A thread about the #NHS
Last week I was admitted to the John Radcliffe hospital in Oxford with a mystery infection. Not having been in hospital since I had my children it was an eye opener and this is why...
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Last week I was admitted to the John Radcliffe hospital in Oxford with a mystery infection. Not having been in hospital since I had my children it was an eye opener and this is why...
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The JR Hospital is clean, well organised and well run. Staff are very busy but have "pathways" to help them deal most effectively with the rationing of medical services to patients.
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I didn't get the tests I needed in the end and so my illness remains a mystery.
As I was getting better I was now on a less urgent "pathway" and so would have these as an out patient. (But of course I should come back if in the meantime I got worse again.)
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As I was getting better I was now on a less urgent "pathway" and so would have these as an out patient. (But of course I should come back if in the meantime I got worse again.)
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On the ward was a woman with a bacterial infection who had been "in and out of hospital for a month".
She said they kept sending her home and then she would be readmitted in a day or two. She couldn't keep any food down and was in extreme pain.
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She said they kept sending her home and then she would be readmitted in a day or two. She couldn't keep any food down and was in extreme pain.
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Beds were in severe short supply. I waited in the waiting area on a chair along with four others who had been admitted with no bed to go to.
One woman was waiting for surgery for 24 hours nil by mouth on a chair in that waiting area.
Yes, you read that right.
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One woman was waiting for surgery for 24 hours nil by mouth on a chair in that waiting area.
Yes, you read that right.
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They put me on a trolley in men's ward as I needed treatment. Staff unhappy about this.
I was too ill to care, nor that they couldn't find me a pillow but then I overheard that the the man in the bed opposite also still didn't have a pillow - he'd been in for 3 days.
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I was too ill to care, nor that they couldn't find me a pillow but then I overheard that the the man in the bed opposite also still didn't have a pillow - he'd been in for 3 days.
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After 8 hours on the trolley I had a bed! This was bliss as trolleys are very hard.
On the ward next to me was a woman nil by mouth for 4 days waiting for an operation.
The doctors reassured her she was going on their lists every day but they were just too busy.
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On the ward next to me was a woman nil by mouth for 4 days waiting for an operation.
The doctors reassured her she was going on their lists every day but they were just too busy.
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When you are thinking about who to vote for in the upcoming general election, don't be fooled by cheap stunts from team Liar Johnson.
Think of the NHS staff working in unnecessarily difficult circumstances.
And patients actually suffering because of shortages.
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Think of the NHS staff working in unnecessarily difficult circumstances.
And patients actually suffering because of shortages.
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The NHS needs £20-30 billion, say the BMA, compared to healthcare funding in France and Germany.
Lib Dems - promised £35 billion, raised from 1p on income tax
Labour - promised £30bn in 2017 so I expect they will be in line with LDs
Tories - a few hospital photo ops
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Lib Dems - promised £35 billion, raised from 1p on income tax
Labour - promised £30bn in 2017 so I expect they will be in line with LDs
Tories - a few hospital photo ops
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