tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5696103093133207312.post6724907132406171706..comments2023-06-24T03:09:11.415-07:00Comments on Ruthless Truth: Soul Dead NHSRuthless Truthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17079011017772004050noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5696103093133207312.post-63641045117866087272013-05-28T15:22:27.870-07:002013-05-28T15:22:27.870-07:00John, you are correct about that. I'm a retir...John, you are correct about that. I'm a retired nurse in the USA. When I was working, I thought of my job as my ministry. It was my privilege and duty to care for the sick. Most nurses in my class felt the same way--nursing was a calling for us.<br /><br />I don't know why the attitude changed. I wouldn't go to the hospital these days without bringing a family member to take care of me. The willingness to serve just isn't there anymore, and you will receive lackadaisical care if, indeed, you are cared for at all.technorebelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04882803070713852667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5696103093133207312.post-56594089040120880332013-02-23T13:22:12.743-08:002013-02-23T13:22:12.743-08:00
Part of the problem is obviously that society has...<br />Part of the problem is obviously that society has changed.<br /><br />Even if the political will was there, the idea of duty and even the willingness to sacrifice for others is looked upon with amused disdain.Ruthless Truthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17079011017772004050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5696103093133207312.post-91371076515148919782013-02-22T08:35:08.761-08:002013-02-22T08:35:08.761-08:00@anon 'Maloney's ranting clearly shows a l...@anon 'Maloney's ranting clearly shows a lack of understanding in relation to constantly changing roles within large institutions...'<br /><br />My grandmother died in the Good Hope in Birmingham with oral thrush and bedsores caused by neglect. The nurses sat around and read Heat and OK! While she died of thirst. <br /><br />Not sure how 'constantly changing roles' prevent you from giving an 86-year-old woman a drink of water.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5696103093133207312.post-1507761963781063582013-02-17T06:39:44.847-08:002013-02-17T06:39:44.847-08:00I agree with all you say.I have been a GP since 19...I agree with all you say.I have been a GP since 1982.Have you considered the effect of the working time directive on younger doctors than me?.The end of a medical session was when all patients were stable, all investigations organized,all treatments administered all ops arranged.This was unremarkable behaviour and the norm..Now it is stethoscopes down at 6.pm and the law says so.Some other team can pick up the mess.Young doctors have graduated from schools where they have learned what their rights are and have no idea of their responsibilities,so carrying on this behaviour as senior med students and young doctors could be understandable.Also, would you give up your livelihood and your family's future to whistlebow.Honest answer please.Politicians are not capable of running an NHS,it needs to follow the fate of the BoE.Stillgettingoutmybedforpatientshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13305925539970765568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5696103093133207312.post-39289401337828240032013-02-17T05:29:11.678-08:002013-02-17T05:29:11.678-08:00How does our NHS hospital system compeare with tho...How does our NHS hospital system compeare with those in other Western EU states,such as Spain, France, Germany? I think they have private hospital's with that state paying the patients bills. <br />Ours are run by so called trusts, who skim off money. Built by PIF a scam for private investors so labour could hid real state debt. The NHS, as europe's biggest single employe has far to many none medical staffdavid brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16979523740039840336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5696103093133207312.post-49170009948592599822013-02-15T15:06:35.339-08:002013-02-15T15:06:35.339-08:00I'll sign the petition. But like Bruce Willis,...I'll sign the petition. But like Bruce Willis, I think we'll find that the dream that is the NHS will die hard.<br /><br />To see any real change the opinion formers will have to change their minds and there is almost no sign of that happening yet.<br /><br />Ruthless Truthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17079011017772004050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5696103093133207312.post-83316412328748761512013-02-15T06:05:32.132-08:002013-02-15T06:05:32.132-08:00John Moloney - good on you man!
You are totally ...John Moloney - good on you man! <br /><br />You are totally right - the NHS is made of people - who were badly managed by other people in the worst cases. And it is the NHS apologists who are wilfully blinding themselves to all the tragedy of the recent scandals (not that they were the first such episodes of course!). It is the Left which is and has been at fault for portraying personal 'rights' over duty - nurses had a duty of care over their patients - they were being paid to do a job, and callously failed to do it - putting their own 'right' to sit around doing nothing ahead of the rights of patients to be treated with decency by the people they had paid for through NI to do a job.<br /><br />The state keeps on showing how badly it manages money - it receives billions in taxes, it is not as though we were truly a poor nation. It is just that the money gets wasted on unintelligent, unkind staff, who are poorly trained and receive no oversight. The best nurses and doctors show that it is possible to be good in the NHS - but you need to be a good person first and foremost. A good culture is created from the top-down, and good managers should select good staff and monitor their work and the views of patients closely. <br /><br />The state in the UK simply cares about its own needs, not those of the people who pay for its existence. In other countries they seem to manage small states which is accountable and truly provide a service to its citizens. Clearly, and sadly, in the UK it seems we are incapable of managing this. Therefore, only a closely regulated market in private provision of health care can possibly help patients to get a decent service - as the best run private companies (Apple, John Lewis, Amazon) care about their customers first and foremost, as they know that they will profit from a loyal customer base. The state would just be needed to ensure these private providers were monitored and regulated to ensure patient needs and tax payer value for money came before profit. In Germany they manage very well with non-profit as well as for profit companies providing health care, which is paid for by the state and available universally. <br /><br />Please sign the petition asking the government to look at this for the UK.<br /><br />http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/45819<br /><br /><br />Campaign for Better Healthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04126543080762660830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5696103093133207312.post-42977052050010145152013-02-14T14:23:57.262-08:002013-02-14T14:23:57.262-08:00What more funding of cheap lease car deals for all...What more funding of cheap lease car deals for all the staff,bollocks the NHS is overfunded you can start by getting rid of that bastard in charge and not replacing him.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5696103093133207312.post-50286342848895276052013-02-14T11:42:29.385-08:002013-02-14T11:42:29.385-08:00The only good thing about this story is that you d...The only good thing about this story is that you don't have to understand system failures.<br /><br />I'll say it again, Anonymous. The system wasn't there! It was people who behaved callously or with indifference. When managers ignored hundreds of complaints was it because of the system?<br /><br />Ruthless Truthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17079011017772004050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5696103093133207312.post-83941288188754281922013-02-14T11:37:53.962-08:002013-02-14T11:37:53.962-08:00Ah. How refreshing. A true believer!
So it all go...Ah. How refreshing. A true believer!<br /><br />So it all goes back to funding. Well, they doubled funding before this happened. So if there's any causal relationship it would be that extra funding caused nurses to ignore screaming patients.<br /><br />Hmm. With that logic I think you may have a career in Francis' chambers!Ruthless Truthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17079011017772004050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5696103093133207312.post-75550467328280349262013-02-14T10:44:35.857-08:002013-02-14T10:44:35.857-08:00Agreed! Maloney's ranting clearly shows a lack...Agreed! Maloney's ranting clearly shows a lack of understanding in relation to constantly changing roles within large institutions and the impact even minor changes - have in the long term. Think in terms of a house of Cards with tens of thousands of cards and players - the domino affect of just one mistake is massive.In real terms it all goes back to funding and what funds can be used and where! More on training or less on new equipment? Thus when Maloney moved to Poland and ceased paying into the NHS taxes - was it not he and others who travel home for a free operation the route cause of the contributing rot and gloom he now blames others for? Stand up and face your own guilt my friend for the Gallows awaits you! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5696103093133207312.post-55000341626846472052013-02-14T10:31:37.705-08:002013-02-14T10:31:37.705-08:00You don't understand system failures and how t...You don't understand system failures and how they come about...<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com