NHS Again

I am off on one again, just where does the government thinks it can find staff for the NHS?, it seems that they can magic up doctors and nurses from fresh air, some one has to tell them to be realistic it is just not going to happen, a seven day service don't make me laugh, there is a massive shortage of GP's, trained staff just do not want to go in to it anymore, many emigrate to Australia for better pay, work ethics and of course a better living, why would they stay here?, nurses are not a committed as they once were, training has changed so much but again I have to say the one thing that is not in all qualified nurses is it the word Care, for some reason this word is vanishing from the NHS vocabulary,
so what does the future hold for us as users, not a lot really, can I ask do you really want to see a consultant at the weekend? probably not, the reason for patients passing away at week ends is not because of lack of consultant care but just lack of care, have a look round a ward on a weekend just try and find staff you will have to look hard, Saturday and Sunday night shifts are lacking hospital staff as such and patients are allegedly looked after by agency staff, I spent two full weekends in hospital we had 12 cardiac patients being looked after by two agency nurses who I heard them say had never worked on the ward before, of these two qualified nurses one had to spend the best part of 3 hours doing the drug round, one health care assistant giving the last drink of the day, so is it not at all surprising that so many die at the weekend.
You the younger generation needs to be fully aware of all of this, it will be far to late when you find yourself or one of your family is hospitalised, you need to make sure you are fully aware of the problems and for once do something about it!!. 

Europe .UK

Has every one in the UK gone mad, well it seems that many have, now as sorry as I feel about what is happening in the Europe today and these poor people coming from Syria, they really must be desperate doing what they are doing to get freedom, that is fine, but I have to ask just what do people think would be the benefit to these people by offering them a room in their house, this is not for  a short time and it could be up to 4 years could you cope with people in your house who have a different way of life, eat different food have a different religion and do not have the slightest idea as to the ways and more importantly the laws that we uphold.
Looking at it logically, you  have to look at the cost of looking after these people for some considerable amount of time, the government will cover the cost for ONE year, then what??, can we afford that year anyway?, again this adds more pressure on the NHS who have enough problems as it is as does the GP service, where are the jobs for them?? we do not have enough for full employment now as it is, then Housing, it is said that we need 251,000 houses built each year we manage about half of this amount, so where will they live?, still in your house after 4 years?, or will it be as it has been where some are living on Roundabouts on main roads or on green land, Europe opened the gates so let Europe deal with it, for hundreds of years the refugees have mainly stopped close by thedir country of origon so that when conflicts are resolved they are close by to reurn to their known life, some are to quick to take these people away from their roots causing unknown problems for them having to totally readjust to a life which in fact is totally alien to them.

Migrant Movement in Europe

 It  is so sad to see so many people trying to get in to Europe, so many of them children, some families are leaving their children by them selves, these have to be looked after by government till they are 18 years of age, so many heading for Germany a Germany that used to allow workers in to work but at the end of their contract they were made to leave, now they are opening their arms to everyone, having lived in Germany I have to ask what is it all about?, they do not do anything that did not be of benefit to Germany, then we have Hungry overwhelmed by all sorts, if they are in fact refugees how can they afford to buy train tickets to Germany, they are now demonstrating but how can a country manage to cope with such an influx of people? how do you feed them? give them water all the logistics of life, without extreme difficulties to the local population, cant be done in the short term, if at all possible in the long term. 
As I look I see many single men just what are they up to?, may be nothing but who knows, Just where will employment come from? or will they be used as cheap labour, the German people are rising up against this flow of people into their country and we all know just how nasty some Germans can be,  I just hope that a plan can be found to sort this mess out but in reality by the time they do it will be as usual to little to late.

Hospital Treatment

I have once again been an in patient at my hospital, some 12 days so saw a lot, well looked after by the consultants but the nursing staff on duty were pushed to the limit, one qualified nurse between 12 cardiac patients, it is impossible for her to do all the work that the ward required.
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 I had a mass of fluid on my legs meaning I needed the dressings changed twice a day, but needing to have them dressed did not mean they would be, most times I sat for up to 4 hours in a pool of fluid leaking out of my legs, not a good situation to be in when you are not well.

To make things worse food, cook chill, what a shambles that is, it should be called cooked disgusting, as many of the meals were not eatable at all, I know it is not a hotel but at least the basic food should be accepted as a secondary medicine essential to patient recovery, it is not right that  families have to bring in food for patients because the food provided is so vile.

 It is very noticeable that many staff are not British, many have a real problem making themselves understood and the patient to understand them, I had one filling in my forms who could not write in English so I had to spell each word for her, and many are agency staff, the two nurses we had on a Saturday night were both agency staff neither having worked on the ward in the past, so new faces looking after some very sick people is that an acceptable situation???. The shift is 12 and a half hours long how efficient are they at the end of shift ???.

Health

I have had a really bad 10 days, I have a lot of fluid trapped in my legs and my medication is not moving it, but then I started loosing it through scratches I received on both legs, so non stop fluid, went and saw the nurse at my GP's and had both legs bandaged under pressure, problem being that in a few days my knees and thighs were filling up as it was being blocked going down to my feet, so the compression bandages were taken off, I then had large plasters and a sponge pad put on with a  tube grip bandage, this is OK for a time but the fluid finally forces its way out of the plaster and soaks the area around you, not funny, on  Monday I was given a hand full of plasters and bits and pieces and told I should do it myself, OK till this morning, well not OK really made a real mess trying to do it properly, my cardiac nurse rang and found out I was dressing the wounds myself, she went mad and contacted my GP;s nurse and it seems many words were spoken, in the end I had to go in to have them redressed and was given heaps of kit to be able to do it myself with full instructions, so finally things have resolved them selves in a way, I have to be careful as I am diabetic and have atrial fibrillation so have to be careful, infection being the main problem, the question being am I more likely to gain an infection changing that dressings at home rather than at the surgery, we shall see!!.                                                         

 

The NHS

Now I know that the election has finished, support for the NHS seems to have vanished, staffing levels the government said that we needed more nurses and doctors, so much so that many hospitals went abroad to get staff, now it seems as many trusts are overspending (not their fault I believe) so they have been told that they can only replace staff if there is a dire need for that post to be covered, if not they have to leave it vacant, so where does that leave the patient?, as usual up the creek without a paddle, mind you that seems to have been the case for years, cancelled operations and appointments we as the patient have to bear this,  lucky for them that as they are MP's they will always get far better treatment than us, so they do not have the first idea as to what a patient goes through to be treated, I have had to sit  for hours waiting to be seen, many times because they had lost my notes,  I used to take exception to all of this but age has mellowed me a little and now I just can't be bothered, sad really.

Europe

I have been watching the news about people desperately trying to get into the UK, I see that some say that we should let them in as we have plenty of jobs! pardon me! plenty of jobs if that is so why do we have unemployment?, we have thousands illegally working in the UK being put to work for penny's, by gang masters, the employer would be rubbing their hands together the cheapest labour that has been about for years, I do not understand it all, all these people, what happens to their children? would our schools manage, health care would they cope? I have to say I think not, is it fair that these people should claim asylum here not in the country of arrival, most I have seen are young men, speaking just a little English, I have no idea as to what education they have but they do not seem to have what we would call a proper education, I don't know I would leave it up to you to decide.