NHS (administration) madness

Ihavenojob · 10 Sep 2020

Yesterday, my daughter received a letter from NHS saying an appointment had been made to see Dr ******* at a certain date/time next year. In the same envelope was another letter saying that appointment has been cancelled!!!!!

pete50 · 10 Sep 2020

My wife and I have both had letters from our surgery saying that we should get a flu vaccine as we are in the "high risk" category. We have to ring to make an appointment but we can only ring between 2 pm and 4 pm and when we ring, after going through the numpty choices, the phone goes dead. There is no other phone number and when I try to log on to the web site using my email address that I have used for umpteen years and which the surgery have had for at least the last 20 years it says it does not recognise my email address. There is no way to register online to access the surgery's website. The only contact details I have is an email address that I should use if don't want a flu jab. Dentists, don't get me on that hobby horse........ I have dying friends, who will now die early, because their cancer treatment has been cancelled and my sister in law, who has a heart complaint, was due to have an operation but it was cancelled because of this covid debacle. She is now too weak to have any operation and will, probably, die. My brother has MS and whilst I realise there is no cure for MS he cannot get any help. He is incontinent and his mind is going. My mother in law is in a home for the demented but my wife hasn't been allowed to go and see her for the last six months. Luckily we are in a position to pay for her care but it costs £3000 a month for that. I know that is cheap in comparison to some private care homes but even so...............I voted for this bunch of shisters that are running things and I sincerely wish I had just held my vote. Talk about America and the idiots that are running that show this lot over here couldn't run a p iss up in a brewery.

Mottie · 10 Sep 2020

My wife does some admin for them. She said it’s a bloody disorganised nightmare. They have started outsourcing some of the consultants recordings to India to be transcribed and then sent back here for 'correction' rather than having them typed up in-house. The grammar is atrocious!

ellal · 10 Sep 2020

pete50 said:
I voted for this bunch of shisters that are running things and I sincerely wish I had just held my vote.

You should have looked at the small print...

The idea is to run down the NHS and fully privatise it...

Mottie · 10 Sep 2020

Knock knock.

IT Minion · 10 Sep 2020

pete50 said:
My wife and I have both had letters from our surgery saying that we should get a flu vaccine as we are in the "high risk" category.

Most of the big pharmacies do the Flu jab for free if you qualify for it on the NHS. Tesco and Boots definitely do. It's often easier than going through your GP, I did it last year and am booked in for mine this year. I didn't even bother checking with my GP, they have better things to worry about.

noseall · 10 Sep 2020

Mottie said:
Knock knock.

Doesn't make...

ellal said:
The idea is to run down the NHS and fully privatise it...

....any less true.

Notch7 · 10 Sep 2020

pete50 said:
Talk about America and the idiots that are running that show this lot over here couldn't run a p iss up in a brewery.

Sadly they are pretty much one and the same.

Boris Johnson took strategic advice from Steve Bannon -Trump campaign manager and being done for fraud
Matthew Elliott top Tory advisor is very closely connected to US libertarian groups, esp the Koch foundation

Matt Hancock got paid £32k from the Institute of Economic Affairs, a brexit think tank that is really a lobby group, Its funded by US groups and it actively lobbys govt to privatise the NHS.

pete50 said:
My mother in law is in a home for the demented but my wife hasn't been allowed to go and see her for the last six months.

Its an awful situation, I am sure very upsetting for your wife.

My Father in law was at home last Christmas but he is in late stage Lewy Body Dementia and went into a home in March. Luckily the home do allow visits, which are in the garden or on a huge conservatory with masks.

Its pretty horrible all the same -Lewy Body Dementia slowly attacks the brain by embedding proteins, as tie progresses his speech has gone, he has lost his ability towalk or sit down, his swallowing is going. His memory, executive function, cognition are all fading.....and only being able to have very restricted visits makes it all the worse, so I do feel for your wife.

Mottie · 10 Sep 2020

noseall said:
Doesn't make...

....any less true.

And simply Ellal saying it, doesn’t make it a fact either. You say 'idea'. Do you or any of the Boris haters have ANY tangible facts/documents/policies that prove it or is it just your gut feeling/hunch/suspicion/Schadenfreudian hopes and dreams?

Notch7 · 10 Sep 2020

Mottie said:
Do you or any of the Boris haters have any tangible facts/documents/policies that prove it

YES

Exposed: 12 worrying links between Tories and private healthcare industry
EXCLUSIVE: In the battle to save our beloved National Heath Service, we expose the dirty dozen and prove once and for all that the Conservatives do not believe in the NHS
The dirty dozen
1. Dominic Cummings

Boris Johnson’s chief strategist until recently had previously worked at artificial intelligence start-up firm Babylon Health, which is endorsed by Health Secretary Matt Hancock. In August, shortly after Mr Johnson entered No10, Downing Street and the Department of Health announced a new £250million fund to promote the use of AI in the NHS, which Babylon welcomed although funding has not been allocated. The Tories did not respond.

