"We have been on our feet all day. We are stretched to the thinness. But never think that you are not important to us … You are the reason we come to work every day.” By the end his voice is cracking. He seems to be on the verge of tears.
999: The Critical List shows you why"
Review of last night's new Channel 4 series. Let's hope it has the same effect as 'Mr Bates vs the Post Office'.
Why the #NHS in #England is really failing. Compelling write-up by a senior doctor in the NHS. I've never seen any analysis like this in mainstream media. https://www.reddit.com/r/unitedkingdom/comments/1ig3481/why_the_nhs_in_england_is_really_failing/ #NHSCrisis #BrokenNHS
Logging onto the Patient Access website this morning (which I use to interact with my GP surgery), and what fresh hell is this?
Is it "trusted healthcare information", or is it an ad? Because I really struggle to believe it could be both of those at the same time.
A new 460-page report from the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) is based on “harrowing” descriptions given by 5,400 UK nurses of their experience of working in hospitals.
It describes how patients have died on trolleys and chairs in corridors and waiting rooms in settings where “all the fundamentals of care have broken down”.
But of course, Reeves has to balance her budget, so that's OK...
So the government decided to restrict who can get free flu vaccines on the NHS, and now we have a monster flu season overwhelming the NHS and hospitals declaring critical incidents all over the place.
I believe that's what's known as #FAFO
#NHS #flu #nhscrisis
Just reading about the NHS crisis from a nurses perspective on the BBC News website. The NHS is on the receiving end of 5000 new flu cases per day, and people are suffering in hospital leading to bed shortages. Patients are queuing in corridors, having cardiacs in the waiting room, and many are collapsing.
Would it be a stupid to suggest adopting milder Covid style measures in winter to avoid the high transmission of flu cases? Masks, hand sanitiser and warning people!
And I find this bit troubling.
You know who's going to request them? The healthy middle classes, that's who.
Nice idea.
I just hope they have a plan for where they are going to find all the extra clinicians they're going to need for all those extra appointments.
The NHS is warning of a 'Quad-demic' of:
Flu;
Covid;
Norovirus; &
RSV.
Yup, looks like the annual winter crisis in health care could look pretty grim... although vaccinations would help....
Warning of ‘quad-demic’ as flu and Covid cases rise in England https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/dec/05/warning-of-nhs-quad-demic-as-flu-and-covid-cases-rise-in-england?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other As the on-going #NHSCrisis briefly gets some media coverage I think it worth noting that things are bad, but have been bad for sometime and will remain so for the foreseeable future. The #NHS needs time to rebuild, and won’t function properly without improvement in #SocialCare (where reform is not even on the radar). The on-going lack of attention to reducing the spread of infectious disease is also shameful
Wtf is the point of a website that ‘closes’ when you do?
Looking at you https://patchs.ai
'He also promised to "incentivise and reward the best leaders to go into the most troubled trusts"'
Top tip: you don't incentivise people to go and work somewhere by firing a whole bunch of people there.
More support and less blame would be helpful.
Oh, and league tables? Seriously? The 1990s called. They want their crappy political gimmicks back.
Some may call it "rip-off" rates, others will call it supply and demand 101.
If you have a shortage of doctors, then of course the ones that are left are going to charge a premium.
Just hire more doctors.
It seems the government want our ideas about how to improve the NHS.
I've suggested they make more vaccines available on the NHS. If you think that's a good idea, you could upvote it.
If you have other ideas, you can submit them too.
#NHS #NHSCrisis #Vaccines #CovidIsNotOver
https://change.nhs.uk/en-GB/projects/your-ideas-for-change?sort=new
Can you answer a few questions and share your experiences of the NHS crisis?
https://the.organise.network/surveys/take-the-survey-share-your-experiences-of-the-nhs
OK, so I've not been shy of criticising our new Red Tory government when they do bad things, but credit where it's due, it is a good thing that they've ended the junior doctor's strike.
So this is your periodic reminder that even though our government is crap, at least they're still better than Sunak's Blue Tories.
NHS must ‘reform or die’, Sir Keir Starmer says as major report is published | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/nhs-prime-minister-government-people-england-b2611262.html
#Starmer
#UKPolitics
#NHS
#Hospitals
#Community
#10YearNHSPlan
#Digital
#Darzi
#WaitingLists
#GPs
#Streeting
#NHSCrisis
Forgive me if I am sceptical about Starmer's claim to be interested in prevention of disease when most people have to pay privately if they want a #Covid19 #AutumnBooster and there is no talk about air filtration for schools etc or encouraging masking in healthcare settings.
#NHSCrisis #CovidIsNotOver #DarziReport
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c0qejx03zjnt?post=asset%3Aea1363e5-f427-4703-8fab-002064f0ef2e#post
