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A political football. Sometimes when a (non far right wing) politician gently mention reform, a crowd pleaser will churn out for mass applause “Ah, so you don’t value our wonderful nurses”.

I listened to an interesting article (R4?) many years ago on how UK hospitals/clinicians have a circle the wagons approach to medical negligence. Whereas in some other Western nations, it may’ve included the US?, hospitals have what they called an open, systems based culture. Analysing mistakes...

@Herr Tubthumper and @One Teddy Maybank, you’ll be aware already that residents in Germany must pay private or public scheme health insurance contributions. The public scheme at 7.3% of gross wages, with employers matching that, up to an annual contributions maximum of €59,850. The self...

In 2003/04 16m admitted themselves to A&E, in 2021/22 it had risen to 24.4m. This wasn’t due to Covid, in April 2023 alone 2m was the number. A thin line of overworked staff nannying a huge increase in attendees, many of whom should not be using the resource.

I didn’t mean incidents which could unknowingly be something serious. Instead the well documented current phenomena of people who failed to get a GP appointment on the day for non-acute intervention visiting A&E instead.

No fear of that, I don’t want to visit A&E.

A&E’s are now dealing with random and sundry minor ailments, with GP’s surgeries not used. Plus the mental health crisis.

It’s been pay at the Royal Sussex for many decades … streets and and the awfully cramped multi-story designed for tiny cars. Thousands work there, only an idiot would suggest (free) parking for all. I was referring to the other training costs met by paramedics.

I’ve been on one of those Royal Sussex A&E trollies in a packed corridor (blood infection from an op in London) and have been there with family. Hot rooms, overflowing with folk, no dignity, incredibly long waits, a carousel of the new but more ill arrivals taking the curtained booths, Third...

Astonishing. All costs should be met.

At 1:38 here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001n8vd Mrs.W has worked many roles in the NHS and says that this caller summed up the key issue. 25 years ago all practitioners were dedicated to a GP surgery, they worked collaboratively in real time, holistic patient treatment could be...