2. Andrew Lansley

Ex-Health Secretary Lord Lansley is a director of his wife Sally’s public relations firm Low Associates, which reportedly represents pharmaceutical giants including P&G. The job was approved by the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments.

3. Matt Hancock
The Health Secretary received a £10,000 donation from Wol Kolade, the owner of Vanguard Healthcare, which provides mobile surgical theatres. Kolade, who has given £460,000 to the Tories and is a director of NHS Improvement, said the donation was “in a personal capacity”.

4. Steve Brine

The former Health Minister earns £800 a day on top of his MP salary working for Remedium Partners, which specialises in recruiting overseas doctors to short-staffed NHS trusts. The job was approved by the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments.

5. Lord O’Shaughnessy
6. Bill Morgan
The former special advisor to Lord Lansbury set up lobbying firm Incisive Health. Clients include Virgin Care, which has won £2billion of NHS contracts and sued six trusts.
Morgan sold his 33% stake for £13.6million earlier this year. Incisive did not respond

7. Baroness Blackwood
The Health Minister in charge of NHS innovation was recently on the board of Push Doctor, which offers video consultations to two million people “in partnership with the NHS”. It charges £30 for an online consultation. The Tories did not respond.

8. John Nash
The Tory peer and his wife have given £425,000 to the Tories including £21,000 to the former Health Secretary Andrew Lansley in 2009. At the time, Lord Nash was chairman of Care UK, which has earned £1billion from the NHS. He was not available for comment.
The former Health Minister is on boards of robotic surgery firm Intuitive, urine test firm Healthy.io and Portland Communications, which has a string of healthcare clients. He said he followed advice from the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments.

7. Baroness Blackwood
The Health Minister in charge of NHS innovation was recently on the board of Push Doctor, which offers video consultations to two million people “in partnership with the NHS”. It charges £30 for an online consultation. The Tories did not respond.

8. John Nash
The Tory peer and his wife have given £425,000 to the Tories including £21,000 to the former Health Secretary Andrew Lansley in 2009. At the time, Lord Nash was chairman of Care UK, which has earned £1billion from the NHS. He was not available for comment.

9. Crawford Healthcare
The dermatology supplier to the NHS has given the Tories £20,000 in donations since 2016. It did not respond

10. Mustafa Mohammed
The private health boss whose companies have earned millions from the NHS has donated £325,000 to the Tories. His company Genix Healthcare won a £7.3million NHS contract to provide dental services and training. Genix did not respond to us.

ellal · 10 Sep 2020

Mottie said:
Knock knock.

It's long ago been established that in reference to yourself, the response to that is that there is 'no-one at home'

But hey, you carry on believing what the unicorns tell you if it gives you comfort in your dotage

EddieM · 10 Sep 2020

Notch7 said:
YES

Exposed: 12 worrying links between Tories and private healthcare industry
EXCLUSIVE: In the battle to save our beloved National Heath Service, we expose the dirty dozen and prove once and for all that the Conservatives do not believe in the NHS
The dirty dozen
1. Dominic Cummings

Boris Johnson’s chief strategist until recently had previously worked at artificial intelligence start-up firm Babylon Health, which is endorsed by Health Secretary Matt Hancock. In August, shortly after Mr Johnson entered No10, Downing Street and the Department of Health announced a new £250million fund to promote the use of AI in the NHS, which Babylon welcomed although funding has not been allocated. The Tories did not respond.

2. Andrew Lansley

Ex-Health Secretary Lord Lansley is a director of his wife Sally’s public relations firm Low Associates, which reportedly represents pharmaceutical giants including P&G. The job was approved by the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments.

3. Matt Hancock
The Health Secretary received a £10,000 donation from Wol Kolade, the owner of Vanguard Healthcare, which provides mobile surgical theatres. Kolade, who has given £460,000 to the Tories and is a director of NHS Improvement, said the donation was “in a personal capacity”.

4. Steve Brine

The former Health Minister earns £800 a day on top of his MP salary working for Remedium Partners, which specialises in recruiting overseas doctors to short-staffed NHS trusts. The job was approved by the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments.

5. Lord O’Shaughnessy
6. Bill Morgan
The former special advisor to Lord Lansbury set up lobbying firm Incisive Health. Clients include Virgin Care, which has won £2billion of NHS contracts and sued six trusts.
Morgan sold his 33% stake for £13.6million earlier this year. Incisive did not respond

7. Baroness Blackwood
The Health Minister in charge of NHS innovation was recently on the board of Push Doctor, which offers video consultations to two million people “in partnership with the NHS”. It charges £30 for an online consultation. The Tories did not respond.

8. John Nash
The Tory peer and his wife have given £425,000 to the Tories including £21,000 to the former Health Secretary Andrew Lansley in 2009. At the time, Lord Nash was chairman of Care UK, which has earned £1billion from the NHS. He was not available for comment.
The former Health Minister is on boards of robotic surgery firm Intuitive, urine test firm Healthy.io and Portland Communications, which has a string of healthcare clients. He said he followed advice from the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments.

