Last time I was in hospital a nurse pointed out to me it already was a 7 day a week service for them.
Except for staff like doctors, consultants lab workers etc.
Health seems to be the only emergency service that has weekends off.
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Cerebus Sticky! Sticky! Stick! Stick!, Wed 22 Jul 2015, 20:55,
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Except that is a fucking lie.
i am a consultant. I am in this weekend. As i was last weekend, and the weekend before that. The lab runs a 24/7 service.
Weekends off my fucking arse.
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sm.pl.crt.rs I don't fucking know, do I?, Wed 22 Jul 2015, 22:43,
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^This^
Massively.
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sir_spicious2000 Crap I've watched: www.filmplop.blogspot.com/, Wed 22 Jul 2015, 23:00,
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Fucking lie my arse.
2 months ago my boy was in Neo Natal on a ventilator.
Nursing levels were 100% 7 days a week, consultants dropped right off at the weekend.
The nurses told me they have massive problems tracking down a consultant at weekends.
Yes you get some cover but it's not the same level.
So are you sitting there and telling me it is a lie that staffing levels are reduced at weekends?
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Cerebus Sticky! Sticky! Stick! Stick!, Thu 23 Jul 2015, 8:47,
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calm down both of you...
he was clearly saying that "the health service has the weekends off" as a catch all phrase is a lie... as he himself works weekends...
you are saying that your experience is different, having not had access to consultants at weekends...
he's probably a little bullish, because it's his job and he's passionate about it.
you are being reactionary because the story is about 'your boy' and people lose rationality when talking about their kids.
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