Ftao Sqad

[barry1010]

Just wondering how you are, really. You haven't seemed yourself just lately so I hope all is well and you and your good wife are in fine fettle and ready for Christmas.

[MissTerious2]

Sorry you have the lurgy Naomi. Not an appropriate time. Get well soon xx

[naomi24]

Thanks lottie. Something I could well do without. I haven’t slept so much today so I’m thinking that’s a good sign. Fingers crossed.

[choux]

Don't knock the NHS until you have tried it out. I called an ambulance yesterday evening after OH collapsed. It arrived in 7 minutes, even though I am out in the country. There is often an ambulance parked near the bigger market town waiting for a call out and I suspect the crew was probably that local to us. Marvellous emergency attendance by the paramedics. Based on medical history of so many problems it was a toss up which hospital should be used. They phoned 2 hospitals and my choice won as they have a fantastic vascular surgeon whom we saw just 28 months ago.

The hospital was not the nearest and some staff are striking but the ones there did a wonderful job. I did see a member of the armed forces working with a regular paramedic. OH is still in resus but I will settle for that gladly.

I am not going to moan about a 40 mile round trip in the car during thick fog and all the standing water that I hit because of the "f" in fog!

Sqad, make sure you manage that diabetes well, please x
I hope Mrs Sqad enjoys her new negligee set and a Happy Christmas to both of you.

[rowanwitch]

Hello Sqad.... My best wishes to you and Mrs S, I have to say I am almost ashamed of those who are in a profession I cared a great deal about. I would never have gone on strike, but the truth is it's not about pay, it's about staffing levels and working conditions, they think more money will make it better. It won't.
Currently a toss up if I will be in the QE, for Christmas but trying my hardest to get through without. Especially as I have to go to London tomorrow. I didn't tell the GP that, best she doesn't find out.

[MissTerious2]

I also don't think money is the problem. The NHS is not fit for purpose and hasn't been for years. The whole system needs shaking up. There's far too much waste and also far too much administration. And starting from the top management there needs to be a lot of trimming.

Or we need to drop the idea that it should be a completely free service.

[Sqad]

Choux.....what you experienced should be the norm, not the exception.
Happy Christmas to you both......rowan/choux.

[Zacs-Master]

'I also don't think money is the problem'

Really?
'The 2022 Nurse Salary Research Report by Nurse.com found that of 2,516 nurses surveyed, 29% were considering leaving the profession altogether.'
https://www.nurse.com/blog/the-nursing-shortage-looking-ahead-to-2023/

[anneasquith]

Choux, I’m so sorry your husband is so ill.
I can only speak from experience, if other people are receiving excellent care from the NHS that is great news, but it’s not my experience.

[MissTerious2]

So how is more money going to help them or the NHS?

[Atheist]

Miss; more money might enable or encourage nurses not to leave the job, and it might help encourage others to train as nurses.

[pixie374]

I left nursing on realising it was mostly paperwork and I could earn more going back to carework anyway. Upper grades are well paid- unless you compare them to other less intensive jobs.

[pixie374]

Less intensive... :-)

[MissTerious2]

Same as in a lot of other professions Atheist. I think their salaries are quite good. So much greed these days. I would like to think that nursing was a vocation and not just a job. But I don't see that any more. The pay rise offered was fair in my opinion.

[choux]

Thank you, anne. I wish you good/improved health so you don't have to be admitted. I, for one, would miss your posts x

[jno]

the NHS is paying £6bn a year for agency shifts. You'd think it would make more sense to hire their own doctors and nurses (they can pay thousands for a single shift) but there seems to be a problem finding enough of them. Perhaps because a lot of them are joining the agencies.

[MissTerious2]

/AtheistMiss; more money might enable or encourage nurses not to leave/

Blackmail?

/and it might help encourage others to train as nurses./

In it for the money?

;0)?

GREED!

[anneasquith]

Lol, thank you choux ( not everyone would ) ,

[barry1010]

My next door neighbour is a NHS nurse. She chose to work part time so she could work lots of hours working in the same hospital doing the same work for much more money through an agency. She's not the only one at that hospital doing it.