lets face it
Everyones opinion of the NHS is firmly based on their own experiences. Yes I beleive the concept of the NHS is a good thing, however the reason why people really don't like it, is because of the way the government and primary care trusts run it. They seem to waste ridiculous amounts of money on middle management that are so far removed from being aligned with what the doctors and nurses think that they are a waste of time. They are given targets by the govt that these management people have to adhere to. This makes the focus purely on money rather than the care of the patient. How can that be a good thing!? My experiences of the NHS have been completey different from each other. Once i fell through a plate glass window and had a massive gash on my elbow, yes the wound was very bad but on arrival I was told by a nurse that there is nothing she can do because it looked like a dog bite and they don't stich dog bites up, as she was just prepping for this another nurse came along and said "you cannot do that to him, you have to stitch him up", "Hmph" the other nurse says, "im not doing that it would take ages". Yes it did take ages, 55 stitches and 6 hours later I was fully stitched up by this awesome nurse. The thing that worried me, is that if it wasn't for this caring nurse just passing by at the right time my arm would have been very badly disfigured just because of the laziness and arrogance of the complete bitch . So it's not just the govt and PCT's that are at fault some people are just assholes and whether they work on a construction site or a hospital, they are going to be the same old a-holes, the nurse that stiched me up was awesome, she had been working for the NHS for 7 years, so had seen people being rude to her and all the rest of it but rather than taring all members of the public with the same brush, she treated people on a case to case basis. This is an invidual kind of story but an example of targets etc was when I broke my hand, a very tired, over worked and ragged junior doctor had told me that because it was a compound fracture the bone needed to be aligned, the forces that be agreed that the opp needed to happen, they then sent me to a bed to wait for the opp. 14 hours later I was awoken by a consultant that told me that due to the lack of beds at the moment they couldn't do the operation, which resulted in me having limited functionality in my right hand.

I think if people just say we should not say anything about the NHS because we get it for free .Number one it definatly isn't free, we pay for it through taxes. The governments invovement with the NHS only puts impossible pressure on the NHS with crazy targets, so i do feel for the many good people that work in these places but it's not a fantastic instution that some people paint due to the huge amount of buracracy that goes on. A good example of this is the post code lottery that goes on for certain life saving drugs. Just imagine having to tell them someone that, ash well your gonna die but if you lived two miles down the road you would have lived....
(bROKEN aRROW PUA HVI Master, Fri 12 Mar 2010, 14:12, 6 replies)

alright Ranty McRantersson?

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 12 Mar 2010, 14:21, closed)

haha fair comment!!

It's a subject close to my heart, i'd wish they would have chosen a more light hearted QOTW.
(bROKEN aRROW PUA HVI Master, Fri 12 Mar 2010, 14:30, closed)

They should have done the travelling one you mean?
Fair point though. Just pop a line in about how you shit yourself or met a nurse with a funny name so we can have a giggle. ;)
( Jimbuktu See? Right here, Fri 12 Mar 2010, 14:44, closed)

yeah Jim your right
i'm currently thinking of a story that beats my, nearly getting sucked off by a tranny in Kings cross story (oz) haha!

I replied to your story a few days ago, loved it, brought back a lot of memories about the filth hole that is Kings Cross!
(bROKEN aRROW PUA HVI Master, Fri 12 Mar 2010, 15:01, closed)

yeah saw that!
Kings Cross... mind you, I was living in Redfern at the time, not much better.

I have no stories this week, I had a dentist once say to me, 'I think we got everything, but the drill won't go any deeper' (I'm due to finally lose that tooth this month) but not a great story that. Must think harder...

oh, or was it another travelling story?
( Jimbuktu See? Right here, Fri 12 Mar 2010, 15:08, closed)

I
Wasn't living in Kngs Cross either, thank god, Have you heard of Glebe, it was well nice, old brick houses etc, reminded me of home.

I'm gonna re-think my last NHS postie rant, I must of thought I was on the Times, have your say page.

I have no great dentists stories either, apart from the fact my dentist is stunningly fit and nice and sometimes she likes to rest her perfect pert boobs on my shoulder when she is looking in my mouth, it really takes my mind off any pain i'm feeling. Her name is Shiva and she even sometimes charges me less than she should do. what a girl!
(bROKEN aRROW PUA HVI Master, Fri 12 Mar 2010, 16:21, closed)