sure, if someone's loved one doesn't improve in 48h we'll just turn off the ventilator
better use of resources and more efficient innit?
you can't rush a human body
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better use of resources and more efficient innit?
you can't rush a human body
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I was thinking more about general health care capacity in the UK more than PPE. We have consistently cut bed numbers, we're massively under the average for hospital beds per capita:
NHS hospital beds data analysis
We look at NHS bed data compared to other countries, bed stocks over time, the impact of COVID-19, safety breaches and intensive care capacity.
www.bma.org.uk
Our system is set up to fail under normal winter pressures let alone unexpected events. ITU capacity is very poor and there's no depth to staff training and equipment procurement to rapidly deal with spikes in demand.
I had hoped the pandemic might have resulted in some lessons being learned but haven't seen any evidence of this.
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Do you not think 35% is merely a negotiation tactic, just like buying and selling you start high and end up somewhere in the middle.
In the meantime a flat out no is just costing money that will be gone rather than used for something useful.
there's no staff training full stop. i dismay at the number of times i been to a bedspace with the alarms ringing only to be told "i'm out of my depth"
and the fact that corridors are now considered a "ward area"
and the number of hours i wait in ED just to admit a patient to ICU when i could be reviewing other patients
using that sort of emotive scenario helps no one
how do you think the 35% should be funded?
let's call a spade a spade
the NHS is broken, the social contract between the government and the taxpayer/pulblic is broken
the staff working in the NHS be it doctors/nurses/allied professionals are now being used as scapegoats to a broken system and the public is just lapping it up
sad times indeed
the NHS is broken, the social contract between the government and the taxpayer/pulblic is broken
the staff working in the NHS be it doctors/nurses/allied professionals are now being used as scapegoats to a broken system and the public is just lapping it up
sad times indeed
the magic money tree. seems to appear whenever it suits ofc
the magic money tree. seems to appear whenever it suits ofc
the magic money tree was chopped down by the public after covid..
how would you reform the NHS then?
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How would the private sector go about it?
FTFY
Its the public that doesn't want to pay back all the furlough money etc.
Yes the government were too generous but the public lapped it up.
A management restructure would be the starter I'd imagine.
I think the PPE thing is blown out of proportion, it was very reasonable in a time of a national emergency to drop some layers of bureaucracy when we were competing on the world wide market to get as much PPE as possible into the NHS. Companies that knowingly took advantage and committed fraud should be prosecuted, but the scheme was set up for good reason.
You mean change it back to MrWrong..
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Do that then.
Yes agreed - there should be a full review of the NHS and an honest discussion with the public - the NHS in its current form won't survive.
I wonder how the health and social care act 2012 went...
in all honesty (my views my own and doesn't represent anyone/organisation else) i agree
The NHS all-singing, all-dancing (FWIW lol) cannot exist unless properly funded
Either needs to do less (emergencies only, private electives) or paid for by increased taxation(!)
those screaming "but i paid my taxes" don't really know how much healthcare actually costs