My sister is a nurse and has been for forty years but she left hospital nursing and now does it in a care home instead. Yet even there she does long tiring shifts for not high wages and has been assaulted by dementia patients on her rounds.I worry for her health but as is her caring nature she carries on.The vast majority of nurses are angels and deserve so much more !My mrs works as a nurse at UHCW. Every time I pick her up after work it is like she wants to cry. They are severely under-staffed.
Thanks for that much appreciated. Sorry to hear about all this stress etc but to be honest it doesn't shock me.People do die through lack of care but they cover it up ! Hope you get the care she needs so all the best.Just an update , after being taken doen to theatre and waiting for 2 hours with all the prep done and literally waiting to be put to sleep , the doctor came in and said there was a sudden emergency and she was to go back to the ward , she has also been 3 days without prescribed medication she needs. Late last night she went down and finally had her operation .
there is no doubt the NHS is really stretched and literally people will and probably have died because of this .
and im sorry for your losses rattles
I'm old enough to remember when there wasn't a single professional manager in the whole of the NHS, just a Matron who ruled the hospital with a rod of iron.
Those days are gone, and as someone who works in the NHS I am glad they have. The myth that things worked better under such a regime are just that, a myth. One of the biggest problems the NHS faces is that it is a political football, and that politicians of all sides have different views on how it should be run.
Am sorry for any patient or relative who feels they have not been well looked after when they have been in hospital, any hospital, but the sad fact is that unless they are better funded/resourced then these issues will remain.
BTW I am not a manager but a hands on clinician.
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