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Dont Panic, Dont Panic !!!!!!!!!!!
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don't panic, via bbc news the 14 hospitals which have been investigated for poor quality services ( including high death rates ) are to have managers put in place to manage and oversee the managers. problem solved, .......ed sorry about the capitals but im so angry, :(
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I think, instead of managers, the NHS should install matrons.
Under the matrons system, hospitals functioned as they should - nurses were properly supervised by people who actually knew what they did, because they used to do it themselves. Doctors understood that wards were correctly operated, so they could concentrate on treatment, backed up by a properly run nursing support system.
Managers should run banks - matrons should run wards.
It really is that simple.
Under the matrons system, hospitals functioned as they should - nurses were properly supervised by people who actually knew what they did, because they used to do it themselves. Doctors understood that wards were correctly operated, so they could concentrate on treatment, backed up by a properly run nursing support system.
Managers should run banks - matrons should run wards.
It really is that simple.
We hear such horror stories about hospitals lately, but my 85 year old Dad suddenly collapsed at home on Sunday evening. He was rushed to a local hospital and the care he received was second to none. All the nurses and doctors were lovely and courteous and extremely patient with my dear old Dad. He was treated with the respect and dignity he deserved and as he felt better, he was making them all laugh. Luckily he's home safely now, but has nothing but praise for the way he was treated, and neither have we.
annasquith - until successive governments grasp the concept that health care is a service, not a business, we will continue in this crisis mode.
Putting a manager in a hospital and then running it on a 'competition' basis under the misguided idea that this raises standards doesn't make it run like a hopsital, it makes it run like a supermarket.
A price war over bananas is all well and good, with peoples' lives, less so.
Tragets belong on rifle ranges, bonuses belong on quiz shows, and managers belong in management environments.
Hospitals, and while we're about it, schools and nurseries, are not not businesses, they are services and should be funded, staffed and equiped in a way that befits their status and value to our society.
Putting a manager in a hospital and then running it on a 'competition' basis under the misguided idea that this raises standards doesn't make it run like a hopsital, it makes it run like a supermarket.
A price war over bananas is all well and good, with peoples' lives, less so.
Tragets belong on rifle ranges, bonuses belong on quiz shows, and managers belong in management environments.
Hospitals, and while we're about it, schools and nurseries, are not not businesses, they are services and should be funded, staffed and equiped in a way that befits their status and value to our society.
What get's me is people really aren't clear what they're getting worked up about here.
We're told hospitals are being investigated for poor standards and high death rates
How high? what standards? how far off?
There's little context here and people are left to their imaginations.
As I intimated above half of all hospitals (or anything) will be below average! That's the point of an average.
There can be good reasons for variations of death rates - for example some areas in the South and West have a relatively high aged population and you'd expect a higher death rate there that where there are younger communities.
We have to dig in to see the detail and it varies considerably
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From things of great concern like a high number of events that should *never happen* in some hospitals (like swabs being left in patients)
Through units where the main concern was doctors working too many hours (Something that was common place in the 'good old days')
Through to under staffing and 'talking down' to patients
It's a complex picture - and whilst nobody wants hospitals talking down to people it's not exactly a cause of righteous anger.
We need a *clearly understandable* minimum standard of care that all hospitals have to keep to, and that is annually audited and enforced
We're told hospitals are being investigated for poor standards and high death rates
How high? what standards? how far off?
There's little context here and people are left to their imaginations.
As I intimated above half of all hospitals (or anything) will be below average! That's the point of an average.
There can be good reasons for variations of death rates - for example some areas in the South and West have a relatively high aged population and you'd expect a higher death rate there that where there are younger communities.
We have to dig in to see the detail and it varies considerably
http://
From things of great concern like a high number of events that should *never happen* in some hospitals (like swabs being left in patients)
Through units where the main concern was doctors working too many hours (Something that was common place in the 'good old days')
Through to under staffing and 'talking down' to patients
It's a complex picture - and whilst nobody wants hospitals talking down to people it's not exactly a cause of righteous anger.
We need a *clearly understandable* minimum standard of care that all hospitals have to keep to, and that is annually audited and enforced
If you cut 20,000 staff I expect standards to fall.
Also when it is spun by Hunt, it becames an unsupportable lie:
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No one right or left should use our health to play politics.
Also when it is spun by Hunt, it becames an unsupportable lie:
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No one right or left should use our health to play politics.