7. Baroness Blackwood
The Health Minister in charge of NHS innovation was recently on the board of Push Doctor, which offers video consultations to two million people “in partnership with the NHS”. It charges £30 for an online consultation. The Tories did not respond.

8. John Nash
The Tory peer and his wife have given £425,000 to the Tories including £21,000 to the former Health Secretary Andrew Lansley in 2009. At the time, Lord Nash was chairman of Care UK, which has earned £1billion from the NHS. He was not available for comment.

9. Crawford Healthcare
The dermatology supplier to the NHS has given the Tories £20,000 in donations since 2016. It did not respond

10. Mustafa Mohammed
The private health boss whose companies have earned millions from the NHS has donated £325,000 to the Tories. His company Genix Healthcare won a £7.3million NHS contract to provide dental services and training. Genix did not respond to us.

What were the last 2 ?

Brigadier · 10 Sep 2020

EddieM said:
What were the last 2 ?

He couldn't cut and paste it all in one go.

Mottie · 10 Sep 2020

Notch7 said:
YES

Exposed: 12 worrying links between Tories and private healthcare industry
EXCLUSIVE: In the battle to save our beloved National Heath Service, we expose the dirty dozen and prove once and for all that the Conservatives do not believe in the NHS
The dirty dozen
1. Dominic Cummings

Boris Johnson’s chief strategist until recently had previously worked at artificial intelligence start-up firm Babylon Health, which is endorsed by Health Secretary Matt Hancock. In August, shortly after Mr Johnson entered No10, Downing Street and the Department of Health announced a new £250million fund to promote the use of AI in the NHS, which Babylon welcomed although funding has not been allocated. The Tories did not respond.

2. Andrew Lansley

Ex-Health Secretary Lord Lansley is a director of his wife Sally’s public relations firm Low Associates, which reportedly represents pharmaceutical giants including P&G. The job was approved by the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments.

3. Matt Hancock
The Health Secretary received a £10,000 donation from Wol Kolade, the owner of Vanguard Healthcare, which provides mobile surgical theatres. Kolade, who has given £460,000 to the Tories and is a director of NHS Improvement, said the donation was “in a personal capacity”.

4. Steve Brine

The former Health Minister earns £800 a day on top of his MP salary working for Remedium Partners, which specialises in recruiting overseas doctors to short-staffed NHS trusts. The job was approved by the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments.

5. Lord O’Shaughnessy
6. Bill Morgan
The former special advisor to Lord Lansbury set up lobbying firm Incisive Health. Clients include Virgin Care, which has won £2billion of NHS contracts and sued six trusts.
Morgan sold his 33% stake for £13.6million earlier this year. Incisive did not respond

7. Baroness Blackwood
The Health Minister in charge of NHS innovation was recently on the board of Push Doctor, which offers video consultations to two million people “in partnership with the NHS”. It charges £30 for an online consultation. The Tories did not respond.

8. John Nash
The Tory peer and his wife have given £425,000 to the Tories including £21,000 to the former Health Secretary Andrew Lansley in 2009. At the time, Lord Nash was chairman of Care UK, which has earned £1billion from the NHS. He was not available for comment.
The former Health Minister is on boards of robotic surgery firm Intuitive, urine test firm Healthy.io and Portland Communications, which has a string of healthcare clients. He said he followed advice from the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments.

7. Baroness Blackwood
The Health Minister in charge of NHS innovation was recently on the board of Push Doctor, which offers video consultations to two million people “in partnership with the NHS”. It charges £30 for an online consultation. The Tories did not respond.

8. John Nash
The Tory peer and his wife have given £425,000 to the Tories including £21,000 to the former Health Secretary Andrew Lansley in 2009. At the time, Lord Nash was chairman of Care UK, which has earned £1billion from the NHS. He was not available for comment.

9. Crawford Healthcare
The dermatology supplier to the NHS has given the Tories £20,000 in donations since 2016. It did not respond

10. Mustafa Mohammed
The private health boss whose companies have earned millions from the NHS has donated £325,000 to the Tories. His company Genix Healthcare won a £7.3million NHS contract to provide dental services and training. Genix did not respond to us.

All cobblers.

Mind you, you've completely missed out the fact that Matt Hancocks window cleaners brothers girlfriends sons classmate sat on the next table in Nando's in 1998 to the sister of the bloke that fitted the carpet in the NHS's boss's sisters back bedroom.

^woody^ · 10 Sep 2020

Perhaps if there weren't such an influx of illegals and leeches draining the NHS of time and resources, then it may be in a better position to provide a better service.

As it stands, no matter how much is pumped in by lawful tax payers, its being drained faster by people who have contributed nothing to it, but will be taking a lot from it.

NHS (administration) madness

EddieM

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