1,000 patients a month are dying needlessly
 

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....and before anyone starts trundling out the same old excuses, It's nothing to do with cuts and funding (imo) as this kind of thing has been going on for the last few decades and the figures are roughly the same for the USA.

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This would come out now considering i have an operation next Friday the 13th :(

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He threw the same soundbite out about ending the "cover up culture" in 2013. Perhaps his performance needs looked at also.

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Indeed, I hope they don't have an off day on the 12th either ;)

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All the best to both of you chaps.

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Ditto that

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You know your surgeon is a cyclist don't you :D?

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Thanks chaps

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:LOL:

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You will be fine Dilli. :tu:

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Seriously though, good luck.

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he keeps it in the boot of his rolls Royce in case any poor people need help to get home .

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you'll be right mate -

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Jeremy Hunt is awesome in that his name is nice, explanatory rhyming slang.

That's pretty much all positive that can be said.

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cheers

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I work for the NHS as a healthcare and while all wards are different staff at all levels are often looked upon like crap from the general public. while some staff shouldn't work in this kind of job most do the best they can....we do loads of training every year and all staff have to go through general training and training related to the ward they work on as an example of what I do..



Information Governance
Annual Appraisal
Resuscitation Level 1 in Hospital CPR
Infection Prevention & Control Specialist Clinical Details
Fire Safety -
Safeguarding Children Level 1
Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults - Level 1
Mental Capacity Act Level 1
Venous Thromboembolism
Safer Blood Transfusion
Local Induction
Corporate Induction
Risk & Safety Matters
Equality & Diversity
Dignity at Work
Infection Control - Asepsis Competency
Personal Safety - Lower Risk
Moving & Handling Higher Risk
Pressure Ulcer Prevention Assessment
Pressure Ulcer Prevention Theory
Pressure Ulcer Prevention Equipment
Infection Control - Viral Gastroe
Nutrition Level 1 General Awareness Adults and Children
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90% of this training has to be done every year

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What's your point?:confused:

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This is considered training ?

Backside covering by management increasing costs to the health service with little measurable benefit to patients.

Probably unavoidable in today's litigious society, but how much actually benefits patients or directly improves the service you provide to patients?

So of the 90% of the training each year, how much could be reduced to save the NHS money which in turn would benefit patients and prevent the needless deaths if it was better directed?

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Not forgetting Tristram. Two Hunts are better than one; I live my life by that tenet :D.

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Well all that training benefits patient care if you are out of touch how can you treat the patient. I'm not saying deaths are unavoidable despite training. Just that papers and the public are quick to pick at staff as if they have just walked off the street without knowing how to do the job

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Well spoken Gavin78.

Question though - do the best staff get promoted out of the job they are good at and leave the "dregs" to do the work? Same in most professions though. Need to allow those good at a job to be better paid for that job without needing to go to management.

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If the staff didn't have the right training then the deaths would be understandable. The fact that, as you say, they know how to do the job makes those deaths perplexing.

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Well no it doesn't even with training mistakes happen. I know it's unfortunate that we all make mistakes and i know it's not the wrong price on a product it's a persons life. But you have to weigh up each individual case and see how we can learn from it. I have to agree though despite training some ppl shouldn't work in a caring job.