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Sunday, January 07, 2007
The Devil's Hospital
Click HERE at the Devil's humble abode to see why spending on the NHS has doubled under Labour and output has increased by about 3%. Shocking.
PS If you're shocked by bad language, best not click...
I'm no fan of the Government, but none of The Atkinson Review output measures show a 3% rise. So you know, a 3% rise in output against a context of rising birth rates and a rising tide of elderly people is probably a real cut.
One patient? Not at all, we dealt with 7 or eight. How come? Er well, each person who saw Trixy will have been able to put a tick in a box saying they saw a patient. Of course we didn't ACTUALLY but we have met all our targets. NuLabourPuke.
Just read anonymous - yes that makes sense - I hadn't thought of it that way, but as this lot don't even know how many people have absconded from jail, nor how many have "escaped" into our country, how come they always have all these figures for the NHS? Answer: they don't. They've made them up like everything else.
The idea that the NHS is hugely expanding its budget but not its outputs is confirmed by my father, a hospital consultant, who has noticed huge resources going into staff salaries, administration, inefficient procurement, and basically everything except patient care.
In fairness to NuLab, though, he does consider that the hospital rebuilding program needed to be done.
At least he could get to an A and E. The A & E here has shut. Nearest A & E err 23 plus miles drive in any direction. Assuming that you can drive or get a taxi that doesn't mind you dying on the back seat (that'll be a twenty quid fine mate). In really bad cases there are two ambulances. Or rather there will be one becuase guess what? Yeup funding cutbacks mean one less ambulance. So if that's busy and you have a heart attack well basically as the DK would put it you're f*$ked. Thanks Tone. We had a cracking little hospital here when you and your crony muppets came to power .. "and things could only get better." Dream? No a nightmare.
The blogosphere is peppered with these stories. Suspect Paki did one recently - http://www.suspectpaki.com/2006/12/11/the-hospitality-of-the-nhs/trackback/
Staff are squeezed dry and the money is going straight into the pockets of private companies.
The conditions that Staff work in are appalling and would be deemed harmful to animals.
I cannot understand why anyone can accept the profit levels that private companies are enjoying, off the back of shoddy building projects, staff redundancies and appalling working conditions.
One of the reasons the A&E at Leicester is full of drunks is that the police in the city centre don't want drunks in their cells. So they take them to the LRI because when they are discharged they go into the care of the local cop shop rather than back to the one in the city centre. What a waste of time and priority!
Was rather lucky I was in DK's neck of the woods, as NuLab have closed my local A&E, are planning on closing the onther one they promised they wouldn't if they closed the first one, and about 3 others.
Which is terribly sensible, if you consider that the first one they closed is also the closest to Heathrow Airport....well done!
I'm no fan of the Government, but none of The Atkinson Review output measures show a 3% rise. So you know, a 3% rise in output against a context of rising birth rates and a rising tide of elderly people is probably a real cut.
ReplyDeleteOne patient? Not at all, we dealt with 7 or eight. How come? Er well, each person who saw Trixy will have been able to put a tick in a box saying they saw a patient. Of course we didn't ACTUALLY but we have met all our targets. NuLabourPuke.
ReplyDeleteJust read anonymous - yes that makes sense - I hadn't thought of it that way, but as this lot don't even know how many people have absconded from jail, nor how many have "escaped" into our country, how come they always have all these figures for the NHS? Answer: they don't. They've made them up like everything else.
ReplyDeleteThe idea that the NHS is hugely expanding its budget but not its outputs is confirmed by my father, a hospital consultant, who has noticed huge resources going into staff salaries, administration, inefficient procurement, and basically everything except patient care.
ReplyDeleteIn fairness to NuLab, though, he does consider that the hospital rebuilding program needed to be done.
At least he could get to an A and E. The A & E here has shut. Nearest A & E err 23 plus miles drive in any direction. Assuming that you can drive or get a taxi that doesn't mind you dying on the back seat (that'll be a twenty quid fine mate). In really bad cases there are two ambulances. Or rather there will be one becuase guess what? Yeup funding cutbacks mean one less ambulance. So if that's busy and you have a heart attack well basically as the DK would put it you're f*$ked. Thanks Tone. We had a cracking little hospital here when you and your crony muppets came to power .. "and things could only get better." Dream? No a nightmare.
ReplyDeleteIf you want to know just how bad things are in the NHS, follow my blog
ReplyDeletewww.vote4barry.blogspot.com
The blogosphere is peppered with these stories. Suspect Paki did one recently - http://www.suspectpaki.com/2006/12/11/the-hospitality-of-the-nhs/trackback/
ReplyDeleteStaff are squeezed dry and the money is going straight into the pockets of private companies.
The conditions that Staff work in are appalling and would be deemed harmful to animals.
I cannot understand why anyone can accept the profit levels that private companies are enjoying, off the back of shoddy building projects, staff redundancies and appalling working conditions.
There is an interesting article here
http://www.chartist.org.uk/articles/labourmove/july01_shaw.html
One of the reasons the A&E at Leicester is full of drunks is that the police in the city centre don't want drunks in their cells. So they take them to the LRI because when they are discharged they go into the care of the local cop shop rather than back to the one in the city centre. What a waste of time and priority!
ReplyDeleteWas rather lucky I was in DK's neck of the woods, as NuLab have closed my local A&E, are planning on closing the onther one they promised they wouldn't if they closed the first one, and about 3 others.
ReplyDeleteWhich is terribly sensible, if you consider that the first one they closed is also the closest to Heathrow Airport....well done!
At least I am less blotchy now, though.