999 - Emergency

[bainbrig]

Just watching a recent episode of “999 - what’s your emergency?”

It concentrated on the dire shortage of ambulance crews in Wiltshire and the consequent massive delays in getting help to people.

For instance, a75-year-old woman who’d fallen in her garden, broken her hip, and who was left lying on her grass on a cold evening (February) for over two hours, as the ambulances were all busy with higher priority calls.

Outrageous.

Austerity? All because governments have baled out the spivs and barrow boys in their banks and the Stock Exchange!

Will any of THEM be lying, in pain, for hours in the cold if they fall down? Will they heck as like.

[Baldric]

Can't speak highly enough of the 999 service we get here, North Kent Coast. I've needed an Ambulance twice in the last couple of years, once from falling off a ladder,Ambulance there within 10 minutes, and when I passed out on the stairs due to an undiagnosed (at the time) Kidney Infection, a First Responder was there in minutes and took me to Hospital in his car.
Mrs B has needed an Ambulance 3 times in last 12 months, they've arrived quickly and done the job, no problems.
It seems the OPer has a glass half empty outlook.

[naomi24]

^That to Theland.

Spicerack, Bainbrig is a Marxist. Another one who hasn't taken a look at the world and realised his brand of politics doesn't work.

[bainbrig]

Spicerack: anything you need to know about me, ask naomi. She knows everything. Everything.

[naomi24]

bainbrig, I've never claimed to know everything but I believed you when you said you're a Marxist. Have you changed your mind?

[douglas9401]

Must we Harpo on about this?

[jno]

don't get grouchy, douglas.

[naomi24]

I expect so. Bainbrig likes groucho-ing about Capitalism.

[Theland]

January 2017, called them twice. Total saints. Took me to hospital both times, stayed with me, assured me, couldn't have asked for more. Great people. Maybe not so good managers but the troops are sound.

[naomi24]

Theland, what you have to bear in mind is that the instance I’m talking about wasn’t an emergency. The patient was an old lady in the last days of her life. Nothing could be done for her so I waited without complaint knowing that other people needed to get to hospital more urgently. My beef was with the crew who rather than attending their next call as soon as possible, hung around moaning and asking me to complain about the service I’d received. Bainbrig mentioned agendas. I suspect there was one on the boil that night – but it wasn’t coming from me.

[Theland]

I get it. Non emergency, time to talk.

[naomi24]

No Theland. Their patient was safely tucked up in a hospital bed when they started talking. I actually asked if they had more calls to attend. They had. And there's me thinking they must have finished their shift!

[bainbrig]

Theland - best not to argue with her unless you enjoy banging your head against walls.

BB

[naomi24]

Bainbrig, what a pity you're ducking out - again. I was rather hoping for an answer to my question.

[ladybirder]

They are not arguing.

[naomi24]

Quite, LB.

[jlcm]

Ah the cutbacks,it's a load of codswallop that the police fire brigade and nhs feed with stories of not being able to cope ,these organizations are badly managed and have far to many tiers of management if the managers worked in industry they would'nt last two minutes,it needs some one with the b--ls to actually manage these organizations not some lily livered to--ers as is the case now

[bainbrig]

Odd, isn’t it, how the intellectually-challenged round here quickly move to ad hominem attacks, probably to mask their utter inability to address the original point.

Well, guys, you don’t get the big cigar.

[naomi24]

Bainbrig, did you see what you did there? No? I’ll tell you. You complain about perceived ad hominem attacks but have no problem in telling those who disagree with you that they’re ‘intellectually-challenged’. Definitely no cigar for you... not even a little one. :o)

[youngmafbog]

All public services need a major overhaul, additional cash is the last thing they need.

The NHS is used as a political football, by all political parties. They need to form an all party group and get to the bottom of bloated overpaid and over staffed management and then get on to efficiencies in procurement, staffing and buildings. For a start.

[bainbrig]

Well done you, naomi!