Our wonderful NHS

Is it painful? It makes me wince just to read it!

Reviving this thread -
I think I had a bit of a moan about the NHS a few weeks ago, when we had some difficulty registering after returning from abroad.
But I must praise them now - last night I had to go to A&E at Luton hospital because of one of my various physical problems. We got there at about midnight, it wasn't too crowded. Most cases were babies and young children who had separate facilities.
There was a big racial mix, as you would expect in Luton, but everyone very respectful to eachother. and the staff were wonderful. A few people with obvious emotional problems.
Back 'home' at 2am, reassured by a young doctor that we were right to come. He gave useful info. for the future and said to come back if the same thing happened again.
Another point - I went with no means of identification, no medical reports etc. I could have been an illegal immigrant, but I was given the same care as everyone.

Wishing you complete healing millymouge plus may you be able to enjoy and happily fill these 6 weeks enforced rest .

Having trained in the profession when nursing was a completely different ball game,I am reluctant to say much myself about the NHS although let me hasten to add that since 1984 they have been my saviours.My life has dramatically been saved on more than one occasion,so I owe them very much.

I regularly attend 4 differing Hospitals with a variety of serious problems,yesterday being the last visit whereupon I had a SCC removed (for the 7th time) and on Whit weekend I visit another for a very worrying operation.
My husband and I have witnessed a great difference with both the nursing staff and medics from F1`s to Consultants both in the earlier years of the 80`s and 90`s...........and latterly say the last 10 years.
Their burden has more than trebled I would say,and we live in an area, that in the main, has much fewer residents and industries.

Our hearts can only go out to them as they battle ever on, quite obviously against the odds,the nurses in particular proving to be our Hospital`s backbone.
Travelling in through flood and snowbound this winter for instance, and staying on doing extra shifts simply to keep those doors open and the public served, whatever their need.
They serve with a smile from morn to night..and through the night.

Life in the NHS has changed dramatically from those far off days of my training, but I am just as proud......and confident of the service they give now as they did back then... when the pressures and demands were so much less.
We should be proud of our NHS "Heroes" who continue to work in very stretched and uncertain times.

The atmosphere is one of great uncertainty here locally as we have just received the news that a brand new state of the art Hospital offering complete care is to be built between our nearest and another some 50 miles up the road.That means 4 of our now General Hospitals will become community hubs.
Within less than 24 hours over 25,000 signatures demanding that these plans be urgently revised is fast gaining momentum, as it is obvious change is inevitable.............BUT we want what is best and what is right to meet our community`s future needs.

Hats off to those that continue to diligently give of their best .............from a very grateful heart.

I too think the NHS is marvellous. Like any massive business they can have issues and problems, but my family and I have always been grateful that they are there when we needed them. The idea that we lose our NHS and suffer the way so many Americans do is the stuff of nightmares. Can you imagine turning up in pain, bleeding or seriously ill and they turn you away because you have no means to pay?

On the news here as the inquest has opened into the avoidable death of an 8-year old. Had to be taken to a hospital 20 minutes away as the nearest hospital (3 mins away) has had to close its paediatric A&E due to lack of qualified staff. He was discharged after an incompetent? overworked? junior doctor failed run to necessary blood tests which would have revealed a specific, treatable disease, only to die the following day at home.

Just been watching those parents saying the NHS failed them. Not so wonderful for them ?

The NHS is staffed by human beings and in part is as good as those on the front line.
As a BC survivor ,my treatment was lifesaving and superb as was the follow up over many years.
My H has Alzheimer's, his experience over 5 years has been abysmal, he has now had a stroke and I am battling to get any follow up to his initial treatment, again superb.
Within an hour of the stroke he was being Thrombolysed but now he is at home nobody is interested in him or me.
I have had to chase up services which should have been in place when he left hospital.
The NHS, like the curate's egg is good in parts.

I had day surgery for a serious eye problem last December after only being diagnosed in November so operated on only weeks after having condition conformed. Outpatient appointments efficient and caring and consultant absolutely marvellous during the operation very reassuring as a back condition also means it is difficult for me to lie still ( op done under local) .Great follow up care, worried at one point I had a side effect I was told to look out for and was seen again at clinic the same day I rung up for advice so superb care. However in the same hospital 9 years ago my DD1 had awful postnatal care after a caesarean for twins and she couldn't wait to get home . Two very different experiences . My granddaughter had an operation in GOSH and again care was superb which I guess you would expect from such a famous hospital but my good experience and daughters poor one was at our local Surrey hospital.

Confirmed not conformed