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Post by Deleted on May 12, 2020 21:00:00 GMT 1
Awwww thanks Mr D. Caring for your mum, who is a really good egg, was genuinely a joy and a privilege Let it be known though, there is a special enema in the fridge just for you!! 😂❤️👍 She asks about you all the time, and I just say you’re a t**t🤣😂😂 She is having a rough time atm, and gonna be in RSH daily from 26 May having a few gamma rays..... but she will be smiling mate.... stay safe Give her my love and best wishes! You to! 👍
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Post by Pilch on May 13, 2020 13:04:35 GMT 1
matron, do you know how many currently are being treated in the rsh with corona ? if you do is a figure you can share ?
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Post by Deleted on May 13, 2020 18:46:18 GMT 1
Matron,
Quick question for you, having watched the news, it would appear that the NHS is being accused of institutional racism, and is the reason behind the BAME community being more susceptible, what would your experience be. It was suggested from 1 person questioned, that the coal face was all BAME, and the management looked like snowy white peaks, unsure about you but would question the terminology of that in itself quite distasteful.
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Post by Deleted on May 13, 2020 20:50:08 GMT 1
matron, do you know how many currently are being treated in the rsh with corona ? if you do is a figure you can share ? cheers In honesty I don’t Pilch. If I did with the best will in the world I don’t think it would be my place to say. 👍
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Post by Deleted on May 13, 2020 21:00:38 GMT 1
Matron, Quick question for you, having watched the news, it would appear that the NHS is being accused of institutional racism, and is the reason behind the BAME community being more susceptible, what would your experience be. It was suggested from 1 person questioned, that the coal face was all BAME, and the management looked like snowy white peaks, unsure about you but would question the terminology of that in itself quite distasteful. Gosh that’s a tricky question but I don’t think that my experience in Shropshire would be representative of anything really. We have a fair number of incredible philipino nurses in Shropshire. Excellent nurses kind and hard working. In the last 12 months I’ve appointed three Sisters to my ward for various reasons. Out of 15 or so staff nurses I interviewed none were phillipino. They just didn’t apply. If they had a couple would have stood a good chance. I don’t see racism I see nurses content doing what they are doing.
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Post by Deleted on May 13, 2020 21:41:56 GMT 1
In honesty I don’t Pilch. If I did with the best will in the world I don’t think it would be my place to say. 👍 cheers my missus just showed me her new face masks, they are about as much use as giving latex gloves to a bomb disposal expert, it would make more sense to issue all the care home residents/patients with them instead, some are arriving in her care home having already been tested positive, won't be long before she brings it home and gives it to me, on the plus side it would be the first thing she's given me in years ;-) So as I have said on the other thread, who has made the decision to send covid tested patients to a care home rather than to Nightigale wards, where there are plenty of spaces.... is this a local NHS point or is it policy set by government.....
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Post by staffordshrew on May 13, 2020 21:48:07 GMT 1
cheers my missus just showed me her new face masks, they are about as much use as giving latex gloves to a bomb disposal expert, it would make more sense to issue all the care home residents/patients with them instead, some are arriving in her care home having already been tested positive, won't be long before she brings it home and gives it to me, on the plus side it would be the first thing she's given me in years ;-) So as I have said on the other thread, who has made the decision to send covid tested patients to a care home rather than to Nightigale wards, where there are plenty of spaces.... is this a local NHS point or is it policy set by government..... Either way, the Nightingale hospitals are looking like a good idea not followed through.
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Post by Deleted on May 13, 2020 21:50:08 GMT 1
Or more worryingly is it the care home management just filling another bed to gain finances
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Post by jamo on May 13, 2020 21:56:06 GMT 1
Or more worryingly is it the care home management just filling another bed to gain finances That comment actually takes some getting your head around
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Post by staffordshrew on May 13, 2020 21:56:52 GMT 1
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Post by Deleted on May 13, 2020 21:57:01 GMT 1
Matt Handcock has stated publicly several times when asked by the press that the nightingale wards are for use as Covid critical care only.
Whilst there are good reasons for this, for the life of me I can’t see it beyond the wit of man to adapt them?
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Post by Deleted on May 13, 2020 21:59:52 GMT 1
I’ve made this point in a couple of posts. It’s fairly easy really to increase the number of swabs you take. Processing them though is a different matter.
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Post by staffordshrew on May 13, 2020 22:03:46 GMT 1
Or more worryingly is it the care home management just filling another bed to gain finances Following that line. that money is a driver, they have shot themselves in the foot rather, there are going to be a lot less "customers" for them now. The social workers influence where a discharged elderly person goes from hospital, I doubt "Nightingale hospital" was an option available to them.
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Post by Deleted on May 13, 2020 22:11:08 GMT 1
Or more worryingly is it the care home management just filling another bed to gain finances Following that line. that money is a driver, they have shot themselves in the foot rather, there are going to be a lot less "customers" for them now. The social workers influence where a discharged elderley person goes from hospital, I doubt "Nightingale hospital" was an option available to them. I am not suggesting that is the case, but I am trying to understand why it would happen. The management of my wife’s company asked there workers who would object if they on a client that had tested positive for covid in last 3 days..... and response from all was that it would not be advisable, and they listened..... but they were thinking of it..... apart from that they have been very good though
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Post by staffordshrew on May 13, 2020 22:23:55 GMT 1
To a large extent I think the elderly sent back to care homes have been the victims of an NHS doing everything it could to free up beds. They were a vulnerable group and they have been let down.
