A hospital visit

[vic mcclymont]

Agree. You mean Gordon?

[Lewis McColl]

Agree. You mean Gordon?

Yeah and I think he has a load more in the pipe line. Last night we had a surge of new members so when this one folds another will roll out. There must be a way admin can find his IP address and block him completely

[Red Lead Ted]

left school,,worked on tugs,for 4 trs..left there joined merchant,,,within 10 days was in kingston jamacia..thenjoined diff vessels,,tankers passie boats ,general cargo. Did you mean Kingston, Jamaica What outfit was that with Les, ??

[Red Lead Ted]

elders and fyffes,dear chap.

So you got a deap sea job with Elder,s at the age of 19 or 20 years old what was your rating ?

[Red Lead Ted]

You are as phoney as they come Leslie, Paper in draw to sail as blah blah, Only paper in your draw is what you hang on walls plonker.

[Red Lead Ted]

I have to agree with Brian on this issue Terry. All my rellies [7] are fully committed to their positions in the NHS till retirement....It works for them. 1st one, Neurosurgeon, England, 2nd, a Doctor, Australia, due home next year. 3rd, Pediatrician, Glasgow, 4th, Theatre Sister, Glasgow [part time & widow] so main breadwinner. 5th, Staff Nurse in A&E London, again part time,[ young children]. 6th, Senior Charge Nurse in Prostate Clinic, London, 7th, Nursing Auxiliary, Glasgow, she works two nights shifts rather than four days per week.

Their only comments are of the antics of some patients!

Marian, I will dig this post up in 12 months time lets see what there situation is then.

[happy daze john in oz]

some people moan about least little thing,,,and so our great nhs gets bad name,,

Yes agreat NHS but slowly being ioverrun by those who have made no contribution to it. Remember every working person pays into it by their NHS contributions. So many enter the country, pay nothing but still get good treatment. Thius will slowly, if alowed to continue, kill the system off.
It is gfar worse in the big cities, London just cnot cope any more with the sheer number attending A&E each day.
Remember many of those who come to UK as refugees or similar come from coutries where to see a GP you go to the hospital. They use the hospital in Uk in a similar fashion.

[happy daze john in oz]

Brian, My sister has worked in the N.H.S. For 20 years take it from me mate the feedback i get from her is unbelievable N.H.S. Staff are devoted people and work. . beyond there shift many many times to care for people. I am not making a political football out of the decline of the N.H.S. Its there for all to see operations getting cancelled for weeks not only is there a shortage of nursing staff but the nursing profession has 1,000s of vacancies that know one is interested in filling we both may have received the best of health care in the past but i fear for the future and my kids and grand kids you dont have to read the guardian or any other news paper just observe the current news its happening and that is fact not fiction Regards Terry.

Terry, you are correct in your assumptions. Here in Oz similar problems with fewer going in to the medical profession so a dire shortage of nursing staff and doctors. It can take up to ten years at the end of their internship for a doc to become a surgeon, nurses have to learn the trade at uni and that restricts the number who enter the system.
Medical specialists ae finding ways of keeping people alive longer so the problem worsens.

[Captain Kong]

Last year Half a Million people arrived in UK
not paid a penny. plus NHS Tourists.
Everyone should be made to pay for treatment if they have Not lived here for five years and not contributed .
make them all take out Insurance if they want Medical treatment.
If I go to the US I have to have Medical Insurance, Last time I used it in the US my medical bill came to $88,000 US.
If that is happening in the UK then that is the Problem so you cannot blame the Government on that. Only that successive Governments have not brought in legislation to make them pay.
I also believe that all drunks and druggies who go to Hospital should be in a separate unit where they have to pay for treatment, If they can afford to destroy their health with alcohol and drugs then they can afford to pay for treatment.

