Hospital Care

I work as a porter for the NHS and I have to laugh some days when people ask me to carry a bag for them. I transport patients not your luggage you numpty. Some people do think it is a hotel and complain about everything, then others with a bit of common sense know what the NHS is for. If you don't like it go private you moaning bunch of gits.
 
Minstadave said:
Would you rather the NHS spent its limited pot of money on healthcare or toiletries for everyone. It's a no brainier to me. By all means provide basics to emergency admissions but elective admissions should have the foresight to come prepared.
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My point precisely. I initially said those who had been in hospital a few days. Id have thought it was common sense.


elmarko said:
The NHS isn't free.

Secondly, many medical treatments are impacted by the general well-being of the patient at the time.
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Deary me you don't get my point do you?
 
scrivz69 said:
I work as a porter for the NHS and I have to laugh some days when people ask me to carry a bag for them. I transport patients not your luggage you numpty. Some people do think it is a hotel and complain about everything, then others with a bit of common sense know what the NHS is for. If you don't like it go private you moaning bunch of gits.
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Lol yes I agree with this. Ive taken patients between wards and been expected to wheel them and carry all their things err i am a nurse not a butler.
 
Mrs Seabiscuit said:
But why? Wouldn't you prefer to have all your own things not some low quality rubbish. disposable cloths and towels ive no problem with but seriously I would want my own soap shampoo toothbrush and paste.
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Of course if somebody wants a specific brand then they should bring it in, or if a person want's their own stuff they could bring it in.

But that wasn't what I said now was it?, I said a reasonable standard of all basic toiletries should be provided if the person doesn't have them.

I'm hardly expecting the Ritz.
 
The thing I found most shocking when my girlfriend was admitted to hospital last year to have an emergency appendectomy was just how unsympathetic the nursing staff were.

Perhaps it was local to the hospital we were staying at, but, unsurprisingly many people didn't know the rules and regs of a hospital, nobody really kept us unformed and people were constantly surprised when we didn't know some procedure or other, even after we pointed out that we hadn't been told.

It seems to me (my mums a nurse of nearly 40 years now) that as a profession it has to be the most caring and understanding there is, people are going through one of the most difficult experiences of their life in many cases, yet so many of the staff just seemed to completely forget we weren't regular hospital visitors and that we weren't really worrying about the mundane things, even if they were.
 
Frankly I think the NHS has bigger fish to fry than whether or not their patients are bringing toiletries.
 
Whenever my girlfriend goes into hospital, which is more than most as she has a neurological illness, she always packs a huge bag full of toiletries. I just thought this was the norm and everyone did that - guess not :confused:
 
elmarko said:
Of course if somebody wants a specific brand then they should bring it in, or if a person want's their own stuff they could bring it in.

But that wasn't what I said now was it?, I said a reasonable standard of all basic toiletries should be provided if the person doesn't have them.

I'm hardly expecting the Ritz.
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I agree, its in the hospitals best interest to keep everyone inside clean.
If they complain about the quality of the toiletries then by all means give the ungrateful pigs both barrels.
 
glen8 said:
I'd want a sexy nurse to brush my teeth for me

How much extra would I have to pay for that?
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If you can find one.. I work in the NHS and the majority are 40-50 somethings that look rougher than a sniper's elbow.
 
Mrs Seabiscuit said:
A uv thing to wash ladies hair???? Maybe in a private hospital but teheis is the NHS! We just use a bowl behind patients head wash the hair that way. But what does that have to do about relatives providing toiletries?
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This is NHS, my nan was on about it, they put it in the microwave or something, put it on your head and et viola, clean hair.
 
manic_man said:
It seems to me (my mums a nurse of nearly 40 years now) that as a profession it has to be the most caring and understanding there is, people are going through one of the most difficult experiences of their life in many cases, yet so many of the staff just seemed to completely forget we weren't regular hospital visitors and that we weren't really worrying about the mundane things, even if they were.
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That's your problem your mixing caring with nursing.

I think people who have to stay in hospital more than a few days should provide their own toiletries. People who have unplanned admissions should have them provided until a family member can provide. them.
 
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Although it isn't something I'd thought about before, if I was going in overnight as an emergency for example, then yes I'd expect some kind of disposable toothpaste tube and cheapo toothbrush to be available - exactly like you get in a travel lodge (although for some reason somebody else in the thread said they don't provide them? No idea what travel lodges they have been staying in). If it was a longer planned stay, or the relatives or person of contact had a chance to visit then I'd expect people to move over to their own, but in a pinch they should be available. We can't penalise people for not knowing or not having the ability to get them prior to their trip (like an emergency overnight admittance).

This is the important bit:

Mrs Seabiscuit said:
Now what is your opinion? I would like to add at this point I an refereeing to patients being on the ward for more than two days and ones we know have family and friends visiting.
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Known visit = bring your own
Unplanned overnight stay = emergency disposables should be there

- GP
 
This is why the NHS is mostly in such a poor state, people worrying about trivial things like handing out free toiletries when there are far more important issues like huge waiting lists, rife medical malpractice, a serious lack of patient care (certainly in our trust), unnecessary admissions for patients that have conditions that could be dealt with by a GP and my personal favourite .. using suppliers that charge absurd prices, I remember reading a story where the NHS were charged £50 for 2 packets of pasta!
 
For infection control purposes, I wouldn't like people to be bringing in their own toiletries. I also think when someone is critically ill, or just ill in general its the last thing on their mind.
 
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