| How has the ambulance situation got so bad? 16:40 - Jan 12 with 3063 views | ThisIsMyUsername |
Average wait of 90 minutes for heart attacks or strokes in England.
Is it simply a result of cuts from those awful see yous in power?
You literally need to hope in 2023 that someone can physically take you to A&E rather than wait for an ambulance.
Maybe everyone over the age of say 50, or anyone with underlying health issues, should seriously consider some sort of alert bracelet that they can press to alert a family member if something happens and they are in trouble.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-64254249
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| How has the ambulance situation got so bad? on 16:00 - Jan 13 with 409 views | HARRY10 |
In his speech on the 24th July 2019 Boris Johnson said: “I am announcing now — on the steps of Downing Street — that we will fix the crisis in social care once and for all with a clear plan we have prepared to give every older person the dignity and security they deserve.”
Over three years later there is still no plan.
Just as with his sh yte about a supposed 'oven ready deal' there was never was any plan - other than to agree to everything the EU asked for. Take a look at the situation today in Northern Ireland.
Sadly, you only have to read some of the guff (lies) posted on here by the cap doffers to see how some will continue to try and deny what is obvious to most others.
NHS crisis, what crisis ?" |  | | |
| How has the ambulance situation got so bad? on 21:39 - Jan 13 with 347 views | BlueBadger |
| How has the ambulance situation got so bad? on 15:13 - Jan 13 by hype313 |
I had the misfortune of calling an ambulance on New Years day for my mother as she had Pneumonia, I was chatting to the Paramedics and was asking them why it is so bad and without hesitation it was down to social care cuts, cuts to community nurses. So many people could've been kept out of hospital if they had been seen before things got worse, and so many could go home from hospital if they had the care at home/community.
Seems like such a basic step to rectify, but like all other services, the Tories have decimated that sector.
See also Mental Health, closing St Clements which was a huge site to turn into into housing, only to put a poxy little place on Heath Road, when arguably we have the biggest Mental Health crisis we have faced in our history. |
A much overlooked factor is the closing of NHS direct and replacing it with 111.
NHS Direct was mostly staffed by nurses and was much more focused on advice and keeping people out of hospital, 111 is essentially a phone triage staffed by minimally trained people following scripts. Scripts which obviously have to be tight to ensure minimal cock up factor. NHS Direct was known in ED's the nation over as 'NHS Redirect such was the effect it had on A&E attendances.
Interestingly what we're seeing crop up over the last year or two are 'virtual wards' which are basically a cross between district nursing services and NHS direct - a lot of phone advice to people who are basically managing acute and chronic conditions at home but in danger of either needing admitting to hospital or returning to hospital post discharge.
The one at [redacted] is fascinating but currently quite limited in scope, helping with 5 conditions/service(off the top of my head out of hospital outpatient antibiotics, COPD, heart failure and couple of other things). This is probably the way 'community' services will go in the future, given the lack of funding, staffing and general respect for community nursing at present. |  |
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| How has the ambulance situation got so bad? on 21:56 - Jan 13 with 333 views | Swansea_Blue |
| How has the ambulance situation got so bad? on 19:11 - Jan 12 by SuperKieranMcKenna |
If anyone’s interested - I’m thinking about selling defibrillators on the side… |
Good idea, sex toys always sell well |  |
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| How has the ambulance situation got so bad? on 22:00 - Jan 13 with 330 views | Nthsuffolkblue |
| How has the ambulance situation got so bad? on 18:54 - Jan 12 by Basuco |
1. The UK is spending far less than any other Country per head of population on health than the rest of the developed nations.
2. The UK has less hospital beds per 1000 population than any other developed nation.
3. At a recent visit to my GP surgery to pick up a blood test form on the 14th December, an elderly man was trying to make an appointment to see a GP, he was told that no appointments were available in December and no appointments had been released for January. He was told to come back in the new year.
If his condition worsened in December he would have had to call an ambulance or go to A&E for treatment that could and should have been given by a GP.
4. Big shortage of GP's in the UK making getting a GP appointment very difficult.
Which means if any part of the health system fails then A&E have to pick up the pieces as they are the very last line of help available. Due to lack of funding this Government is directly putting lives at risk and causing avoidable death's. |
This is also deliberate policy in order to show that we cannot afford an NHS.
Defund, demoralise, privatise. It is fundamental Tory policy. |  |
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