>>it seemed that every elderly person went out this
>>morning to see if Mr Fish had been telling the truth. He >>had been. Never
>>seen so many Colles and NOFs in such a short space of >>time.
Ha,ha. Not just the elderly. Down here in the West Country, we've still got
standing flood water from last week. So, everyone went out driving this
morning. Guess what happened next?
Between 7am and 9am, thanks to councils doing b*gger all last night, twelve
RTAs, each one with ambulance control not thinking that maybe response times
would be longer as we were a bit slower, hoping to arrive on scene without
joining the wreakage on the skating rinks called A roads.
On the subject of mill. planning, seen today's Daily Mail? Yep, East Anglian
ambulance have had to hire a "Holby" liveried unit from Casualty to
supplement their vehicles. (Sadly, I'm not joking). The only saving grace is
it will be crewed by their teams, not actors.
Why can the great British public not accept the idea that if its
frosty/icing/flooded, they would help themselves by not driving like nutters
and then complaining about A&E waiting times when they all arrive together?
Roll on the weekend.......
Simon
----- Original Message -----
From: Dr Jeremy F Harrison <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: 29 December 1999 19:35
Subject: Re: Best Wishes
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Andrew G Hobart
>
> > The great British public gets what it pays for.
> > We spend less on health care than almost any first world nation.
> > We have fewer doctors per head of population than virtually all of
> > Europe.
> > We pay our doctors less than these countries despite expecting them to
> > do more work.
>
> Thanks for that Andrew. Well said! Any ideas how to get this uncomfortable
> truth disseminated to that Great British public? (Ingrate Britain?)
>
> > This government (as did previous) trumpets fairly modest increases in
> > funding but then insists on spending it all on new initiatives.
> > Meanwhile the existing services face year on year cuts, euphemistically
> > called efficiency savings.
> > While the front line services, providing what Stephen Thornton called
> > "bog standard care", are running with staffing levels way below what is
> > needed to provide that care to a reasonable standard our politicians
> > artificially raise expectations and increase demand.
>
> Another message that needs to get out. Maybe the BMA could be persuaded to
> spend less time, effort and money carping on about (relatively) small and
> unimportant issues such as boxing and devote their considerable resources
to
> blowing away the Government "spindoctor" smokescreen.
>
> > I met a government minister on Monday, at work somewhere in the Black
> > Country.
>
> Talking of working B.C. it seemed that every elderly person went out this
> morning to see if Mr Fish had been telling the truth. He had been. Never
> seen so many Colles and NOFs in such a short space of time.
>
> > NHS Direct. Interesting idea.....
> > ........it has not been evaluated properly.
>
> Hey! Maybe BMA could suggest that NICE or even CHI could examine the EBM
> aspect of NHSD. One suspects that they might privately conclude that it is
> Based Around Lots of Ludicrous Suggestions.
>
> > Great idea Tony. Any more where that came from?
>
> Yeah! Have a baby and smile alot.
>
> Jeremy
>
>
>
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