NHS Is on its knees...Ive seen it.
10 January 2017, 08:52 AM
#61
In the UK in 1989 I was smashed to bits by a chap running me over and the NHS were pretty damned amazing. Fixed me and prevented me becoming a cripple. I was just lucky that one of the worlds best surgeons was in A&E that day.
I wouldn't trust them to fix me up nowadays.
10 January 2017, 06:40 PM
#62
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15 January 2017, 12:35 PM
#63
All over the Manchester Evening news again this weekend.
Salford Royal which is one of the country's "better" hospitals still struggling under an avalanche of patients.
One fella reports his experience to the newspaper of his latest visit.
"A man suffering chest pains was forced to wait seven hours to see a doctor at Salford Royal Hospital - despite having a history of serious heart problems.
In the latest signs of crippling pressures within the NHS, Roy Ellor has told how he spent the majority of that time sitting in a corridor, even though his doctor had warned he needed urgent hospital treatment.
He had heart surgery three months earlier, but when his symptoms came back his GP rang an ambulance."
Its truly shocking to see whats happening and the suffering of people who need help.
Salford Royal which is one of the country's "better" hospitals still struggling under an avalanche of patients.
One fella reports his experience to the newspaper of his latest visit.
"A man suffering chest pains was forced to wait seven hours to see a doctor at Salford Royal Hospital - despite having a history of serious heart problems.
In the latest signs of crippling pressures within the NHS, Roy Ellor has told how he spent the majority of that time sitting in a corridor, even though his doctor had warned he needed urgent hospital treatment.
He had heart surgery three months earlier, but when his symptoms came back his GP rang an ambulance."
Its truly shocking to see whats happening and the suffering of people who need help.
04 January 2018, 08:45 PM
#64
You heard it here first folks.
No ambulances on the road , as they are all parked at the Hospitals waiting to book patients in.
No beds for the patients so the spiral continues.
Shocking situation and god help anyone who falls ill and needs emergency help.
No ambulances on the road , as they are all parked at the Hospitals waiting to book patients in.
No beds for the patients so the spiral continues.
Shocking situation and god help anyone who falls ill and needs emergency help.
07 January 2018, 07:17 PM
#65
I don’t think the NHS do themselves any favours tbh.
My dentist said he needed a new hygienic keyboard. NHS website £80. Maplins £8!
He went to maplins and bought it out of his own money.
they waste money *** over fist.
Also I know it’s horrible but how many are still coming from abroad for free treatment. Don’t treat them!
My dentist said he needed a new hygienic keyboard. NHS website £80. Maplins £8!
He went to maplins and bought it out of his own money.
they waste money *** over fist.
Also I know it’s horrible but how many are still coming from abroad for free treatment. Don’t treat them!
Last edited by RobsyUK; 07 January 2018 at 07:18 PM.
08 January 2018, 07:41 PM
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Why shouldn't any EU pay , beyond scope of ehic
2. First hand from medical professionals.
so 2nd hand to us
2. First hand from medical professionals.
so 2nd hand to us
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08 January 2018, 10:03 PM
#72
I don’t think the NHS do themselves any favours tbh.
My dentist said he needed a new hygienic keyboard. NHS website £80. Maplins £8!
He went to maplins and bought it out of his own money.
they waste money *** over fist.
Also I know it’s horrible but how many are still coming from abroad for free treatment. Don’t treat them!
My dentist said he needed a new hygienic keyboard. NHS website £80. Maplins £8!
He went to maplins and bought it out of his own money.
they waste money *** over fist.
Also I know it’s horrible but how many are still coming from abroad for free treatment. Don’t treat them!
Purchasers spending our money like its confetti.
No regard for cost.
Maybe just how good their free lunch was.. Ahem....!
What's your point? Other than the usual a-hole nonsense/immigrant @rse licking/windup?
09 January 2018, 08:40 AM
#75
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The screen was exactly the same screen that you buy yourself for about £3-400 at the time and was nothing special at all, the only reason it cost so much was due to insurance underwriting, such that if a diagnosis was missed and the finger of blame started to wonder around, the Dr/Consultant etc could say they missed it because it never showed up on the screen.
Probably the same for lots of other equipment used in the health care sector?
09 January 2018, 06:42 PM
#77
Just read a great book about the life of a junior doctor 'this is going to hurt'. Recommended 
Very funny and sad and gives you a bit of an insight though I'm sure with some artistic licence
Very funny and sad and gives you a bit of an insight though I'm sure with some artistic licence
09 January 2018, 07:42 PM
#78
I was working in hospitals a few years ago and a lady was explaining to me and another guy the use and results of a CT Scan. She was pointing things out (she was looking for cancer) on the scan, then told us the two screens cost something like £4k each. Said something about them being HD etc. and the picture quality was pin sharp so she could pick up on things.
The screen was exactly the same screen that you buy yourself for about £3-400 at the time and was nothing special at all, the only reason it cost so much was due to insurance underwriting, such that if a diagnosis was missed and the finger of blame started to wonder around, the Dr/Consultant etc could say they missed it because it never showed up on the screen.
Probably the same for lots of other equipment used in the health care sector?
The screen was exactly the same screen that you buy yourself for about £3-400 at the time and was nothing special at all, the only reason it cost so much was due to insurance underwriting, such that if a diagnosis was missed and the finger of blame started to wonder around, the Dr/Consultant etc could say they missed it because it never showed up on the screen.
Probably the same for lots of other equipment used in the health care sector?
They have helped to bring it to its knees.
10 January 2018, 01:02 PM
#79
The above points re: waste are valid, but, unfortunately, happen in ALL large organisations.
I could cite you examples on the local steelworks, and, when education budgets were devolved to schools, headteachers could, and did, save £thousands by shopping around.
I could also tell you of the dishonest people trousering money by making deals with suppliers to pay over the odds.....
I could cite you examples on the local steelworks, and, when education budgets were devolved to schools, headteachers could, and did, save £thousands by shopping around.
I could also tell you of the dishonest people trousering money by making deals with suppliers to pay over the odds.....
10 January 2018, 08:49 PM
#80
The above points re: waste are valid, but, unfortunately, happen in ALL large organisations.
I could cite you examples on the local steelworks, and, when education budgets were devolved to schools, headteachers could, and did, save £thousands by shopping around.
I could also tell you of the dishonest people trousering money by making deals with suppliers to pay over the odds.....
I could cite you examples on the local steelworks, and, when education budgets were devolved to schools, headteachers could, and did, save £thousands by shopping around.
I could also tell you of the dishonest people trousering money by making deals with suppliers to pay over the odds.....
And fully agree
The greed of some and the lack of effort in others is stomach churning to be honest
