@nuncio@jvipondmd “Patients typically wait for six hours, but I’ve seen people wait for as long as 15 hours on a busy day, growing sick and impatient in the emergency room chairs. “
An hour would be considered very speedy (and lucky).
@nuncio@jvipondmd There are still many that are serious about helping (as in this article). Was speaking to a rural Alberta colleague just yesterday. When he moved to his community he was one of 9. Now he’s one of 5 in the face of the increased loads mentioned in this piece.
Kevin Fong just made a crucial point on Phillip Hammond's R4 show 'How I ruined medicine' (which I caught the end of):
Only when the wellbeing of #NHS staff and patients are given equal weight will any NHS #workforce plan really stem the tide of #nurses & #doctors leaving the health service.
The wellbeing of patients is usually privileged in NHS planning but without being attentive to the wellbeing of staff who need to deliver & manage the health service, we will fail!
@ChrisMayLA6 I recently saw my GP, for the first time in a few years, and came away more worried about his health than my own. A relatively young and healthy man had been very nearly broken. But still his care was excellent.
We can’t keep running our NHS on human fuel. #SaveOurNHS
@ChrisMayLA6 To put in perspective, Tesco salary 1988 £1.20/hour basic, now almost ten times that, junior doctor salary when I started in 1993 approx £3.80/hour basic, now 3.5 times that. Price of a flat in 1995, £35k. Same flat now, around £170k. I could just about get a mortgage in 1995, todays juniors stand no chance.
From yesterday: ”Y’all are out here on strike making sure that our kids are born safely, that we’re taken care of when we are sick, that our neighbors—in their most desperate moments—get the care that they need.”
@ChrisMayLA6 It's extraordinary (and frustrating) that the Tories have consistently been unable/unwilling to comprehend that there's a link between NHS staffing levels and NHS pay. And indeed, that there's a link between staffing levels and patient outcomes.
I mean, come on. This is hardly rocket science. "Low pay = low staff retention" isn't a revolutionary concept.