The Conservative Party

[bobbyowenquiff]

This is all a long time coming. For years, this government chose austerity, which stifled growth and stifled wages. Then, in fear of the growth of the far right and the announcement of cross EU tax reform, they announced the referendum. They will now blame global issues and the war, but this started long before. They tried, with the aid of their think tanks and media friends, to deflect any criticism with cries of woke, lefty, radical, Corbynista, commie or anti-Britain, and now that has failed they are left with the dinghies, and their desperation to blame a failed economic model on needy people arriving in rubber boats. They completely ignore the fact that the same numbers of people are crossing as twenty years ago, just by different routes, but their supporters are so keen to blame anyone, that the Albanians will do. They continue to lie (safe and legal routes being the latest untruth), and their media friends continue their work, all the way from the tax havens of Bermuda and the Cayman Islands. And, there sits 21 trillion pounds of tax-avoided wealth, while we 'cannot afford' to give nurses a pay rise. After all, they have already had a £4,044 pay rise over the last twelve years, what more do they want? People have had enough, and the unions now carry vast support. The last throws of the dice will be very painful, and many will be besmirched, but the magic money tree could easily be found, it's just that the Conservatives won't find it because it hurts their donors and friends.

Great post. This crisis has been a long time in the making. To be fair it probably started even before this disastrous government, though clearly has escalated in the past decade. The whole political system has failed us. It is old-fashioned and too slow to react in a globalised digital world. Power and wealth has been centralised in one part of the UK and the infrastructure everywhere has been left to rot. We have a low-wage, low-skilled, workforce compared to other developed nations. This didn't happen by accident and can't be blamed on Covid or Putin.
While this decline has been happening the media and politicians have been fixated by the Brexit sideshow. Even now the press are more interested in a feud in the Royal Family than the collapse of the NHS.

 

[bluethrunthru]

Its ok coz our hateful Home Sec will lay into the Met at a later date when their figures are up because they were too busy covering her Govt's arse dureing the strikes

Strikes could mean police are too busy filling in for the NHS to tackle burglaries and stabbings, Met chief warns

Police may be spending too much time dealing with people's mental health crises amid the NHS strikes to tackle crimes like burglaries and stabbings, the head of the Metropolitan Police has warned.

www.lbc.co.uk

 

[metalblue]

Its December 2022 and this is what Government looks like - frightening and pathetic eh?

What is frightening and pathetic is how stupid people are. Sadly we live in a country that has an increasing population of self entitled half wits. This is a great example of people using the wrong resource.

'I called my carers instead of an ambulance'​

5 Live’s Nicky Campbell show has been hearing from people about how the ambulance strike has affected them today.
Margret in Orpington, who is 77 years old, slipped and fell this morning.
“In the past I have called an ambulance,” she says, “but this morning I called my carers and they were here within minutes".
"We have to recognise our carers today because they don’t have the luxury of going on strike,” she says.
“I’m not saying paramedics aren’t amazing, and when I’ve gotten into the hospital the nurses couldn’t have been nicer, but they’ve got the luxury of striking.”
Margret says her carers are there for her when it matters: “They’ve already said if you can’t get back into bed tonight you ring our office and we will come and get you back into bed."

So in the past she’d call a highly trained ambulance crew and then a ferry off to hospital rather than her community resource which - as proven - are more than capable of dealing with her fall needs.

‘The public have been told to take extra care, with the NHS England medical director saying: "Don't get so drunk that you end up with an unnecessary visit to A&E"’

Because you can’t handle your ale you head to hopsital? Folk turning up with Norovirus to A&E infecting all and sundry, particularly the staff. Fuck off and have a long hard word with yourself.

The clue is in the name “Accident” and “Emergency”. When lock down happened these places were largely empty as folk weren’t out on the piss or attempting DIY jobs beyond their capability.

We know the NHS is a breaking point but these wasters, and hundreds of thousands if not millions like them, don’t help the situation.

 

[bobbyowenquiff]

Its December 2022 and this is what Government looks like - frightening and pathetic eh?