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Post by Pilch on May 13, 2020 22:38:40 GMT 1
Or more worryingly is it the care home management just filling another bed to gain finances that seems the case yes my misses and both daughters work in 3 different care homes in shrewsbury all 3 homes of those homes are doing this my missus gets her first test next week, she is a care worker my eldest got sent home with symptoms a few weeks back and was offered a test in smethwick but didn't go and hasn't had one, shes back at work not knowing what she had my youngest had the test yesterday, she works in a care home but is the head chef sounds like organised chaos if you ask me
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Post by Deleted on May 13, 2020 22:42:51 GMT 1
Our swabs were returned first thing this morning by courier. I'll let you know when we get the results. Sooner rather than later we hope.
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Post by staffordshrew on May 13, 2020 22:49:10 GMT 1
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Post by northwestman on May 14, 2020 9:41:42 GMT 1
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Post by Pilch on May 14, 2020 10:11:58 GMT 1
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Post by northwestman on May 14, 2020 10:32:46 GMT 1
True. A mere 99.8%. Nor do these tests establish whether antibodies give you immunity, or if they do, for how long that immunity will last. All they establish is whether you've had Covid-19 in the past. 'Scientists hope that those whose body developed antibodies after recovering from the virus could develop immunity for two or three years, making them safe to return to work. But the World Health Organisation has repeatedly cast doubt on whether people can become immune at all'.
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Post by zenfootball2 on May 14, 2020 16:23:11 GMT 1
www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/nextbikes-being-used-nhs-workers-18246710What the hell is wrong with people! "Nextbikes being used to help NHS staff and essential workers are being vandalised across Cardiff. Boss of Cardiff bike share operator, Nextbike, has slammed vandals who have gone on a wrecking spree in the city, putting vital bikes out of action which were designed to help frontline NHS and essential workers get to work during the coronavirus pandemic. Nextbike had worked with Cardiff University and Cardiff Metropolitan University to fund the scheme which enabled NHS workers, and those offering essential support during the onslaught of coronavirus, to use the bikes for free."
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Post by zenfootball2 on May 27, 2020 12:21:04 GMT 1
i should not be suprised by how stupid people can be but there is always a new low;
"Paramedics have been assaulted after asking patients wear masks to protect them from coronavirus, the ambulance service has said. Crews have asked some people showing potential symptoms to wear surgical masks, according to the Welsh Ambulance Service Trust (Wast). But it reported a "growing number" of patients had become aggressive when asked to wear the equipment. A "small number" of staff had been victims of assault, it added. Crews are attending all incidents wearing personal protective equipment and may also ask patients to wear the masks, said Claire Roche, Wast's executive director of quality and nursing.
"The reason they do this is to not only protect you but also for the protection of the people around you," she said. "If we do ask you to put on a mask, please do not be alarmed and follow the instructions of our staff. "We understand how distressing this situation may be and we also understand that putting on a mask while having shortness of breath may seem counter-intuitive, but it is the right thing to do. "Unfortunately, over the past few weeks, our staff have reported a growing number of instances in which patients have been aggressive and have even been the subject of an assault after asking a patient to put on a mask."
The NHS has a duty of care; but personally if people wont to be that stupid and are aggressive or assault staff after a reasonable request,then leave them at home till they do wear a mask.
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Post by The Shropshire Tenor on May 27, 2020 17:54:27 GMT 1
Heard yesterday from the Dr who has been working on a Covid ward in London since the start. She says she has never had a full set of PPE and some of what they’ve been issued with is dubious quality. She is amazed that she hasn’t had Covid considering the exposure she has had. She may have had it and been asymptomatic as she hasn’t had a test yet.
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Post by Deleted on May 27, 2020 18:06:55 GMT 1
Heard yesterday from the Dr who has been working on a Covid ward in London since the start. She says she has never had a full set of PPE and some of what they’ve been issued with is dubious quality. She is amazed that she hasn’t had Covid considering the exposure she has had. She may have had it and been asymptomatic as she hasn’t had a test yet. the PPE she has had is obviously better than she gives it credit for
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Post by jamo on May 27, 2020 19:05:03 GMT 1
Heard yesterday from the Dr who has been working on a Covid ward in London since the start. She says she has never had a full set of PPE and some of what they’ve been issued with is dubious quality. She is amazed that she hasn’t had Covid considering the exposure she has had. She may have had it and been asymptomatic as she hasn’t had a test yet. the PPE she has had is obviously better than she gives it credit for Eh ?
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Post by Deleted on May 27, 2020 20:24:45 GMT 1
Heard yesterday from the Dr who has been working on a Covid ward in London since the start. She says she has never had a full set of PPE and some of what they’ve been issued with is dubious quality. She is amazed that she hasn’t had Covid considering the exposure she has had. She may have had it and been asymptomatic as she hasn’t had a test yet. the PPE she has had is obviously better than she gives it credit for You know what asymptomatic means, yes? Anyway, a GP friend off mine, who was issued with PPE (such as it was), was ill with confirmed Covid-19 for 3 weeks.
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Post by ssshrew on May 27, 2020 22:25:35 GMT 1
It doesn’t stop having bad weeks of worry though.
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Post by zenfootball2 on May 28, 2020 14:16:47 GMT 1
you cant imagine the stress for staff who have seen so many people dying whilst been expected to work with limited supplys or no PPE.
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Post by welshshrew on Jun 4, 2020 22:01:08 GMT 1
We’ve had the staff testing shambles. We are in the middle of the PPE shambles. The test, trace and certify operation that is about to begin, but without anyone really having the slightest clue how it will be delivered, will be the next shambles. Mark my words. Around 6 weeks later. I sat earlier this week with a copy of the test and trace data that is being sent out (and leaked) to Local Authorities and NHS in local areas, whilst at the same time watching Boris at PMQs. Jesus. The inquiry will be something else.
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