Nurses On Strike

[SueEllen]

Don't get ill now.

https://www.theguardian.com/society/...spute-over-pay


And don't desire to get an edukation as teachers and university lecturers are going on strike as well.

[d000hg]

The university lot have been striking on and off for years now.
and you can't get NHS treatment unless you're very lucky so the nurses might as well take some time off.

Don't forget the transport and postal strikes too though

[WTFH]

It appears that clapping and blowing billions on your mates PPE/test&trace is not a way to pay nurses.

[SueEllen]

Don't forget the transport and postal strikes too though

National train strikes and royal mail strikes are on hold.

[WTFH]

National train strikes and royal mail strikes are on hold.

It's like 1972 all over again.

(The thing that caused the problems in 1974, but Tory voters have memory issues when it comes to who ran the country when the problems started, and what they did to try to fix them)

[NotAllThere]

The university lot have been striking on and off for years now.
and you can't get NHS treatment unless you're very lucky so the nurses might as well take some time off.

Don't forget the transport and postal strikes too though

With a transport strike you can't get to hospital anyway.

[Zigenare]

The strike will show which of the nurses are needed and which can be hoofed out of the door(persuaded to seek other opportunities).

[_V_]

It appears that clapping and blowing billions on your mates PPE/test&trace is not a way to pay nurses.

Not just billions that were stolen by Tory crooks running these PPE scam companies, people died directly as a result.

https://www.bmj.com/content/379/bmj.o2495

“Had to stop CPR today for a full five minutes on a patient who arrested when someone realised he had covid symptoms. No PPE on the resus trolley. The full resuscitation team were exposed to aerosolised covid. Finally found some FFP3 masks locked in a cupboard because the matrons had been told they were ‘too valuable’ to leave lying around. He died.”

These are the words of a medical registrar in an NHS hospital in March 2020. They remind us how fine the margins for error are in running a health service. A health professional whose actions kill a patient can expect to be investigated and potentially disbarred by their professional regulator. But what about the politicians who implemented the creation of a deeply flawed system for procurement during a pandemic that failed to consistently supply stocks of usable personal protective equipment (PPE)?1

[vetran]

Not just billions that were stolen by Tory crooks running these PPE scam companies, people died directly as a result.

https://www.bmj.com/content/379/bmj.o2495

“Had to stop CPR today for a full five minutes on a patient who arrested when someone realised he had covid symptoms. No PPE on the resus trolley. The full resuscitation team were exposed to aerosolised covid. Finally found some FFP3 masks locked in a cupboard because the matrons had been told they were ‘too valuable’ to leave lying around. He died.”

These are the words of a medical registrar in an NHS hospital in March 2020. They remind us how fine the margins for error are in running a health service. A health professional whose actions kill a patient can expect to be investigated and potentially disbarred by their professional regulator. But what about the politicians who implemented the creation of a deeply flawed system for procurement during a pandemic that failed to consistently supply stocks of usable personal protective equipment (PPE)?1

So the hospital had the required item yet had locked it up yet its the government's fault. hmmm

[_V_]

So the hospital had the required item yet had locked it up yet its the government's fault. hmmm

They were locked up because they were so hard to get, because the govt gave billions to scam limited companies who delivered nothing or unusable PPE. Those scam companies are all linked to Tory members, donors or Tory family members.

https://www.bmj.com/content/372/bmj.n639

Yet equally shocking were the stories of how the procurement process was operated. In one of the most visible cases, only a fraction of 400 000 gowns ordered from a Turkish t shirt manufacturer arrived. When they did arrive they were late, despite the Royal Air Force being sent to collect them, and they were found to be unusable. Fifty million face masks, purchased through a company specialising in currency trading and offshore property, part of a £252m (€291m; $348m) contract, were also unusable. A Miami jewellery designer, awarded a £250m contract for PPE, was found to have paid £21m to a consultant to broker the deal. A pest control company with net assets of £19 000 was given a £108m contract for PPE. A highly critical report by the National Audit Office provides more examples.

Then there have been other concerns, including the use of “VIP lanes” allowing some providers direct access to government, and the role of what has been termed the “chumocracy,” whereby those with political connections seemed especially privileged.