It is disturbing that the Health Secretary should deliberately add fuel to the flames by accusing the union of refusing to provide exemptions for the most severe cases. He must know that's a lie so what is his motive? It looks as if the Government is deliberately engineering confrontation. Thousands of people have already died this year because of staff shortages and delays to treatment. Some of them caused by Covid no doubt but others because of a failure to recruit enough staff. These are the Government's own figures. They can't blame this on the unions.

Monthly mortality analysis, England and Wales - Office for National Statistics

Provisional death registration data for England and Wales, broken down by sex, age and country. Includes deaths due to coronavirus (COVID-19) and leading causes of death.

www.ons.gov.uk

 

[bobbyowenquiff]

What is frightening and pathetic is how stupid people are. Sadly we live in a country that has an increasing population of self entitled half wits. This is a great example of people using the wrong resource.

'I called my carers instead of an ambulance'​

5 Live’s Nicky Campbell show has been hearing from people about how the ambulance strike has affected them today.
Margret in Orpington, who is 77 years old, slipped and fell this morning.
“In the past I have called an ambulance,” she says, “but this morning I called my carers and they were here within minutes".
"We have to recognise our carers today because they don’t have the luxury of going on strike,” she says.
“I’m not saying paramedics aren’t amazing, and when I’ve gotten into the hospital the nurses couldn’t have been nicer, but they’ve got the luxury of striking.”
Margret says her carers are there for her when it matters: “They’ve already said if you can’t get back into bed tonight you ring our office and we will come and get you back into bed."

So in the past she’d call a highly trained ambulance crew and then a ferry off to hospital rather than her community resource which - as proven - are more than capable of dealing with her fall needs.

‘The public have been told to take extra care, with the NHS England medical director saying: "Don't get so drunk that you end up with an unnecessary visit to A&E"’

Because you can’t handle your ale you head to hopsital? Folk turning up with Norovirus to A&E infecting all and sundry, particularly the staff. Fuck off and have a long hard word with yourself.

The clue is in the name “Accident” and “Emergency”. When lock down happened these places were largely empty as folk weren’t out on the piss or attempting DIY jobs beyond their capability.

We know the NHS is a breaking point but these wasters, and hundreds of thousands if not millions like them, don’t help the situation.

It is a structural problem though because the health system here has not been modernised. Most countries have systems where people with minor ailments or injuries can attend 24/7 clinics instead of A and E. Where I live the GPs' service has collapsed and the care sector is in crisis. Of course there are lots of drunken fuckwits but there are also lots of vulnerable people with nowhere else to go.

 

[bluethrunthru]

What is frightening and pathetic is how stupid people are. Sadly we live in a country that has an increasing population of self entitled half wits. This is a great example of people using the wrong resource.

'I called my carers instead of an ambulance'​

5 Live’s Nicky Campbell show has been hearing from people about how the ambulance strike has affected them today.
Margret in Orpington, who is 77 years old, slipped and fell this morning.
“In the past I have called an ambulance,” she says, “but this morning I called my carers and they were here within minutes".
"We have to recognise our carers today because they don’t have the luxury of going on strike,” she says.
“I’m not saying paramedics aren’t amazing, and when I’ve gotten into the hospital the nurses couldn’t have been nicer, but they’ve got the luxury of striking.”
Margret says her carers are there for her when it matters: “They’ve already said if you can’t get back into bed tonight you ring our office and we will come and get you back into bed."

So in the past she’d call a highly trained ambulance crew and then a ferry off to hospital rather than her community resource which - as proven - are more than capable of dealing with her fall needs.

‘The public have been told to take extra care, with the NHS England medical director saying: "Don't get so drunk that you end up with an unnecessary visit to A&E"’

Because you can’t handle your ale you head to hopsital? Folk turning up with Norovirus to A&E infecting all and sundry, particularly the staff. Fuck off and have a long hard word with yourself.

The clue is in the name “Accident” and “Emergency”. When lock down happened these places were largely empty as folk weren’t out on the piss or attempting DIY jobs beyond their capability.

