'Saving' the NHS.
- Captain Haddock
- Location: Marlinspike Hall
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21 November 2015 14:19288236Another week and supposedly another NHS crisis, Junior Doctors this time, with petitions to sign and political capital to be made of a service which, depending on which paper you read, has been on the verge of collapse since its foundation.
If people actually want to do something about the NHS rather than moaning perhaps they could follow the few simple steps which I try to adhere to.
1.Stop going to your GP for stupid reasons and stay out of A&E unless it's an actual emergency.
2.Take responsibility for yours and your families health and refrain from taking so much drink and/or drugs that your organs fail.
3.Stop eating so much that you are a health hazard.
4.Start paying for medication like paracetamol and ibuprofen rather than having it for free just because you can.
I'm not suggesting that this would be a panacea for all NHS problems but it might at least allow the NHS to prioritise its limited resources better.
To improve our health we don't all need medical training, we just need to be a little less stupid.
"The world is still a weird place, despite my efforts to make clear and perfect sense of it".
Dr. Hunter S Thompson - 23 November 2015 11:39288284There is a lot we can all do to help take the pressure of the NHS, doctors are only human and when their workload gets excessive mistakes can be made.
http://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/nov/23/nine-in-10-gps-fear-missing-symptoms-workload-survey - 27 November 2015 11:30288390If hospitals are struggling now what will happen when Winter sets in?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-34939034 - Brian Dixon
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
27 November 2015 19:28288399William harvey was busy today,with 4 out of 5 being elderly. - 25 July 2017 15:31331755More than 86,000 NHS posts were vacant between January 2017 and March 2017, figures for England suggest.
Statistics from NHS Digital, which collates data, shows the number of vacancies climbed by almost 8,000 compared to the same period in 2016.
Nurses and midwives accounted for the highest proportion of shortages, with 11,400 vacant posts in March 2017.
The Department of Health said staffing was a priority and that more money was being invested in frontline staff. Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-40715955
Now, can someone explain to me why we require people that wish to be nurses pay for their tuition but don't ask those training to be police or fire and rescue service staff (yet)?
Surely the only way to fill the vacancies, given the fact they we charge our own youngsters to train to be underpaid and overworked nurses, is it INCREASE immgration. Does it really have to be this way?Brian Dixon and howard mcsweeney1 like thisJust because you don't take an interest in politics doesn't mean that politics won't take an interest in you. PERICLES. - 25 July 2017 16:05331756The usual way out of training up our own is to get the third world to supply us with their best, here we go again.
http://news.sky.com/story/nhs-england-vacancies-rise-by-10-in-a-year-10960284 - 28 July 2017 18:07331874Charlie keeping us up to date on his great work in promoting health care locally.
http://elphicke.com/local-news/my-vision-for-a-fairer-share-of-healthcare-in/1185 - 31 July 2017 09:02331978All the forecasts show that the most difficulty is finding new GPs and keeping the ones we have now.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2017/07/30/nearly-40-per-cent-gps-plan-leave-nhs-within-five-years/ - Captain Haddock
- Location: Marlinspike Hall
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31 July 2017 09:56331980Emergency Transfer of acute medicine - Kent & Canterbury Hospital
With DDC Scruitiny tomorrow. Details here:-
http://moderngov.dover.gov.uk/documents/g2783/Public%20reports%20pack%2001st-Aug-2017%2018.30%20Scrutiny%20Community%20and%20Regeneration%20Committee.pdf?T=10"The world is still a weird place, despite my efforts to make clear and perfect sense of it".
Dr. Hunter S Thompson - 14 August 2017 18:43332659Good to know that East Kent is top of the list in something.
http://www.kentonline.co.uk/canterbury/news/kent-hospital-crisis-as-ae-130518/ - 1 September 2017 17:24333291"The NHS in England is to pay recruitment agencies £100m as part of a huge international drive to boost the number of GPs." Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-41111553
Now let's think about those neo-liberal values and consequences. Neo-liberalism doesn't invest in our own children, doesn't aid the "ten of thousands" immigration figures and doesn't save the taxpayer in the medium or long term.
Here's a thought. Put a cap on universities offering key degree, masters and PhD to international students at the expense of British students, cut the tuition fee for key subjects (or wipe out their debt after 10 years' service in 'our' NHS). It would cure the neo-liberal ills and give us a warm feeling of satisfaction to. What's not to like?Just because you don't take an interest in politics doesn't mean that politics won't take an interest in you. PERICLES. - Brian Dixon
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
1 September 2017 19:05333295sliced bread
