tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post9106648710449966141..comments2023-10-17T12:05:26.540+01:00Comments on Razor-blade of Life: Functions and dysfunctionsZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-11315412621420429442007-11-22T19:10:00.000+00:002007-11-22T19:10:00.000+00:00I'm not planning to make it a political blog and, ...I'm not planning to make it a political blog and, much as I hate this government and always have, it's not on party political grounds. Indeed, I've found myself much more left-wing (old fashioned term that it is) than it is on many occasions. I'm not a socialist, but I genuinely regret that their party has been sneaked away from them.<BR/><BR/>We're all disgustingly healthy, Ad, although my mother died a while ago. Nothing to do with being in hospital, although her earlier experiences did not endear me either to NHS or private medicine.<BR/><BR/>Pat, you are so lovely.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-41505584665035849162007-11-22T18:59:00.000+00:002007-11-22T18:59:00.000+00:00Gosh, there is a corner of the normal blogworld (i...Gosh, there is a corner of the normal blogworld (ie not the sweary politic-y ones) who hate Labour as much as I do after all :)<BR/><BR/>Just about everyone I know has a dreadful tale to tell of their encounters with the dinosaur that is the NHS. The only way to solve the problems is to uninvent it.<BR/><BR/>Plus, the NHS is only 'coping' as well as it is becuase so many people now have private healthcare, or are forced to go private for operations that should be immediately and freely available to them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-81038237519441127512007-11-22T17:23:00.000+00:002007-11-22T17:23:00.000+00:00God bless the Sage for helping the old folk.God bless the Sage for helping the old folk.Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01529798893653033970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-29205399728079003692007-11-22T16:34:00.000+00:002007-11-22T16:34:00.000+00:00Whoever negotiated on the government's behalf the ...Whoever negotiated on the government's behalf the contract that afforded GP's to opt out of night and weekend service for a 5% cut in pay whilst giving GP's a pay rise is akin to the government numpty who mailed out the two cd's of child benefit info. It's a no brainer that one would do less for more.<BR/><BR/>As for hygiene in hospitals, does anyone know about the ratio of MRSA outbreaks between private and public hospitals?<BR/><BR/>Also, if one takes a look at who is/are employed to run the NHS, invariably they are middle class, middle management, mediocre without a modicum of real life experience, common sense, medical related values and ethics. The latest computer programme designed to enhance 'best value'(another technological faux pas by a government obsessed with binary) meant for harmonizing and improving the health of our nation is over budget, under funded, incomplete, outsourced to a foreign company, lacking in quality and value and will not be fit for purpose once if ever it goes 'live', allegedly.<BR/><BR/>I hope you, yours and your extended yours are now in finer fettle.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-20375671621471665412007-11-22T14:23:00.000+00:002007-11-22T14:23:00.000+00:00I always loved it when the babies fell asleep on m...I always loved it when the babies fell asleep on my chest. A lovely feeling that.<BR/><BR/>As to the NHS, as you say, money squandered inappropriately and saved innappropriately, leaving chaos as the result. I will not repeat what various consultant friends and family say about the state of the NHS as it is not polite...The Boyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06052411992134880131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-65300595835512410432007-11-22T12:08:00.000+00:002007-11-22T12:08:00.000+00:00And as for being starved of funds, money splashed ...And as for being starved of funds, money splashed about unwisely is money wasted. There are still waiting lists. Dilly has just been told today that there is a 3-month wait for an ultrasound scan on her arm, and it won't be until that's done that she will be put on a waiting list for an operation. Sounds much like it was 11 years ago, in the bad old days.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-76049062458237009012007-11-22T12:03:00.000+00:002007-11-22T12:03:00.000+00:00I agree with what you say about hospital cleaning,...I agree with what you say about hospital cleaning, Dandelion, but I maintain that some nurses are unhygienic. For example, until recently, they did not routinely wash their hands between patients. When my mother was in hospital and bedbound, she had to ask to wash her hands after using a bedpan and before meals, and to clean her teeth night and morning. They do not stop visitors using the patients' lavatories. Although there are antibacterial gel dispensers at the entrance to wards, there is no check that anyone has used them. Scrupulous cleanliness is not routine.