We know the NHS is a breaking point but these wasters, and hundreds of thousands if not millions like them, don’t help the situation.

It depends who her carers work for as to whether they can strike however interestingly she praises them but doesn't seem to want to afford them what SHE DESCRIBES as the LUXURY of going on strike. Margret should maybe just get the Uber app on her phone and have done with it - she will be amazed what they can do getting her to A&E - she has been gaslit into another dimension.

 

[bluethrunthru]

**** alert

 

[metalblue]

It is a structural problem though because the health system here has not been modernised. Most countries have systems where people with minor ailments or injuries can attend 24/7 clinics instead of A and E. Where I live the GPs' service has collapsed and the care sector is in crisis. Of course there are lots of drunken fuckwits but there are also lots of vulnerable people with nowhere else to go.

I don’t think it’s a clear cut as it being a structural issue with our health system - although that is certainly one of the significant issues. Particularly when someone doesn’t require care in an acute setting we struggle to find suitable follow on care for those who need it provided by the state rather than family members.

We also have a system that is terrified of missing something, perhaps for fear of litigation- this all goes to clogging the system up. Take the lady who had a fall, the ambulance crew think she’s fine but take her to hospital just to be on the safe side. This is a story repeated up and down the country. You’re absolutely right when you point to better triaging, we need to prevent people entering the system - we do some things but even they err on the side of caution, take 111 for example. I don’t blame the phone operators as there is only so much you can do over the phone and be confident in that assessment. Once a patient enters the acute care system (eg the lady who had the fall) if there is nowhere considered safe to discharge her to or her family/care home refuse to take her she becomes a bed blocker.

Ultimately if we all use these services as intended it would go a huge way towards dealing with some of the pinch points. This isn’t to say the NHS doesn’t need more funding in some areas nor that nurses/paramedics should not be paid more. Fixing the NHS isn’t just a problem for someone else, we all need to do our bit.

 

[johnnytapia]

It depends who her carers work for as to whether they can strike however interestingly she praises them but doesn't seem to want to afford them what SHE DESCRIBES as the LUXURY of going on strike. Margret should maybe just get the Uber app on her phone and have done with it - she will be amazed what they can do getting her to A&E - she has been gaslit into another dimension.

Ha ha ha, like something from an ant-Trade Union episode of Doctor Who. Who, incidentally, should be getting a substantial pay rise given he has two tickers and lives in a disused tin box

 

[metalblue]

It depends who her carers work for as to whether they can strike however interestingly she praises them but doesn't seem to want to afford them what SHE DESCRIBES as the LUXURY of going on strike. Margret should maybe just get the Uber app on her phone and have done with it - she will be amazed what they can do getting her to A&E - she has been gaslit into another dimension.

Probably a turn of phrase rather than saying it’s a luxury to strike. Like I’d say I don’t have the luxury to not work, try telling the unemployed person struggling to find work about their luxury.

It somewhat side steps the point though mate that these carers are able to fully deal with Margaret’s issues without the need of an ambulance crew. Maybe we need a situation where you can’t access A&E without having been triaged by 111, GP etc. if it’s a genuine emergency call an ambulance. Everyone should be entitled to a minimum response time, not 90% of the time or whatever other meaningless metric they use but 100% of the time. Funding and pay is a significant part of attracting people to the profession but the lack of respect from some members of the public is a fucking disgrace. Mrs MBs has had to duck a few punches thrown at her or being screamed and shouted at by relatives (patients are generally good as gold - exceptions being when they are in pain which makes them act out but that’s understandable, not physical typically, and treatable). She doesn’t tell me the half of it as she knows I’ll have no qualms in heading up to the hospital to have a word. When she was out on the ambulances doing training she’d say about cunts in cars deliberately slowing them down, I’m sure the fire brigade and police can relate as well.

This country is going to the dogs because people lack respect. Politicians need to call these disrespectful cunts out for what they are, but they won’t because they’re worried it’s not a vote winner and everyone will be oh so offended.

/rant over