Have your say - Page 12

jambutty · 12-08-2008, 02:27

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Originally Posted by katex

We all say, Andrew, that things were better 10/20/50 years ago ... whatever. Problem is medical science has moved on so much, that there are more treatments to be had to treat many conditions, so more stress on services.

Ok, 10 years ago, you may have got better service but died, now they have the knowledge to save you, so more pressure and demands to administer these advances, etc.

10/20 years ago the immigrant population was much lower than it is today.

jaysay · 12-08-2008, 04:48

When I was in (was addmited 5 weks ago today) I was on ward C6, that week they were getting ready together with C8 and could have been others, to move out accross the corridore as they were being refurbished, I know these ward have been open over 15 years, so this maybe part of the problem at the moment, but I'm only guessing

Loz · 12-08-2008, 08:44

My Grandad was recently rushed to Blackburn after a fall,they suspected he had broken his hip,as he is 91 of course we were really worried knowing what could happen if that was the case.
He was led on a trolley for 6 or 7 hours waiting for an x-ray which i think is disgraceful.
Luckily it turned out only to be badly bruised but it could have been a lot worse and the time spent waiting around could have been crucial.
He was told that they were short staffed and had a massive queue for x-rays.
Surely in this day and age this isn't acceptable?
If there was more than one hospital this wouldn't happen would it?

jaysay · 12-08-2008, 09:20

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Originally Posted by Loz

My Grandad was recently rushed to Blackburn after a fall,they suspected he had broken his hip,as he is 91 of course we were really worried knowing what could happen if that was the case.
He was led on a trolley for 6 or 7 hours waiting for an x-ray which i think is disgraceful.
Luckily it turned out only to be badly bruised but it could have been a lot worse and the time spent waiting around could have been crucial.
He was told that they were short staffed and had a massive queue for x-rays.
Surely in this day and age this isn't acceptable?
If there was more than one hospital this wouldn't happen would it?

No need to say anything else Loz, Spot On

MargaretR · 12-08-2008, 09:33

Two weeks ago my doc gave me a form which I could present to the hospital Xray dept and have an xray without a prior appointmment, in the daytime before 4.30pm.

I went at 4pm on a Friday - there were only 2 others waiting - I was xrayed and out again within an hour.

I was amazed - suppose they get troughs and peaks in the need for xrays.

Loz · 12-08-2008, 09:57

I've no doubt it isn't a regular problem Margeret but the fact that it happens at all is wrong imo.
I bet my Grandad was overlooked too because of his age or is that me being too cynical?

andrewb · 12-08-2008, 10:22

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Originally Posted by cashman

believe it, i have met you! this is have your say thread,n thats the opinion i have come to, if yer not pleased about it- tough.

What a disrespectful thing to say that could not be further from the truth.

I want to get involved in politics to help people have the same chances I had. I went to Mount Carmel and St Mary's College and had a chance to go to University if that is for you, nothing special. Many never reach that stage. The wealth gap is ever rising, those at the very bottom, even if they wanted to get out of it, struggle to. If somebody wants to work and show their efforts, then they should not be punished through high taxation. They should not be punished in such a way that the jobless on benefits can 'earn' more than they do.

Throwing money at problems does not solve them. Many areas suffer from poverty of ambition. The handouts are enough to sustain them and there is no motivation to seek work. When children grow up seeing that their parents, neighbours, friends, have no ambition to move up in life, they too succumb to the same lifestyle. Why can't we change that? Why can't we try and end the cycles, why can't we get people out of deprivation rather than leaving them behind.

Every aspect of my personal aspirations are to improve peoples lives. One way I can do that is to go into teaching, so I pass on skills and knowledge to a new generation, and hopefully pass on a tiny bit of the passion I have too. In politics, whether I am helping somebody get elected, or perhaps attempting it myself someday, I do so because politics changes lives. I do it because the whole point of having politicians, the whole point of having a government, is to improve the lives and protect peoples rights to freedom. If a government attempts to take these things away - then what is the point in government at all?

cashman · 12-08-2008, 10:44

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Originally Posted by andrewb

What a disrespectful thing to say that could not be further from the truth.

sorry but i was taught respect is "Earned" not given out willy nilly, n in my book you aint earned it.you may not like it,but that is my opinion.

cashman · 18-08-2008, 19:19

well was in Burnley General today (minor op),everything was spotless, staff were top rate, only gripe i should not have had to trail oer yon, the same op last time was performed in the " Nurses" room at Peel House, so being a cynical ******, i reckon these things are just to make the number crunchers look good. n sod the inconveiniance to the public.

Bonnyboy · 18-08-2008, 20:06

Maybe the Peel House staff at the new place are too busy now…rushed off their feet poor souls

At least the op went well and you got your shopping , so not a total waste

cashman · 18-08-2008, 23:17

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Originally Posted by Bonnyboy

Maybe the Peel House staff at the new place are too busy now…rushed off their feet poor souls

At least the op went well and you got your shopping , so not a total waste

yeh but have to go the new place fer stitches out, then back to burnley in october fer em to have a sneck???

Mancie · 18-08-2008, 23:54

The NHS is in alot better state than it was 20yrs ago.. do people have some sort of memory lapse?.. people dying on trollies in corridors. old people dying through lack of funds in their homes and in hospitals... the NHS is far from perfect but I effin know it's alot better than the under funding service given 15-20yrs ago.. you get what you pay for.

cashman · 18-08-2008, 23:59

don't think anyones got a memory lapse, n disagree people do not get what they pay for, so its better in some respects, n a damn site worse in others. just ask the nurses, but not on here, they get disciplined.

BERNADETTE · 19-08-2008, 00:30

No memory lapse here and things have changed not for the better. Bigger hospitals do not neccessarily mean better service

andrewb · 19-08-2008, 09:14

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Originally Posted by cashman

don't think anyones got a memory lapse, n disagree people do not get what they pay for, so its better in some respects, n a damn site worse in others. just ask the nurses, but not on here, they get disciplined.

Agree with you fully here!