SOS NHS

Saddleworth2 said:
My wife had day case surgery on Monday and was put in a 'broom cupboard' to wait as there were no day beds available (hold back on the Gordon the Gopher jokes please). That was the only sign of operational stress. She was very well treated by the whole care team, nurses, anaesthetist, surgeon, care assistants.

However that just about makes up for treatment during diagnosis and the run up to the op which has been very very poor and caused a high degree of stress. Bombarded with written material, much of it way out of date, operation cancelled once, communication breakdowns, the lot. Much of this easily remedied if someone took the trouble to look at their processes from a patient perspective. And this is a 'centre of excellence' cancer department which is deemed one of the best in the UK.
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It wasn’t Bolton was it ? my daughter was in what could only be described as a “broom cupboard” in labour for far longer than necessary only me and her husband there, I think the nurse came in once, her baby ended up distressed and when we went looking for staff they sent her straight away for emergency C.section

It was a dreadful experience for all of us especially for her baby who is now a beautiful little girl thanks to the doctor we had to go looking for.
 
Kirkstall Blue said:
It wasn’t Bolton was it ? my daughter was in what could only be described as a “broom cupboard” in labour for far longer than necessary only me and her husband there, I think the nurse came in once, her baby ended up distressed and when we went looking for staff they sent her straight away for emergency C.section

It was a dreadful experience for all of us especially for her baby who is now a beautiful little girl thanks to the doctor we had to go looking for.
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No mate, it was Edinburgh Western General.

There is nothing worse than problems when a baby is born. Thank god everything turned out well.
 
Saddleworth2 said:
No mate, it was Edinburgh Western General.

There is nothing worse than problems when a baby is born. Thank god everything turned out well.
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Looks like the broom cupboard is still in use up and down the country.

She did complain afterwards and they brought her in and apologised profusely.
They are so short staffed that’s the main problem, you know how it is, your so happy her baby turned out fine, but only because we went looking for a doctor.
First baby 10lbs and the mother barely 5 foot, in the old days that’s a red flag. But not now “the broom cupboard maybe still in use”
not enough beds
 
Kirkstall Blue said:
Looks like the broom cupboard is still in use up and down the country.

She did complain afterwards and they brought her in and apologised profusely.
They are so short staffed that’s the main problem, you know how it is, your so happy her baby turned out fine, but only because we went looking for a doctor.
First baby 10lbs and the mother barely 5 foot, in the old days that’s a red flag. But not now “the broom cupboard maybe still in use”
not enough beds
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The government should just pay them what they deserve. That might resolve some of the staffing issues. At the moment, simply not enough people want to be nurses. When you think of some of the things we have wasted money on in the last couple of years. at least that would show some return.
 
To many at the top sat in an office running it the doctors and nurses trying but not enough of them

The people deserve a well run NHS it can’t be run on a shoestring
 
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nellyonthewing said:
I'm waiting for surgery on a malignant tumour. its just been delayed again. Making generalisations on the NHS is a minefield . Patients can really only comment on their individual snapshots of experience. My recent experiences show that once you get to the clinical care point its amazing but that road is littered with obvious inefficiencies,
At an x ray appointment the nurse called out 20 names of patients who were not there. Clear waste of scarce resources by us the public.
At an outpatient clinic in the past weeks I waited 2 hours beyond my appointed time on both occasions. There were only 2-3 patients waiting but over that 2 hours I saw up to 4 nursing staff ,one cleaner and 2 receptionists just hanging around the desk for 2 hours tittle tattling about their excessive workload and staring at the clock. Organisation of the NHS resources is a huge and unfathomable challenge.
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The outpatient dept relies on drs turning up on time and being efficent , juggling outpatients and ward /theatre work means they can be be really delayed getting there ,the nurses there cant do anything if the drs dont do their bit so it looks like they are doing nothing, also loads of people get the same appointment time
 
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