tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post9158522884244239376..comments2023-08-10T12:55:23.427+01:00Comments on SUBROSA: Is Scotland's NHS Fit For Purpose? No.subrosahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00151702590329788260noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post-16004137116347647262013-07-16T11:49:00.094+01:002013-07-16T11:49:00.094+01:00The NHS in Wigtownshire is a joke. Everyone I spea...The NHS in Wigtownshire is a joke. Everyone I speak to hates it. I was denied treatment and told to find a new practice for complaining. But there's no point as the local Health Board is in on it.<br /><br />Doctors are a joke round here. Overpaid fools, terrified of breaking every fascist DoH diktat (I have experience of one of the more human GPs "breaking the rules" to help me and being clearly troubled.)<br /><br />The Gov't always whines on about equality. So why does a GP "earn" three or four times what a teacher, copper or fireman gets paid?<br /><br />To keep them on side and keep the death, destruction and subversion going on?Stewart Cowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14438121139084279087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post-23133229039036744882013-07-16T01:50:24.965+01:002013-07-16T01:50:24.965+01:00Perhaps we need to realize that the
medical busin...Perhaps we need to realize that the<br />medical business is very similar to the automotive business in how it operates. When you think about it from that perspective, we realize just how many parallels there are.<br />Our expectations are far higher than they should be, you will ask your mechanic more searching questions than your doctor, and treat him with considerably less reverence,why? they both do the same type of job. Would you be more critical of the doctor if you paid the bill yourself?Probably. But most people hesitate to ask a doctor about anything to do with their condition, partly because the doctors don't like questions.And they let you know! But it is your right to ask questions and expect<br />correct answers.Perhaps if the population of this country asked and kept asking,politicians as well as medical staff, until they got correct answers, the problems we have would start to be corrected.Apogeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13942349358439102449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post-70997498417449263832013-07-15T23:38:36.700+01:002013-07-15T23:38:36.700+01:00No politician agrees with me either Aangirfan yet ...No politician agrees with me either Aangirfan yet the evidence is all around. Funnily enough there has never been ann independent study of the number of medics we train then employ. Perhaps they don't want taxpayers to know the answer.subrosahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00151702590329788260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post-30314461475038820252013-07-15T23:36:52.073+01:002013-07-15T23:36:52.073+01:00Auch JRB you knew what I meant in my haste surely....Auch JRB you knew what I meant in my haste surely.<br /><br />It seems the NHS in your area is certainly efficient. My ex in-laws lived up your way and received the most excellent care in their ailing last few years. I couldn't fault anything. Come to think of it, my mother in law, when she found a lump in her abdomen, was in Aberdeen hospital within 24 hours. Three days later it was diagnosed as advanced ovarian cancer and beyond surgery. Her care was wonderful and the contact medical staff kept with us was second to none. Very different to what happens in this area as I know from experience.<br /><br />But, the standards throughout the country shouldn't vary so much.<br /><br />I do understand how grateful you are for such a service and have an idea of what you go through, but you are fortunate to be in a part of Scotland where it works. Care of cardiac patients in this area was so bad a few years ago that patients opted to travel to Edinburgh for treatment. Many still do.subrosahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00151702590329788260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post-61515769937237347932013-07-15T22:24:05.573+01:002013-07-15T22:24:05.573+01:00LOL
‘Fortunate’ :)
