tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post5629099663086914968..comments2024-03-27T07:18:58.033+00:00Comments on Frances Garrood: P is for PatientsFrances Garroodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10614916006798375706noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-42896812355623437202011-04-22T08:59:56.269+01:002011-04-22T08:59:56.269+01:00Hello Frances - I was delighted to see your excell...Hello Frances - I was delighted to see your excellent letter in The Times yesterday. I will be checking the on-line version to see what comments it provokes. It will have many a BSc, MSc and PhD nurse bristling, I expect. My wife, who as you know was a nurse of the past generation, agrees entirely with you. Well done.Dr Henry Tegnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09066781800926576413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-26640264548988191652011-04-19T19:55:01.729+01:002011-04-19T19:55:01.729+01:00Thanks for those comments. the really frightening ...Thanks for those comments. the really frightening thing is that no-one is surprised by this kind of story any more. It's taken as par for the course, and people can invariably cap this kind of story with an even worse one. <br /><br />We all just have to concentrate hard on never getting ill!Frances Garroodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10614916006798375706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-42717102914380909142011-04-19T17:19:10.996+01:002011-04-19T17:19:10.996+01:00Unbelievable - yet I've heard too many other s...Unbelievable - yet I've heard too many other stories to doubt that this (and worse) happens.Rosemary Gemmellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09311840205603508422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-23864016294690894962011-04-19T11:55:55.958+01:002011-04-19T11:55:55.958+01:00Oh my goodness, I didn't know that some hospit...Oh my goodness, I didn't know that some hospitals work that way. I haven't see that here. I visit the local hospitals often, and I would never know who is inpatient or who is just on observation. They both get the same meals, same rooms, same attention. I think the decision for the category is based on the medical criteria to admit a patient. In your sister's case, I can't believe she is being kept just under observation. With a fracture like that, she should be admitted. But again, healthcare systems are complicated, and there's so much of politics underneath.<br />I'm really sorry you and your sister are going through such a burden. I hope things can get resolved soon. <br />DorisHold my hand: a social worker's bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06283197748791227012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-16296351389298573972011-04-19T10:16:54.460+01:002011-04-19T10:16:54.460+01:00That's the scary thing, isn't it? No-one w...That's the scary thing, isn't it? No-one wants to complain while they are inmates as things could get worse. One lady complained about a dirty spoon. There was a large lump of something brown stuck to it. The head cook came charging into the ward demanding to know who had complained. We all hid under the bedclothes.Lynne Hackleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11584150621973821344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-85728334599114473982011-04-19T09:03:36.618+01:002011-04-19T09:03:36.618+01:00Yvonne, it's frightening, isn't it?
Patst...Yvonne, it's frightening, isn't it?<br /><br />Patsty, you're right. Targets and budgets (and sheer cruel stupidity) are largely to blame.<br /><br />Lynne, I'd like to make a huge fuss, but don't like to until she's out She herself isn't a complainer, so we'll just have to do it for her, when she's home.Frances Garroodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10614916006798375706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-3687531757335810402011-04-19T08:17:07.742+01:002011-04-19T08:17:07.742+01:00I have always had my food brought in. I'm a ve...I have always had my food brought in. I'm a vegetarian and hospitals think that means feeding me cheap rice with a slice of mushroom and a solitary pea or a wrinkled baked potato. Or eggs when it says everywhere that I have a severe allergy to them.<br />Someone has to shout for your sister. You have to demand attention in hospital. You have to be awkward to get what you want and then, if you are like me, you tell your experiences to the local paper and then see the A-board outside the newsagent's declaring 'Malvern Woman's Hospital Nightmare'.Lynne Hackleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11584150621973821344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-49959571367898112122011-04-19T07:54:21.296+01:002011-04-19T07:54:21.296+01:00Ah, but she's not just gone into a ward which ...Ah, but she's not just gone into a ward which has someone in charge to see things are done correctly. She's in a system with policies and management chains and budgets and targets. The people who see she is hungry won't be the people who are able to order food for her.Patsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12263765378083045973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-23076452460126269082011-04-18T23:10:44.701+01:002011-04-18T23:10:44.701+01:00This is deplorable, I dread if I had to go into ho...This is deplorable, I dread if I had to go into hospital in my area as I need answers to questions which I don't get.<br />Your sister must feel as you do angry and unwanted.I hope all goes well.<br />Yvonne.RHYTHM AND RHYMEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11386975261804630799noreply@blogger.com