Why the #NHS in #England is really failing. Compelling write-up by a senior doctor in the NHS. I've never seen any analysis like this in mainstream media. https://www.reddit.com/r/unitedkingdom/comments/1ig3481/why_the_nhs_in_england_is_really_failing/ #NHSCrisis #BrokenNHS
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Logging onto the Patient Access website this morning (which I use to interact with my GP surgery), and what fresh hell is this?
Is it "trusted healthcare information", or is it an ad? Because I really struggle to believe it could be both of those at the same time.
A new 460-page report from the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) is based on “harrowing” descriptions given by 5,400 UK nurses of their experience of working in hospitals.
It describes how patients have died on trolleys and chairs in corridors and waiting rooms in settings where “all the fundamentals of care have broken down”.
But of course, Reeves has to balance her budget, so that's OK...
The Guardian · Hospital patients dying undiscovered in corridors, report on NHS reveals
So the government decided to restrict who can get free flu vaccines on the NHS, and now we have a monster flu season overwhelming the NHS and hospitals declaring critical incidents all over the place.
I believe that's what's known as #FAFO
BBC NewsA&E waiting times: 'Mum waited 31 hours' and more of your stories from NHS emergency careWe're hearing your experiences as part of our Your Voice, Your BBC News project - and you can get in touch.
#NHS #flu #nhscrisis
Just reading about the NHS crisis from a nurses perspective on the BBC News website. The NHS is on the receiving end of 5000 new flu cases per day, and people are suffering in hospital leading to bed shortages. Patients are queuing in corridors, having cardiacs in the waiting room, and many are collapsing.
Would it be a stupid to suggest adopting milder Covid style measures in winter to avoid the high transmission of flu cases? Masks, hand sanitiser and warning people!
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And I find this bit troubling.
You know who's going to request them? The healthy middle classes, that's who.
Nice idea.
I just hope they have a plan for where they are going to find all the extra clinicians they're going to need for all those extra appointments.
BBC NewsGovernment unveils plan to reduce NHS waiting list backlogThe government pledged to cut the list of patients waiting more than 18 weeks for treatment in England by nearly half a million over the next year.
The NHS is warning of a 'Quad-demic' of:
Flu;
Covid;
Norovirus; &
RSV.
Yup, looks like the annual winter crisis in health care could look pretty grim... although vaccinations would help....
The Guardian · Warning of NHS ‘quad-demic’ as flu and Covid cases rise in England
Warning of ‘quad-demic’ as flu and Covid cases rise in England https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/dec/05/warning-of-nhs-quad-demic-as-flu-and-covid-cases-rise-in-england?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other As the on-going #NHSCrisis briefly gets some media coverage I think it worth noting that things are bad, but have been bad for sometime and will remain so for the foreseeable future. The #NHS needs time to rebuild, and won’t function properly without improvement in #SocialCare (where reform is not even on the radar). The on-going lack of attention to reducing the spread of infectious disease is also shameful
The Guardian · Warning of NHS ‘quad-demic’ as flu and Covid cases rise in England
Wtf is the point of a website that ‘closes’ when you do?
Looking at you https://patchs.ai
patchs.aiPATCHS
Some may call it "rip-off" rates, others will call it supply and demand 101.
If you have a shortage of doctors, then of course the ones that are left are going to charge a premium.
Just hire more doctors.
BBC NewsNHS bosses attack 'rip off' doctor overtime ratesNHS England says hospitals being forced into paying premium rates of over £200 an hour.
It seems the government want our ideas about how to improve the NHS.
I've suggested they make more vaccines available on the NHS. If you think that's a good idea, you could upvote it.
If you have other ideas, you can submit them too.
#NHS #NHSCrisis #Vaccines #CovidIsNotOver
https://change.nhs.uk/en-GB/projects/your-ideas-for-change?sort=new
OK, so I've not been shy of criticising our new Red Tory government when they do bad things, but credit where it's due, it is a good thing that they've ended the junior doctor's strike.
So this is your periodic reminder that even though our government is crap, at least they're still better than Sunak's Blue Tories.
BBC NewsJunior doctors accept 22% pay rise to end strikesJunior doctors in England accept the government’s offer of a 22% pay rise over two years, ending their long-running dispute.
NHS must ‘reform or die’, Sir Keir Starmer says as major report is published | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/nhs-prime-minister-government-people-england-b2611262.html
#Starmer
#UKPolitics
#NHS
#Hospitals
#Community
#10YearNHSPlan
#Digital
#Darzi
#WaitingLists
#GPs
#Streeting
#NHSCrisis
The Independent · NHS must ‘reform or die’, Sir Keir Starmer says as major report is published
Forgive me if I am sceptical about Starmer's claim to be interested in prevention of disease when most people have to pay privately if they want a #Covid19 #AutumnBooster and there is no talk about air filtration for schools etc or encouraging masking in healthcare settings.
#NHSCrisis #CovidIsNotOver #DarziReport
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c0qejx03zjnt?post=asset%3Aea1363e5-f427-4703-8fab-002064f0ef2e#post
BBC NewsLord Darzi review: Keir Starmer says NHS is broken but no extra funding without reformKeir Starmer says the NHS "may be broken, but it’s not beaten", after a damning report into the state of the health service.
The NHS GP system is broken, and it looks like GPs are finally saying they've had enough.
A big test for #WesStreeting is what he's going to do about it.
BBC NewsGPs could cap appointments in work-to-ruleBritish Medical Association members back action, saying shortfall in funding puts care at risk.
Saw a guy being interviewed on the telly earlier telling a tale of woe about when he went to A&E and first waited 8 hours to see a doctor and then waited on a trolley in a corridor for 2 days.
Was starting to feel quite sorry for him until he said he'd voted Tory before and was now thinking of voting for Reform.
Sorry, mate, votes have consequences. You don't get to vote for a party that's committed to destroying the NHS and then complain that the NHS is falling to bits.
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@Sheencr and to add insult to injury, when 'Tories are spouting nonsense about 'record' NHS budgets, these giveaways to their cronies will be included!