Coronavirus - UK
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@Victor-Meldrew I agree with all you say and to my ind the NHS in its current form is not sustainable but which politician will ever grab that nettle?
Interesting point you make on staff attitudes and I wouldn't disagree but the fish rots from the head downwards. Talking to NHS staff, both front line and clerical, the poor outcomes (including staff attitude) nearly always comes from poor management. It must be very dispiriting to see the huge amounts of waste going unchecked, while management seem to get a better deal in regard to time off, holidays at peak periods while all the time you are told you have to be "better". Ms Cato No2 left the NHS although she enjoyed the actual job purely because of the attitude of management. She is far from being alone.
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@Catogrande said in Coronavirus - UK:
@Victor-Meldrew I agree with all you say and to my ind the NHS in its current form is not sustainable but which politician will ever grab that nettle?
Interesting point you make on staff attitudes and I wouldn't disagree but the fish rots from the head downwards. Talking to NHS staff, both front line and clerical, the poor outcomes (including staff attitude) nearly always comes from poor management. It must be very dispiriting to see the huge amounts of waste going unchecked, while management seem to get a better deal in regard to time off, holidays at peak periods while all the time you are told you have to be "better". Ms Cato No2 left the NHS although she enjoyed the actual job purely because of the attitude of management. She is far from being alone.
All good points, but it's not just the management (or lack of it) it's also senior clinical staff who need to carry the can.
It wasn't a management problem that patients were left in their own poo for days at a time or died of malnutrition or dehydration at Mid Staffs. Those things happened because hundreds of doctors and nursing staff from top to bottom were either too incompetent to notice (unlikely) or did notice and just didn't give a stuff, knowing they'd get away with it.
There's a huge culture shift needed from the medical profession, everyone knows it, but nobody wants to say it. Much easier to blame the Health Minister or Health Dept management. Anyway, enough before I go into seriously grumpy old man mode...
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@Victor-Meldrew said in Coronavirus - UK:
@Catogrande said in Coronavirus - UK:
@Victor-Meldrew I agree with all you say and to my ind the NHS in its current form is not sustainable but which politician will ever grab that nettle?
Interesting point you make on staff attitudes and I wouldn't disagree but the fish rots from the head downwards. Talking to NHS staff, both front line and clerical, the poor outcomes (including staff attitude) nearly always comes from poor management. It must be very dispiriting to see the huge amounts of waste going unchecked, while management seem to get a better deal in regard to time off, holidays at peak periods while all the time you are told you have to be "better". Ms Cato No2 left the NHS although she enjoyed the actual job purely because of the attitude of management. She is far from being alone.
All good points, but it's not just the management (or lack of it) it's also senior clinical staff who need to carry the can.
It wasn't a management problem that patients were left in their own poo for days at a time or died of malnutrition or dehydration at Mid Staffs. Those things happened because hundreds of doctors and nursing staff from top to bottom were either too incompetent to notice (unlikely) or did notice and just didn't give a stuff, knowing they'd get away with it.
There's a huge culture shift needed from the medical profession, everyone knows it, but nobody wants to say it. Much easier to blame the Health Minister or Health Dept management. Anyway, enough before I go into seriously grumpy old man mode...
You know where to go for that!
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Numbers have properly gone nuts in Taff land.
Keep safe @MiketheSnow
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@MajorRage said in Coronavirus - UK:
Numbers have properly gone nuts in Taff land.
Keep safe @MiketheSnow
Thanks
Cases gone nuts.
Senedd gone nuts.
Public going nuts.
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Sorry my Tier 4 ferners, sounds sucky
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@R-L it's gay as. I feel sorry for all the people who only get me for company especially.
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Drakeford cancels Christmas in Wales (effectively)
What a shower of shit.
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@MiketheSnow Ah Mike ☹️ Wales seem to have had it hard.
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@R-L said in Coronavirus - UK:
@MiketheSnow Ah Mike ☹️ Wales seem to have had it hard.
All about hospital beds.
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@MiketheSnow it is indeed and rightly so, just a shame all round.
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@MajorRage said in Coronavirus - UK:
Royally royally fucked. It's completely over.
Media alright got knives out / blaming Boris.
Bullshit. Time the residents of this country owned the fucking problem.
Really don't think people will stick to this. Pissing me off so much, I've been good the whole time and wasn't even planning on mixing with family this Christmas but I know some people have been waiting for this and it's a shame.
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@R-L said in Coronavirus - UK:
Question is, are you going to stick to the rules?
I suspect many won't.The new variant is 70% more contagious apparently and some projections are showing an extra 7,500 deaths a week if the current trend continues.
Not that that will stop people doing their Christmas shopping.
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@MajorRage said in Coronavirus - UK:
Bullshit. Time the residents of this country owned the fucking problem.
A 70% more infectious strain, hospital admissions rocketing. And people are moaning they won't be able to complete their Christmas shopping.
un-fucking-believable.
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@R-L yeah sticking to the rules. Already cancelled guests and supposed to be looking after my nephew Monday/Tuesday while his mum recovers from surgery but had to cancel that too. This better work.
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@Victor-Meldrew said in Coronavirus - UK:
@R-L said in Coronavirus - UK:
Question is, are you going to stick to the rules?
I suspect many won't.The new variant is 70% more contagious apparently and some projections are showing an extra 7,500 deaths a week if the current trend continues.
Not that that will stop people doing their Christmas shopping.
7,500 deaths a week
Is Ferguson back on the team?