I suppose under the circumst...LOL<br /><br />‘Fortunate’ :)<br /><br />I suppose under the circumstances - having needles, cannulae, tubes and catheters inserted into every orifice and however many thousand volts repeatedly fired through one’s chest - could be described as ‘fortunate’.<br /><br />… but it also goes to show that at least one section of Scotland’s NHS is fit for purpose.<br /><br />:)JRBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01864418763227369458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post-51416318125138302752013-07-15T18:19:50.347+01:002013-07-15T18:19:50.347+01:00"Many go to work in the US, Canada, Australia..."Many go to work in the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the middle east." <br /><br />Exactly!<br /><br />Sack all those expensive and nasty administrators and the NHS will recover quickly.<br /><br />Sadly, the SNP does not seem to agree with me.<br /><br />As far as education is concerned, the best of Scotland's teachers are nearly all working abroad.<br /><br />Again, the problem is lousy administrators.<br /><br />- AangirfanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post-76353123101056698192013-07-15T16:27:29.907+01:002013-07-15T16:27:29.907+01:00It's certainly not improved since we had '...It's certainly not improved since we had 'managers' Macheath. A few years ago I had to have scan so I attended the appointment and had it done. Two weeks later another letter arrived giving me another date for a scan. I phoned to say I'd already had one and was awaiting results, only to be told I should attend.<br /><br />Off I went. Reception accepted the letter and told me to sit down. Eventually a nurse came and asked me to go with her to an unoccupied room. At this became nervous and wondered what was going on but she wouldn't say. All she would say is that the departmental manager would be coming to see me. After around 15 minutes this suited and booted man appeared, sat down with a serious face and informed the there had been an administrative error as my scan had been doubled booked.<br /><br />My anger was palpable. Not at the fact it had been double booked but the way in which it had been handled. I asked him why it was necessary he had to 'break the news' to me when it would have been far less stressful to have a receptionist or nurse do it. 'It's my job' I was told and in the next breath he said (I'm paraphrasing), 'Your comment isn't an official complaint is it?'. He was more concerned about me making a complaint than the fact that my GP had yet to receive information about the first scan. As it was there was nothing serious, but like your friend, it could have been.<br />subrosahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00151702590329788260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post-65933622876136380092013-07-15T16:18:11.730+01:002013-07-15T16:18:11.730+01:00JRB, it would be interesting to know how many peop...JRB, it would be interesting to know how many people aren't as 'fortunate' (poor word I know) as yourself and are not treated as an emergency.<br /><br />Perhaps my title is a generalisation, but the NHS does not provide as good a level of service as many other EU countries. It's not that we don't invest in it. <br /><br />Of course I would also agree with your assessment.<br /><br />In the case of my friend, she telephoned the department immediately and asked to be put on the cancellation waiting list. She told me the woman on the other end told her wearily that there was no point in doing that as there were already 22 people on the list for this month and 9 already for next month.subrosahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00151702590329788260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post-29527487974565675932013-07-15T15:40:40.569+01:002013-07-15T15:40:40.569+01:00JRB, you have hit the bureaucracy nail squarely on...JRB, you have hit the bureaucracy nail squarely on the head.<br /><br />To my certain knowledge, in at least one major Scottish hospital, an army of hostile and obstructive administrative staff stand between patient and consultant.<br /><br />A relative of mine compares the set-up to a Renaissance court, where access to the sovereign was controlled by a chain of officials of increasing importance, applying palace protocol regardless of the nature or urgency of the petition.<br /><br />She should know; when she finally reached the consultant after two months of of lost letters, clerical errors and postponed appointments, he immediately admitted her for emergency - and, fortunately, life-saving - surgery.<br /><br />Macheathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04451439759398780345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post-89032272847049532192013-07-15T10:43:38.363+01:002013-07-15T10:43:38.363+01:00Thank God for Scotland’s NHS. They have pulled m...Thank God for Scotland’s NHS. They have pulled me back from the pearly gates on more than one occasion. Without them I would not be here, passing comment.<br /><br />So I cannot agree with the sweeping generalisation of your title – <i>“Is Scotland's NHS Fit For Purpose? No.”</i><br /><br />Had you asked – “Are Scotland’s NHS Clinical Staff hamstrung by Administrative Bureaucracy and Political Lethargy? Yes” – then I would have agreed with you. <br /><br /><br />May I wish your friend all the very best, I can fully appreciate her anxiety.JRBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01864418763227369458noreply@blogger.com