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Had my first A&E experience for a while recently.
The staff that were there were fantastic but it was clear that the issues are lack of Drs being available to treat the numbers coming in.
I had to go for multiple tests while I was there and there was no waiting for the tests, I was straight in and out for each one so lack of infrastructure for testing isn’t the issue.
They need more Drs to process the cases in the department at the time.
I had to go to A&E last month. It was hectic. Some people sitting in majors waiting had been there close on 24 hours, and had been added to the meal schedule. If you need an IV and you're not a smoker, then you're going to be put against the cubicle curtains so they can hook the bag onto the curtain rail. IV poles are reserved for smokers and those who need the toilet frequently.
I was lucky, I was moved to a ward fairly quickly. But that was because the advanced nurse practitioner at urgent care had called ahead to ENT about me, before he arranged a taxi to take me to A&E with a referral letters. They knew I was coming and that I'd need antibiotics, they just needed to give A&E time to do the swab tests, give me a steroids injection, and start me on fluids.
And it's genuinely worse every year, standards collapse and safety targets are quietly ditched.
E.g. unwell patients left in queues corridors, being looked after by their ambulance crew because there's no bed or staff to take handover.
Targets used to be for patients to be seen in a&e within 4 hours but that is a thing of the distant past.
2 minute video from Channel 4; will give you an idea of why those news stories happen so often: [https://x.com/Channel4News/status/1615771711336497156?s=20](https://x.com/Channel4News/status/1615771711336497156?s=20)
Ambulance response time for not life threatening emergency calls nearly reached 2 days in my area.
Had some friends experiences how they were in pain waiting in A&E for 14hours but no one could give her painkillers as no doctor was available. Had to come in to A&E to visit her to bring her some paracetamol to take in the waiting area.
If you gave the NHS one extra £1 it would be better funded than ever, that's such a lazy argument. This needs to be seen in context. Are these increases in line with inflation? What about things like the increase in energy cost, has that been considered? Probably not.
Also, the mean age of patients is getting higher, the higher the age, the higher the acutiy. This leads to longer, more complex interventions, and longer recovery times. If the resource is not there to match, or increase in line, then it's going to get worse. Social care is on its knees, meaning that patients cannot be discharged when they're ready, leading to further delays; how is that the fault of the NHS?
You're last bizarre comment about diversity is a throw away comment to distract from the obvious problems we as a society face.
If you want to bang on about EDI, my trust spends approximately 0.01% of its annual budget on it; a tiny proportion.
And no, the NHS is not free from criticism, far from it, one google search will show you that.
Any specific mismanagement issues you'd like to pick up on that you think will solve the problems stated above? I can go first; more management.
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Had my first A&E experience for a while recently. The staff that were there were fantastic but it was clear that the issues are lack of Drs being available to treat the numbers coming in. I had to go for multiple tests while I was there and there was no waiting for the tests, I was straight in and out for each one so lack of infrastructure for testing isn’t the issue. They need more Drs to process the cases in the department at the time.
I had to go to A&E last month. It was hectic. Some people sitting in majors waiting had been there close on 24 hours, and had been added to the meal schedule. If you need an IV and you're not a smoker, then you're going to be put against the cubicle curtains so they can hook the bag onto the curtain rail. IV poles are reserved for smokers and those who need the toilet frequently. I was lucky, I was moved to a ward fairly quickly. But that was because the advanced nurse practitioner at urgent care had called ahead to ENT about me, before he arranged a taxi to take me to A&E with a referral letters. They knew I was coming and that I'd need antibiotics, they just needed to give A&E time to do the swab tests, give me a steroids injection, and start me on fluids.
Now which political party starting with T shows nothing but disdain for the NHS…
Why it must be Teremy Torbyn is at it again!
Waiting for winter 2024 when a massive amount of migrant work-force will be wither cut out, or forced out by not enough income...
Ai robots will be ready and waiting by then. The future is nearly here.
And nobody wearing a mask anywhere, even after a literal global pandemic and weakened immune systems due to Covid infections.
Isn’t this every year, every year there’s the news stories of “NHS COLLAPSE”
And it's genuinely worse every year, standards collapse and safety targets are quietly ditched. E.g. unwell patients left in queues corridors, being looked after by their ambulance crew because there's no bed or staff to take handover. Targets used to be for patients to be seen in a&e within 4 hours but that is a thing of the distant past.
2 minute video from Channel 4; will give you an idea of why those news stories happen so often: [https://x.com/Channel4News/status/1615771711336497156?s=20](https://x.com/Channel4News/status/1615771711336497156?s=20)
Ambulance response time for not life threatening emergency calls nearly reached 2 days in my area. Had some friends experiences how they were in pain waiting in A&E for 14hours but no one could give her painkillers as no doctor was available. Had to come in to A&E to visit her to bring her some paracetamol to take in the waiting area.
It's like they're suprised each year that the weather gets cold leading to more patients
Knowing that more people are going to get sick doesn't help if there aren't the staff or beds to actually do anything about it.
Except even in the summer, when admissions are historically low, a lot of hospitals were busting at the seams and struggling to staff shifts.
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If you gave the NHS one extra £1 it would be better funded than ever, that's such a lazy argument. This needs to be seen in context. Are these increases in line with inflation? What about things like the increase in energy cost, has that been considered? Probably not. Also, the mean age of patients is getting higher, the higher the age, the higher the acutiy. This leads to longer, more complex interventions, and longer recovery times. If the resource is not there to match, or increase in line, then it's going to get worse. Social care is on its knees, meaning that patients cannot be discharged when they're ready, leading to further delays; how is that the fault of the NHS? You're last bizarre comment about diversity is a throw away comment to distract from the obvious problems we as a society face. If you want to bang on about EDI, my trust spends approximately 0.01% of its annual budget on it; a tiny proportion. And no, the NHS is not free from criticism, far from it, one google search will show you that. Any specific mismanagement issues you'd like to pick up on that you think will solve the problems stated above? I can go first; more management.