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Old 10-01-2018, 09:08   #376
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Re: Crisis in the NHS

Perhaps we should follow Scotland?
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The latest weekly figures show that just 78% of patients across Scotland were either admitted, transferred or discharged within the four-hour target time of 95% - that is the lowest since weekly figures began in February 2015.
Or perhaps not.

France?
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France has declared an epidemic as it battles its own subtype of influenza, which is different from the bug sweeping across the UK.
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While Britain has been hit hard by the flu, the situation is even worse in France.
According to FranceInfo, nearly 11,500 people visited hospital or A&E with flue-like symptoms in the last week of 2017.
Switzerland?
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Switzerland is in the grip of a flu epidemic after the number of cases of the viral infection increased in all parts of the country in the week before Christmas.
The problems occur EVERYWHERE that the different flu viruses are active.
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Old 10-01-2018, 14:43   #377
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Re: Crisis in the NHS

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The problems occur EVERYWHERE that the different flu viruses are active.
I don't think there are many first world countries having to delay cancer treatment because of a lack of staff.

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A leading NHS hospital is delaying chemotherapy for cancer patients and those who are terminally ill face cuts to their treatment because of a chronic shortage of specialist nurses, according to a leaked memo.
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/n...taff-t6nswqm5b
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Old 11-01-2018, 18:00   #378
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Re: Crisis in the NHS

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Patients are dying in hospital corridors as safety is compromised by "intolerable" conditions, doctors say.

The warning has been made in a letter to the prime minister signed by 68 senior A&E doctors, spelling out the danger patients are facing this winter.

It comes as reports have emerged of people being left for hours on trolleys in corridors and stuck in ambulances.

And hospital bosses said they had run out of beds as they battle with "very high" rates of flu.

Official figures show the number of hospital admissions from flu has risen by more than 50% in the past week in England, although Public Health England officials said the levels were certainly not "unprecedented".

Instead, hospital bosses have blamed the bed shortages on a lack of money and staff.

Last week, there was a point when 133 out of 137 hospital trusts in England had an unsafe number of patients on their wards, NHS records show.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-42572116

This is getting horrendous if people can't even die with dignity. The govt. seem to be using flu as the excuse, but a bad flu winter was predicted months ago. What extra provision was made ?
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Re: Crisis in the NHS

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This is getting horrendous if people can't even die with dignity. The govt. seem to be using flu as the excuse, but a bad flu winter was predicted months ago. What extra provision was made ?
Absolutely unacceptable no matter what ones politics is as the big flashing warning signs had been there for a long while.
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I don't think there are many first world countries having to delay cancer treatment because of a lack of staff.

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/n...taff-t6nswqm5b
I have highlighted instances around the world where there are medical staff shortages. That is likely to cover ALL areas, so it's likely they DO have similar delays.

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How does NHS treatment for cancer patients measure up to that in France, where overall survival rates are higher?
That was from 2007, after 10 years of a Labour Government with their post-2000 splurge on spending.
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My daughters a Nurse in Edinburgh, she reckons 4 out of 10 of the people she sees, leave without needing any treatment. Think we are a large part of the problem.
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My daughters a Nurse in Edinburgh, she reckons 4 out of 10 of the people she sees, leave without needing any treatment. Think we are a large part of the problem.
Generation snowflake: A sneeze and it's ebola, tiny cough and straight to the GP demanding antibiotics, smallest cut and it's tetanus.

Whatever happened to first aid and common sense?

No wonder the NHS is collapsing under the strain of non-illness.
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Generation snowflake: A sneeze and it's ebola, tiny cough and straight to the GP demanding antibiotics, smallest cut and it's tetanus.

Whatever happened to first aid and common sense?

No wonder the NHS is collapsing under the strain of non-illness.
yes, they must be snowflakes if they are dying in corridors. As for waiting for cancer treatment, they should have more patience I guess.
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yes, they must be snowflakes if they are dying in corridors. As for waiting for cancer treatment, they should have more patience I guess.
Point. Missed.

If the NHS wasn't overwhelmed by snowflakes then the desperately ill would get the treatment that they need.
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Point. Missed.

If the NHS wasn't overwhelmed by snowflakes then the desperately ill would get the treatment that they need.
A&E does not represent the whole of the NHS. It's you that's missed the point.
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Re: Crisis in the NHS

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Generation snowflake: A sneeze and it's ebola, tiny cough and straight to the GP demanding antibiotics, smallest cut and it's tetanus.

Whatever happened to first aid and common sense?

No wonder the NHS is collapsing under the strain of non-illness.
Which is why there should be an upfront charge applied to time wasters.
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Re: Crisis in the NHS

It does seem odd when I get admitted for having a lump on my knee! Seems a bit excessive to me.
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Which is why there should be an upfront charge applied to time wasters.
And how would they decide if they are timewasters or not? as its not as simple as ABC especially if some get sent packing only to come back with a serious illness that was not diagnosed and picked up when they were there the last time.
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It does seem odd when I get admitted for having a lump on my knee! Seems a bit excessive to me.
But you have mitigating circumstances.

I'm talking about the huge base load of non problems that people used to be able to deal with themselves. This just overloads the NHS unnecessarily.

Just throwing ever spiraling amounts of money at it is not the solution.
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Just throwing ever spiraling amounts of money at it is not the solution.
Jeremy Hunt thinks that's the solution, although it has taken him a while to come up with that genius idea.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics...-winter-crisis
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