Hospitals to delay non-urgent operations - BBC News
Completely nuts if you haven't. I didn't until recently and it proved a bad idea.....
Recent experience of NHS with my sons mental health issues have proven just how appallingly underfunded it is. And fact is there is no service at all pretty much for some things.
Never ceases to amaze me when I go to the GP and see the list of missed appointments that month. Some for same day bookings - how can you book a GP appointment then forget/not bother same day? I forgot an appointment once (it was booked online weeks in advance) and was mortified. Time to start asking for deposit of £10 off people who miss appointments to be taken if they fail to attend in the future.
Same with A&E. £10 charge would put off hundreds of people. Also, need to be tougher - send people home and tell them to call their GP if appropriate.
Trouble is we've got the wrong attitude to the NHS. Its a case of I'm ill sort it with no thought for how it all works. My old man is the worlds worst - any sign of illness and he expects a doctor to visit him at home. Same for District Nurses. He will not help himself by getting a taxi the 1 mile to the GP surgery (he can well afford it).
My dear wife works as a District Nurse and they are massively short of staff and this is the biggest problem. Saying that, a lot of the organisation of the NHS is very poor indeed. Some people not fit to look after a hamster let alone ill people. As en employer they're pretty bad too.
Completely nuts if you haven't. I didn't until recently and it proved a bad idea.....
Recent experience of NHS with my sons mental health issues have proven just how appallingly underfunded it is. And fact is there is no service at all pretty much for some things.
Never ceases to amaze me when I go to the GP and see the list of missed appointments that month. Some for same day bookings - how can you book a GP appointment then forget/not bother same day? I forgot an appointment once (it was booked online weeks in advance) and was mortified. Time to start asking for deposit of £10 off people who miss appointments to be taken if they fail to attend in the future.
Same with A&E. £10 charge would put off hundreds of people. Also, need to be tougher - send people home and tell them to call their GP if appropriate.
Trouble is we've got the wrong attitude to the NHS. Its a case of I'm ill sort it with no thought for how it all works. My old man is the worlds worst - any sign of illness and he expects a doctor to visit him at home. Same for District Nurses. He will not help himself by getting a taxi the 1 mile to the GP surgery (he can well afford it).
My dear wife works as a District Nurse and they are massively short of staff and this is the biggest problem. Saying that, a lot of the organisation of the NHS is very poor indeed. Some people not fit to look after a hamster let alone ill people. As en employer they're pretty bad too.
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