This was in the summer. Imagine how bad it is going to be in the middle of winter.
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https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/h...nt-ed-25143713
A Healthcare Inspectorate Wales (HIW) report on the Emergency Department at the University Hospital of Wales found the dignity and safety of patients "has been compromised on an almost daily basis for a sustained period of time".
This was in the summer. Imagine how bad it is going to be in the middle of winter.
The top floor of the heath is allegedly empty too, not because they couldn’t fill it but because they haven’t the staff to run it.
I’ve been in the Heath a few times recently, my own ailments and my Mothers. It was chaos, I feel sorry for the staff because they get the brunt of the abuse when they are under immense pressure.
Every other night on the main news there is a story about the latest NHS disaster
That's in England
We get the Welsh side of things
It's not great all over the country
My experience of the NHS , focused around Princess Of Wales is that its fantastic
I lost a lot of blood , a bit of weight and had stomach pains . Within 3 weeks I have had an endoscopy and a CT scan and a consultation and given the all clear
Of course other people will have horror stories but a lot of the attacks on the NHS in Wales are from Tories . If you think its bad now God help you if that lot ever get in .
on a similar theme and not starting a new thread at last managed to book an appointment with a dentist today for February next year just for a check up too !
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-63067230
A chronic staff shortage has left the NHS in Wales in a "dangerous and precarious state", a union has warned.
A nurse working for an agency can earn in 3 days what a NHS nurse earns in 5 days. Add the ever increasing population and Covid, it's no wonder the NHS is on its knees.
I'm glad you had a good experience and are better, but FFS Sludge, stop using it as a political football. It gives excuses for shit management and processes within the NHS.
As you say, there are issues irrespective of who happens to be in govt. Between health secretary and patient there are numerous layers of management. I suspect we should be looking there more closely.
It's on its knees because there is not enough investment in it
The conservative central government , despite the recent almighty cock up fund the Welsh NHS . The conservative government are trying to implement tax cuts which will lead to cuts in the NHS , social services etc .
If the Welsh government is getting less funding for the NHS then clearly things are going to get worse .
If you give someone 100 quid to build a wall but you should be giving them 200 quid you are not going to get a very good wall
The Welsh govt are not building a very good wall but they need more money to build a better one
Sorry Sludge, but just endlessly pumping out this opinion is part of the problem. You aren't helping the NHS by just saying it, you are just repeating slogans.
The NHS has never had as much money. The Welsh Govt allocates it's resources and manages the NHS and has done so here in Wales for 20+ years. The SNP has even more autonomy in Scotland and they have the same problems.
There are massive structural issues. We need to strip the politics out of it, get real and sort the thing out for the benefit of us all.
Well I got to know loads of NHS staff during the last few years of my mother's life and the people using the NHS for gain more than anyone else was the Tories
The doctors , nurses and care workers I spoke to were appalled at the way Johnson and his lot jumped on the clap the NHS bollocks and deflected away from the crap situation so many found themselves in
This is where you just guess when it comes to making outlandish statements. The NHS is massively funded , if you do a bit of research.
Here is an example~ UK’s post Brexit EU “divorce bill” reaches €50 billion, confirms Treasury... up from €40-45bn. The NHS burns through all that in less than 3 months!
There are 68m or so people in the UK. Assuming the NHS has a total budget of £204bn, that's £3k per man, woman and child per annum. Hospitals don't build themselves, and medical equipment (with all its precision) isn't known for being mass produced production line stuff. Training each doctor to registrar level can cost upwards of £400k, and training them beyond that even more.
The NHS has many issues, but it does an awful lot with the budget it does have. Private healthcare has its place (I know, I have it) but I'm more than happy to pay more in tax and NI if its earmarked for the NHS. Everyone deserves high quality healthcare as a basic right, and the only way to achieve that is to increase the funding in the NHS.