Useless NHS

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My mum just went to A&E with a swelling on her arm and she just phoned back saying she has a blood clot. Now we live like 5 minutes away from what is supposedly the regional centre for the treatment of things like this, which is where she went to A&E and now they have to rush her to the MRI for a thinner infusion because there isn't an on call blood doctor or something here.

Not exactly a regional centre then is it if they have to drive her 15ish miles away to treat her for something the hospital is supposedly specialised at. :mad:
My sister wasn't too impressed either and she works there, shes just packed a bag of bits up and dashed out before they move her out while I watch the house as they're likely to keep her in for a few days.

I guess we're lucky she didn't just drop dead or something more urgent so at least they can treat it, well when they get her to the other hospital anyway. :mad:

******* useless.

Apparently if she had arrived before 8 they could have treated her there but now they can't, even though there is a doctor there from the MRI who does the treatment. Crazy.

Sorry, guess I just needed to rant a bit, what's the point of building a shed load of extensions, specialist departments and extra wards if they can't treat the people who go there. :confused:

It's going to be pretty much impossible to visit her easily in town compared to a 5 min drive down the road and my sister could have popped in after work, now she's on the other side of Manchester. :mad:

At least she'll be ok.
 
Wish I could disagree with you mate, but I cant. Knew a poor guy who suffered an infected spine at the hands of the NHS. Could have crippled him, luckily he was just in absolute pain for a fortnight.
 
Biohazard said:
thats a joke. It would work much better without all the red tape :(
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Most Doctors would agree with you there, but most of the red tape is trying to stop litigation, the bureaucracy in the NHS is monstrous.

Best thing to do is contact the hospital management and demand an explanation, they're usually pretty good at trying to fix things.
 
I can agree with you there, my mum had a fractured spine from bone cancer.
Solution?
"Here, take this prescription for painkillers and come back in a week"
 
my dad woke up at 4am and went to A+E complaining of chest problems, they didnt do anything.......so he drove 10miles to another hospital and they took him in straight away becuase chest related pains are all critical.

Makes u wonder how 2 different hospitals 10miles away from each other have totally different policies.
 
JollyGreen said:
I can agree with you there, my mum had a fractured spine from bone cancer.
Solution?
"Here, take this prescription for painkillers and come back in a week"
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My mam has been back and forwards to the hospital for bad knees, back and bowel problems as well, this is what they have said every time.

They might as well just put a recording in reception saying "here's some pain killers, please come back later".

Pathetic.

Yet, my mam's friend who is about 20 stone and doesn't look after herself like my mam does, has some trouble with her knees and gets a nice operation to fix it within a few weeks. My mam has been rejected everything and fobbed off. She's in utter pain :(
 
Glad she is gonna be OK, sorta funny this thread pops up tonight, I have been at the hospital all day myself, wont go into details, but the first thing I did when I got back was look at BUPA's website.
Gonna give them a ring tomorrow and see how much it would cost to get some private cover.
 
Scott Salisbury said:
My mam has been back and forwards to the hospital for bad knees, back and bowel problems as well, this is what they have said every time.

They might as well just put a recording in reception saying "here's some pain killers, please come back later".

Pathetic.

Yet, my mam's friend who is about 20 stone and doesn't look after herself like my mam does, has some trouble with her knees and gets a nice operation to fix it within a few weeks. My mam has been rejected everything and fobbed off. She's in utter pain :(
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If there's one thing I've found with the NHS, is the more you persist, the more likely you are to get treated.
You don't get given treatment, you have to DEMAND treatment.
 
Wang said:
Was this North Manchester General (Crumpsall) she was turned away from?
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Wythenshawe.

It's just daft how because of procedure and red tape they couldn't treat her there, even though the doctor who could have treated her an hour ealier was present.

Not that I blame the staff, just the system. :(
 
Scott Salisbury said:
My mam has been back and forwards to the hospital for bad knees, back and bowel problems as well, this is what they have said every time.

They might as well just put a recording in reception saying "here's some pain killers, please come back later".

Pathetic.

Yet, my mam's friend who is about 20 stone and doesn't look after herself like my mam does, has some trouble with her knees and gets a nice operation to fix it within a few weeks. My mam has been rejected everything and fobbed off. She's in utter pain :(
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Are they maybe completly different problems, maybe in the second case the problem could be easily solved with an operation, whereas with your mam it is a harder problem that doesn't have such a quick fix solution. Come on guys you can't compaire how quickly stuff gets treated unless you know that the problems are EXACTLY the same,
 
I had to pay £350 for the missus to have an MRI scan to help diagnose her epilepsy as it was a 4 month wait otherwise. Shocking how quickly 4 months becomes 'can you make it this afternoon?' when you wave money around.

The really gauling thing is, she's a nurse and works 2 mins from the damn thing. But no, we would rather restrict her duties and bring in extra staff to cover, rathe than move the appointment forward 4 months and save the hassle!!!
 
Kitchster_uk said:
I had to pay £350 for the missus to have an MRI scan to help diagnose her epilepsy as it was a 4 month wait otherwise. Shocking how quickly 4 months becomes 'can you make it this afternoon?' when you wave money around.

The really gauling thing is, she's a nurse and works 2 mins from the damn thing. But no, we would rather restrict her duties and bring in extra staff to cover, rathe than move the appointment forward 4 months and save the hassle!!!
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The NHS has an 8 month waiting list for outpatient MRIs down here, they're doing them on the weekends to catch up, so 4 months isn't bad :D
 
On reading this thread I've decided that if I'm going to be ill or have an accident, I'll make sure I do it between 9am and 5pm.
 
DiG said:
Come on guys you can't compaire how quickly stuff gets treated unless you know that the problems are EXACTLY the same,
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Nope, the two problems are EXACTLY the same, I wouldn't have mentioned it otherwise. We have found out off other people that the problem my mam has can be easily fixed with an operation. The other problems she has is just ware and tear through old age and just has to be accepted.

JollyGreen said:
If there's one thing I've found with the NHS, is the more you persist, the more likely you are to get treated.
You don't get given treatment, you have to DEMAND treatment.
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Nail on the head right there. That's where my mam is going wrong, she just gives up too easy. But we still pay for this service, it shouldn't be hard work to get treated, but unfortunately it is.
 
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