and sit on our hands and say its their problem but its not it is everyone's, the world has to decide just what is acceptable or not and ensure that the world conforms to the rules and enforce the rules with out fear.  

NHS Food

I know that we should be thank full for the service that we receive at times in our local hospitals, but there is a flaw in the care you receive, one of the most important things needed for recovery is good food that is quality, nutritious and looking just what they are supposed to look like, unfortunately many hospitals have gone over to cook chill food, from experience an 8 day stay in a hospital that is cook chill, what was my experience?, the food was disgusting, it looked disgusting, tasted disgusting, and the look on the plate was disgusting, so does hospital food assist in your recovery??, not a chance, I saw families bringing in food for patients because they just could not eat the food, some patients loose a considerable amount of weight when they are an inpatient the longer they are in the worse they get, it is just not on, James Martin the TV chef has been campaigning for several years about this problem, he has come up with some very acceptable food for hospitals, some will take this on and for once meet their commitments to the patient, some won't, do you know just what food you are likely to get?, because if you don't you just might get a very nasty surprise if you should be admitted to hospital.

Thoughts

Is any one else fed up with all the bull S**t on the telly about how well that all the MP's are going to look after all of us, just who do they think they are kidding, they have no intention of looking after us at all they may be think that is what they will do, but the whips will make sure they will do as they are told no matter what they might feel, when we elect people to represent us we are not, we are electing the party alone, it is like being in the army you follow orders, it matters not what might be best for your electors that matters not, we are ruled by faceless wonders who pull the strings, the job is not as well paid as everyone thinks so is it no wonder that they take on other jobs, the party system maybe is right but the only people who come out of it smelling of roses are public school pupils, who unfortunately have not the slightest idea as to how the normal person on the street lives, they have not the slightest idea as to the stress that they live under so consequently have no idea as to how to represent them in Parliament, I will be glad not to have to see all these self gratification clips on the news and go back to seeing real news.

Eastern Europe

Am I mistaken or has the little man been involved in another problem in Moscow, how can it be that a known dissident is murdered on the street, can be killed allegedly  by his own people as the little man insists, who ever it was they made sure he was dead no hope of recovery to embarrass the killers or killer, why should he die, what ever could be the reason, well he was about to lead a demonstration against the government, his complaint is that one man should not hold the power that the president of Russia does, he was about to bring this into the worlds press, so it seems to me that his own people would not be at all likely to kill him so who else is in the picture, if you take logic in to account who would be unhappy about this demonstration? well only one actual person, and possibly the high command in Russia, they would have the motive and the people who would carry out instructions to the letter, I am sure that one person made this decision, after all no one is allowed to speak against him, no freedom of speech no right at all in a what is only a dictatorship, one person rule!, one person decision, I will do as I want the rest of you be dammed!!, watch out the West!!.