Prostate Cancer Waiting Times
Recent figures show that in urology – where men with prostate cancer are treated – only six in 10 cancer patients are starting treatment within 62 days of being referred, https://prostatecanceruk.org/about-u...by%20the%20NHS.
From 2023. Not sure what the latest are. You’d have to ask a royal correspondent.
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Its a bit of a conundrum.
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Unfortunately I’ve spent too much time in hospitals over the last 2 months and the extremes I’ve witnessed have been shocking.
On one hand 21 ambulances queueing at A&E, the crew that took my mum in said they’d had waits of 11, 9 & 8 hours in the previous 3 days. The waste of resource & skills is shocking. They told me wards are closed due to lack of staff, therefore no beds, so the ambulances can’t discharge.
Yesterday I was in a 10 bed ward, there was only myself & 1 other patient but there were 5 staff on the ward. My mum was in a 10 bed ward with 15 staff.
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Unfortunately I’ve spent too much time in hospitals over the last 2 months and the extremes I’ve witnessed have been shocking.
On one hand 21 ambulances queueing at A&E, the crew that took my mum in said they’d had waits of 11, 9 & 8 hours in the previous 3 days. The waste of resource & skills is shocking. They told me wards are closed due to lack of staff, therefore no beds, so the ambulances can’t discharge.
Yesterday I was in a 10 bed ward, there was only myself & 1 other patient but there were 5 staff on the ward. My mum was in a 10 bed ward with 15 staff.
The wards were closed during covid and probably never opened again?
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My experience of the initial gp led investigation was excellent
Can't fault em
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Des Parrot
Unfortunately I’ve spent too much time in hospitals over the last 2 months and the extremes I’ve witnessed have been shocking.
On one hand 21 ambulances queueing at A&E, the crew that took my mum in said they’d had waits of 11, 9 & 8 hours in the previous 3 days. The waste of resource & skills is shocking. They told me wards are closed due to lack of staff, therefore no beds, so the ambulances can’t discharge.
Yesterday I was in a 10 bed ward, there was only myself & 1 other patient but there were 5 staff on the ward. My mum was in a 10 bed ward with 15 staff.
Same here Des, I've been a regular at the Heath since December 27 and could write 2 books on the shambles being presented as a health service, staff I trust are doing their best with what they have, and many of them go beyond what could be expected. Whoever is administering PHW needs removing pronto but I do think the damage done has put public health Wales beyond salvage. I Believe that the level of incompetence at PHW is only exceeded by Krankies mob north of Hadrians Wall. I wonder what the correlation could be.
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My experience of the initial gp led investigation was excellent
Can't fault em
My initial test results came back on January 18th, I had a CT on Monday & a Colonoscopy yesterday, on something called a 28 day pathway. I think that’s pretty good.
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My initial test results came back on January 18th, I had a CT on Monday & a Colonoscopy yesterday, on something called a 28 day pathway. I think that’s pretty good.
Yep
Don't tell anyone though they will think you are fibbing
Great news for you by the way
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Recent figures show that in urology – where men with prostate cancer are treated – only six in 10 cancer patients are starting treatment within 62 days of being referred,
https://prostatecanceruk.org/about-u...by%20the%20NHS.
From 2023. Not sure what the latest are. You’d have to ask a royal correspondent.
..or anyone else who goes private. This is taken from the BMA website :
The ability of NHS consultants to carry out private practice in their non-NHS time is an essential part of the flexibility and freedom built into national contracts.
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Anyone know if King Charles is recieving treatment under the NHS?
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Private = money = life. The rest of us are left to die. God save the King!
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Des Parrot
My initial test results came back on January 18th, I had a CT on Monday & a Colonoscopy yesterday, on something called a 28 day pathway. I think that’s pretty good.
That’s great Des! Good to hear 👍
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Spend loadsa time at UHW neurology. Since Covid the services and support have been stripped back. It’s shocking tbh. Brexit is the other massive problem. 70% of my MS support has been lost due to staff of all ranks leaving the UK.
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Still waiting for my results since mid January. God save the King!
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The treatment I get when I do get it is very good. I’m just an expense on a spreadsheet though. God save the King!
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Anyone know if King Charles is recieving treatment under the NHS?
:hehe:
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Des Parrot
Unfortunately I’ve spent too much time in hospitals over the last 2 months and the extremes I’ve witnessed have been shocking.
On one hand 21 ambulances queueing at A&E, the crew that took my mum in said they’d had waits of 11, 9 & 8 hours in the previous 3 days. The waste of resource & skills is shocking. They told me wards are closed due to lack of staff, therefore no beds, so the ambulances can’t discharge.
Yesterday I was in a 10 bed ward, there was only myself & 1 other patient but there were 5 staff on the ward. My mum was in a 10 bed ward with 15 staff.
Seems lots of staff when I was in the heath recently visiting. Also my mum currently in llandough, the ward is never full, always a few spaces, never seen that before this time of year….
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Same here Des, I've been a regular at the Heath since December 27 and could write 2 books on the shambles being presented as a health service, staff I trust are doing their best with what they have, and many of them go beyond what could be expected. Whoever is administering PHW needs removing pronto but I do think the damage done has put public health Wales beyond salvage. I Believe that the level of incompetence at PHW is only exceeded by Krankies mob north of Hadrians Wall. I wonder what the correlation could be.
It is a shambles, my severely delusional 90 yr old mum was left alone in a&e a few weeks ago, I was told she wouldn’t be, despite being extremely weak and confused she tried to go to the toilet, got up, fell over and broke her leg in the waiting room. Still in llandough 6 weeks later
