The NHS is wonderful, but sometimes it really disappoints...

I dont know what it is the elderly smoke to make them think I should pay for their care so they can keep their house and pass it onto there heirs. I dont want my tax payers money going on effectively inheritance subsidies.
 
Why does someone who has been in the armed forces have priority over someone else? It's like saying you are worthless unless you served in the forces. It's their career choice, no one made them join up.
 
The NHS should be agnostic in terms of service to the public, it really need not go beyond that, blame the government for making the rules, not the NHS for following them.
 
Minstadave said:
I'm not saying you were complaining Jean-F, the barely literate coa9991 chap was complaining that the NHS is terrible because they didnt stop you eating "fatty food" brought in for you. Like we have time to police what patients are eating whilst also keeping everyone alive!

The same chap posted some "interesting" views on women which have since been removed from another thread.

I've edited my post for clarity :)
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It's the medical staff's job. like to look at the person's surroundings and this case diet, since it would impact on their health.

And it's your hospital. you should know what's going on at all times.
 
coa9991 said:
medical ethics and your organisation's own practices are the reality, and not fantasy.

you're just proving that it's a **** organisation with no real oversights.
And you're saying essentially that a patient's care is not your business.
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It's the statement "And it's your hospital. you should know what's going on at all times" which is the fantasy world.
I have a great big book of incidents that we can't know about eg
Patient sneaked out of the ward and eventually found at home, the reason was they needed a Subway so decided they would discharge themselves.
 
StriderX said:
The NHS should be agnostic in terms of service to the public, it really need not go beyond that, blame the government for making the rules, not the NHS for following them.
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No, the NHS should be patient focused, that should be the lynch pin that all other decisions are made around.

It never will be, because its structure prevents it from doing so, and there are too many people who value the structure over the outcome involved in making decisions, but it should be.
 
LeeUK said:
Why does someone who has been in the armed forces have priority over someone else? It's like saying you are worthless unless you served in the forces. It's their career choice, no one made them join up.
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Presumably because there are no longer really military hospitals left and the government has some sort of duty to look after veterans etc.. it doesn't apply to general health things, AFAIK it only applies to issues related to your time in service and some additional mental health services. Which is fair enough tbh.. someone risks their life/personal safety for the rest of the country, gets injured in the process or suffers some other medical issue as a result, they should have higher priority.
 
coa9991 said:
It's the medical staff's job. like to look at the person's surroundings and this case diet, since it would impact on their health.

And it's your hospital. you should know what's going on at all times.
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How do you know they didn't? Doesn't sound like the other poster did have fatty food - you're just ranting based on your own assumptions.

I've had food from M&S when in hospital, I quite like the sushi, seafood stuff and M&S deserts. I had it because I'd just been given the go ahead to eat but it was too late to order lunch with the catering team/next meal time wasn't till dinner. Nurses checked that the food was in line with the dietary restriction and that was it.

coa9991 said:
seems like petty excuses.
how can you not know who is in your hospital?
typical NHS ******** retardedness!!
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Erm because the wards aren't prisons - anyone (who is able to) can get up and walk out if they want to. The staff do know within a few hours though and the nurses have extra paperwork all because some patient decided to be a complete ****wit. This happened when I was staying on a ward, some Eastern European bloke who didn't speak to anyone, didn't seem all that unwell either, didn't spend any time in bed or bother getting changed into any hospital clothes - was supposed to be under observation for something but seemingly just got impatient and walked off.
 
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