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-25589102386793402952007-11-22T11:51:00.000+00:002007-11-22T11:51:00.000+00:00I don't think it is the nurses who are careless of...I don't think it is the nurses who are careless of hygiene. It is because they contracted out the cleaning of hospitals to private companies, who pay at or below the minimum wage, and work their workers to the bone. No time or incentive to do a proper job. <BR/><BR/>Idiot managers trying to save money, but without the know-how to appreciate that cleaning hospitals is actually an IMPORTANT job. Effing arrogant thickies, thinking they know it all just because they have a management "qualification".Monozygotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04965915993980593549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-61133782332555389782007-11-22T11:48:00.000+00:002007-11-22T11:48:00.000+00:00Yes. After 18 years of the Tories starving it of ...Yes. After 18 years of the Tories starving it of funds, it was always going to be a problem.<BR/><BR/>Once they put in "managers", aka jumped up graduates with little or no experience or understanding of the specific domain of healthcare, the thing was fucked. Arrogant meddlers with no respect for the knowledge and experience of the actual doctors, and none for the nurses.Monozygotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04965915993980593549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-90559065091848626972007-11-22T08:55:00.000+00:002007-11-22T08:55:00.000+00:00There is still excellent work done and there have ...There is still excellent work done and there have been improvements. There has been a lot of money put into the NHS. But there is still too much bad management, as well as deliberate dismantling of systems that worked well, such as out-of-hours care. Doctors are expected to think of the people on their list as clients rather than patients. Now they are paid more and not expected to work nights, why should GPs agree to go back to how it was? And running hospitals at full capacity increases the dangers from superbugs, especially as many nurses are careless of hygiene.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-6087457176473074652007-11-22T08:38:00.000+00:002007-11-22T08:38:00.000+00:00i agree.. a friend of mine relocated to the UK rec...i agree.. a friend of mine relocated to the UK recenlty and i was appaled to find out about the medical conditions there, esp. in the public health domain. <BR/>That is a sample size of one, so I may be mistaken.How do we knowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01763488475931737293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-48836180413084911392007-11-22T08:32:00.000+00:002007-11-22T08:32:00.000+00:00Reread it, Dave, there's no ambiguity this time. T...Reread it, Dave, there's no ambiguity this time. The main subject of the first sentence was still the main subject of the second. But I appreciate being kept on my toes.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-45537614107343363802007-11-22T08:25:00.000+00:002007-11-22T08:25:00.000+00:00Thanks for clearing up which of the little ones is...Thanks for clearing up which of the little ones is which.<BR/><BR/>Does the Sage usually sleep until his mother arrives home?Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08403853324345062446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-67517218212464945402007-11-22T07:48:00.000+00:002007-11-22T07:48:00.000+00:00They are deceitful and incompetent and I'm glad I ...They are deceitful and incompetent and I'm glad I never voted for them.<BR/><BR/>'Seemed like a nice bloke' - indeed, and he genuinely tried at first, but he is a quick-fix man and he did not understand that you cannot go in to government with a check list, solve a problem and move on to the next. When he started to realise that and got bored was when he began to meddle in matters that really went over his head.<BR/><BR/>As for Brown - in ten years, he ran scared of any job but Chancellor. And he'd long since stopped doing that job well.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-47910321144858044302007-11-22T02:00:00.000+00:002007-11-22T02:00:00.000+00:00Yep, totally fucked.I actually know someone who sa...Yep, totally fucked.<BR/><BR/>I actually know someone who said he'd vote for Blair because he 'seemed like a nice bloke'. I pointed out what his party had been responsible for, and all I got back was a shrug... THAT'S why this country's fucked, NHS along with it. Makes my blood boil.badgerdaddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08275758525851693777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-7880012222276547492007-11-22T00:35:00.000+00:002007-11-22T00:35:00.000+00:00It's been ruined, that's what.It's been ruined, that's what.Monozygotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04965915993980593549noreply@blogger.com