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Manics, I wouldn't slag off the Health Service as a whole. My Dad has had great care in hospitals in Cumbria, and my m-i-l has had some good care in the past, when she said the ward sister ran the ward brilliantly, but recently it has not been good in that particular hospital, partly because they are short staffed.

Quote from: caroline7758 on December 10, 2009, 19:35:58
Manics, I wouldn't slag off the Health Service as a whole. My Dad has had great care in hospitals in Cumbria, and my m-i-l has had some good care in the past, when she said the ward sister ran the ward brilliantly, but recently it has not been good in that particular hospital, partly because they are short staffed.

think you have it in one, there caroline, never enough nurses  :)

I'd disagree.

Its the amount of paperwork the staff have to fill in - cut that and the staff would have a lot more time to spend with the patients.

Its the management, the executive, the government and the league tables that insist on all the paperwork. A hospital cannot be judged as being any good without the statistics behind it. Thats seen as  far more important than actual patient needs.

yeah, what do hospitals need paperwork for?
imagine a hospital without it, who know's what they might get right?  ;)

    Refering to paperwork in hospitals,  OH has to have regular blood tests at the local hospital,

    which covers a very large area.  They not only take patients from the doctors surgeries, but

    attend patients from the hospital itself.   Small waiting room --  knee to knee -- and four rooms

    in action,  ie. 4 staff,  it took ages.   This week  --  in and out before his seat got warm,

    or his knees !  I thought they had decided not to take his test  --  for whatever reason ?

    No, ... they had a nurse doing the tests,   and a back - up doing the paperwork , bagging up and

    sending through.

     This a NHS  hospital, that has faced many hardships within  the hospital itself and the effects on
     
      the  vast area that it covers,  closures of crucial wards and loss of A&E,   yet this hospital saved

      my sons life last year , and had to send him on to a hospital that was 30 miles away in a ambulance

      witha faulty radio that couldn't forward help ! The paramedics were brilliant and I will never --

       ---  ever forget them.   

       So there we are , what is the answer ?

       Someone,  somewhere has got to sort this out . 

        Forgive the rant, get very touched when I hear of people not getting the TLC they deserve.

        floss xxx