I collapsed playing football in September, and I must say the staff in AAU at HRI were fantastic while I was in their care (just one night) You can see how over-worked they are, but they try not to let it show to the patients. The only thing with the NHS is the follow-up appointments. Took me nearly 6 weeks to see Cardiac specialist afterwards and then another 6 weeks for my final follow-up
I hope it's not the Circle Holdings hospital in Cambridgeshire where they want to hand the keys back on the contract because it is 'no longer viable'.
Yeah sadly one and the same. Its still been run better by them, it was a total car crash before, but even Circle can't do it in the current climate of cuts it seems Its just more proof something needs to be done to help out our NHS rather than the squabbling we currently see.
Hope ur dad makes a speedy recovery Kemp's, my mum was in castle hill last year can't speak highly enough of the staff absolutely superb utt
Glad to hear your dad is on the mend mate, hope all is well. I agree with your post, I witnessed it first hand last Friday when my dad was admitted to HRI, sadly he passed away at the age of 53 the following day in the ICU. The staff are overworked, about time things changed.
sorry to hear that mate, all the best to you and your family. 2015 has started pretty ****ty for you then.
Cheers patty. Not a good start your right, I've arranged his funeral now and after what has been a hectic 6 days running about everywhere its time I suppose for me to try and take it all in. It was so sudden, shocked everyone. My dad wouldn't want me to feel sorry for myself and stop doing everyone, he would be shouting down at me saying sort yourself out lol, well he wouldn't say it as politely as that Got to live for him now and step up.
I try not to comment on NHS posts etc - I do work in the NHS and love the idea of it but don't want to be someone who preaches. I take a lot of heart out of what I've read here and a few other places recently. Having come close to leaving in summer when my morale was so low I'm glad I stuck it out as with the public behind the NHS I genuinely think it can get better (something I didn't think in summer). I don't expect any pay rises in this economic market, a 1% pay rise will do me. I'd take a pay cut if it meant the working conditions were better designed for us to give good care so we can enjoy the job more. So thank you for your stories of good care - and telling others about it so they can have some confidence when they're in times of trouble - and I'm sorry to hear some people have had a difficult Christmas period. If you do have the misfortune to require healthcare or love someone who does and you receive good care - the words 'thank you' go a million miles and really drives us on for months. Having received thank you cards in the past, I still have them all scanned in on my computer so I can look through them now and then - believe me, brings a lot more happiness than having a couple of hundred quid. PS - if your care was not good for a genuine reason (not because you abused the system and got told you had to wait 'til last) please also do report it to the hospital so we can learn from errors - even if its a small thing, if it happens time and time again, we could probably fix it! Also, if you get an explanation, there is sometimes method behind the madness of certain decisions.
Hi - I also work for the NHS and it is very rewarding to read all this praise. In our department we work in terrible conditions only being allowed the heating for a couple of hours or so in a morning as it's not a patient area! We get shouted at by management and get abuse on the telephone by some irate patients and their family members. We work extra hours for no extra pay - why do we do this you may ask - we do it because we are all dedicated yo our jobs and hope to provide the best care for the patients so to read all your comments is very rewarding. Thank you all so much.
I'm actually amazed that you don't get all the thank you's, you deserve. I mean ok, patients and visitors have their own stresses obviously, and sometimes you will bear the brunt of that. You have to deal with the Chavs and the druggies, alcoholics and people who are just.... You have to care for them too, because it's your job...I couldn't help those types, and i think i know how you will feel about having to. You need to be secure in the knowledge,that however it might seem to you sometimes, the general public appreciate you massively. What would we do without you ?
I could never work in the NHS or any caring work. I just do not have what it takes. My family will always be grateful to the staff of HRI and Castle Hill. Thudds, sorry for your loss.
Problem is that 1p tax increase wouldn't bring spending back to the level it was 5 years ago, with hospitals (despite government claims to the contrary) stating that budgets in real terms have reduced by over 10%, now with an increasing population & people living longer is a recipe for disaster. I had surgery on my back just before Christmas & was told ideally they would have preferred me to stay in hospital for 7-10 days, but due to bed shortages I was sent home after 2 (with a daily visit from a district nurse) The problem isn't simply the NHS, it's cuts in local government spending as well which mean that homecare packages/plans can not be put in place due to reduced social care budgets, that has resulted in long stays in hospital for elderly patients, taking up beds & where they would probably recover better at home. Talking to someone who worked with the Liberal Democrats on their manifesto budgets before the last election, he told me that if through general taxation it would need around 4-5p in the £ ringfenced to give the NHS the finance it needs, but no party can commit to that
Interesting article in the daily mail about my local hospital and circle. I also believe they've been stitched up. Sadly I wouldn't trust any of the main parties with the NHS and there's also some factions within the NHS who aren't concerned with the public good either. Makes me respect and be grateful to the awesome front line workers who endure all the ****e they do on our behalf.
Thudds ....sorry about your dad .. But you have a great attitude by saying you will do all the things your dad would want you to do.. Not easy if course but to live for your dad as he would want is to honour his memory Iv Been close to a lot of patients these last few years and a number have died The most important thing to them all is wanting those left behind to go on and enjoy life ...every time YOU smile your dad smiles with you. Not easy I know. All the best Mr Thudd
Ps to people who work in the NHS I love my nurses and specialists at castle hill and Scarborough Mac unit to bits. Everyone I have met since 2008 have been brilliant and they have all gone out of the way to give support to me Trouble is the media seem to only print negative stuff and forget the thousands of posative story's
53. The same age my Mam died. 29 years ago. The age that I'll be in 2 years! Whaaaaa! My Ma died suddenly and I'll never forget that day. It's burned onto my soul. It was like a cartoon when someone gets hit in the face by a frying pan. Unreal. Detached. But immediately painful. The thing is that every time I think of her now, I smile. When I think of the reasons I loved her, I smile. When I think of the things she did that drove me up the wall, I smile. From the immediacy of the event you move towards a unconditional acceptance of the way things are. But you never forget. I only have to close my eyes and I can picture me Ma, sat in our kitchen, in her dressing gown, reading nonsense aloud, out of the Daily Mail. And I smile. Take care Thudds and good luck.
