tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33696095.post2408120546530974509..comments2024-03-20T16:27:56.522+00:00Comments on Norfolk Blogger: How to waste money NHS styleNich Starlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04237390959601973501noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33696095.post-80204938173107046152009-06-19T23:10:46.981+01:002009-06-19T23:10:46.981+01:00Having just been in the NHS This is more to do wit...Having just been in the NHS This is more to do with policies, and the way that they are set in stone and if you dont appear in the policy then heaven help you<br /><br />There is no room for flexibility in the modern NHS. If you breach a time then you are quite literally f**kedHenry North London 2.0https://www.blogger.com/profile/14748991488145468593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33696095.post-38389441074162834722009-06-16T10:30:13.004+01:002009-06-16T10:30:13.004+01:00I'm sorry to hear your mother had such a bad e...I'm sorry to hear your mother had such a bad experience - hope she's not too upset.<br /><br />There seems to be a few serious problems of system and procedure in the NHS at the moment. See <a href="http://thehalfwelshman.blogspot.com/2009/06/national-health-service-cart-first_14.html" rel="nofollow">here</a> for some recent problems a friend and I had. Be warned, this would almost certainly affect your mother's discharge when she finally has her op as well - it is a national thing, I hear similar stories from Gloucester Royal.The Half-Blood Welshmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05072936624444891100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33696095.post-73179049818403143702009-06-16T09:55:19.280+01:002009-06-16T09:55:19.280+01:00The NHS is always keen to announce the costs of pa...The NHS is always keen to announce the costs of patients not keeping appointments. It is about time someone worked out the cost to those involved of the NHS not keeping its appointments.<br />A single lady I know, due to be in hospital for two nights, made all the necessary arrangements. Put the cat into the cattery, arranged with a neighbour to take time off to take and collect her from the hospital, cancelled the milk, etc<br />After three hours waiting, she was told it is all of for a week, and as her friend is now at work, has to take a taxi home. The whole exercise was repeated tow weeks later, and it was only at the third attempt that she got her operation.<br />As a pensioner with a small company pension in addition to her state pension, she could ill afford these unnecessary costs, and if, as our local NHS suggests, they should be able to make a charge for "non-shows", the converse must also be accepted, that a patient failing to get treatment should also be compensated.Brian E.noreply@blogger.com