But again I have NO Complaints about any hospital or Doctor.
Excellent treatment, saved my life a few times, and money IS Being spent on hospitals, Salford Royal , which is in a impoverished area , not a posh one, is one of the top four hospitals in the country and an extra TWO HUINDRED MILLION POUNDS is now being spent on it. So what is the problem, Only what left wing commie pinkoes are stirring up for Corbyn`s political ends,
Get rid of Corbyn and we will; be better off.
Brian

[Lewis McColl]

The NHS is having the life squeezed out of it by politicans. Not putting all the blame on the current lot so don't be kicking off on one. The NHS is a great institution but is also an organisation that needs to become less wasteful.
A big help though is that the general public could do to assist take the pressure of the NHS, when you sneeze and have a runny nose just go to the chemist and buy lemsips as all you have is a cold. If you have the runs, it is because you have had a dodgy prawn, buy some imodium, that will weld your ars-shut. If you have a head ache and are well past your sell by date, it is just a couple of paracetomol you need, not viagra.
There was a doctor being interviewed this morning on Sky News she was saying about the hours she works and mentioned that on occassion she puts in over 13 hour shifts and has to miss out on eating( sorry but missing the odd meal will be doing her a favour) one of the reasons she said was if the next doctor due on shift is a no show she feels she has to carry on, that is dedication and thank you for caring.
I have to say this though and please do not go down my throat how many on here who were at sea worked a minimun 56 hour week? 7 days a week, very little paid overtime if any. While at sea I regularily put in 70 hour weeks and sometimes more, was on call 24 hours a day 7 days a week, deprived of sleep because of weather, risk of getting either drowned , blown up or kidknapped by pirates!!!! I am sure you get my drift, also there is no such thing now as a company pension were the ship owner pays in. Some companies point you in the direction of pension schemes but they do not contribute to them.
School teachers are bitching now as well. Do they still have pension schemes like the NHS, were the employer pays in.
Am I right to say that NHS workers can retire at 55? and draw there NHS pensions? also school teachers likewise, police officers to? I do know that the fire service are being forced out as every year thay have a strict medical to pass and when they fail they are booted out, more or less. I am not saying that these industries do not deserve to get an early retirement because of the nature of the job. Let's face it you cannot expect a fire fighter of say 55 years old to go into a blazing high rise in a BA set he is just going to eat oxygen as he does not usually have fitness levels of a lad 1/2 his age. It is just a fact of life. I am sure your grasp what I am trying to say. Public sector workers were always paid a bit less than the private sector because they had a decent pension scheme and retired earlier than the private sector. It has swung the other way now.
I have family in the NHS who do very very well , Dentist, Consultant hematologist, and a Pediatrician.
My nephew the consultant was very outspoken last year at a family gethering he was complaining that he was on call 1 weekend in 5 and he was actually on call that weekend. It was Christmas. He posted a photograph on socail media aimed at Jeremy Hunt saying that consultants do work weekends. The photo showed him at the hospital standing with nurses and other medical professionals this was Christmas morning. While he was having his rant, this was in a restaurant the same day as we were having christmas luncheon by the way. His father my brother, told him to wind his neck in and pointed out that while he was sitting eating and boring the **** of us all, he was actually getting paid £375 for his weekend on CALL.
I know these family individuals have studied hard to get to were they are today and we as a family are very proud of what they do. But personally I think the wage structure in the NHS is all wrong, yes specialists deserve to be well paid but perhaps not that well paid to the deprement of other health workers. I know at least two of these family members also do a lot of private treatments with in the NHS hospitals.The dentist(he is actually a dental surgeon) has a collection of Porche cars,3, I think he has now, he spends more time travelling around europe on a push bike that he says cost him £7000. The consultant spends more time with a camera in his hand as he is a well known photographer and has exhibited in London , Edinburgh and Glasgow. Am I jealous no, envious yes, jelaous no.
My lads best mate has just got married to a doctor and they were over here in france last summer. All she did was bitch about how poorly paid she was and how unfair life is. I asked her how long she had qualified , a month ago she says. So a junior doctor then, well yes but I am still qualified!!! no love you have a piece of payer that says you passed all your exams. You are qualified when you get a few years expeirence under your belt. Sorry but the country cannot afford to be paying everyone top dollar, unless we all pay in a lot more in taxes, which we all know will be happening within a couple of years if Labour win the next election, okay I will wash my mouth out with soap.