NHS in general

As we hear and read a lot in the media these days regarding the NHS; some of it has been good and most of it, criticising the conditions and management particularly on a political basis. The latest is from a Financial and Management consultancy team which has already advised the Government to slash thousands of jobs within the NHS to bring its bank balance to a level it can work efficiently. This doesn't take rocket science and decent mathematical figures to work that out. Whoever hired this bunch of jokers in the first place, should be the first to lose their job, because it must have cost the tax payer and NHS a huge sum to hire them in ...  Read the complete review

The NHS as we all know is a free for all health service, here for us at our time of need. So you would think! We all know that there are many, many flaws to the NHS, but when something is run by the Government, could it ever be perfect?! Now, I work for the NHS, in the HR department of a hospital, so you would think that this review is going to be a one sided view, given from an employee, well its not, I've also been in the care of this particular hospital as a patient on 3 occasions. I have also seen as a parent, what the hospital had to offer for my daughter when she was just 6 months old, and taken into their care for a period of a few weeks. I have to say that it on ...  Read the complete review

The NHS what can I say about them? Well plenty as it happens I have a lot of experience with them especially since I was 12 and was diagnosed with type one diabetes's and my wife also suffers from rheumatoid arthritis. My experience has been nothing but positive. Sure they mess up sometimes and get things wrong but doesn't all types of business private and public. On the whole they give a fantastic service. As I said before I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes when I was 12 which was 22 years ago. From the start I felt that they were interested in getting me back to a normal life as soon as possible and there was loads of support to help me adjust ...  Read the complete review

I have a personal interest in the NHS because one of my daughter's is a Team Leader for the out of hours District Nurse Service. So if you live near me, and you need a district nurse in the evening or during the night , you will get one of her team. They are a great bunch, with a sense of humour and very dedicated to their work. Our local PCT is one of the few public sector organisations in the country, that is well managed and financially buoyant. Of course this does not mean that the NHS is in good shape, just this one small part. The Service that is offered locally has it's problems, unacceptably long waiting lists with some people falling ...  Read the complete review

Unfortunately I dont rate the NHS very highly anymore, this is not speaking of doctors and nurses etc, because I know how hard they work and how underpaid they are.. Obviously I havent stayed in every hospital but I can only speak of my own experience of one hospital. I had been staying in hospital for a few days after having my third child, there had been problems with the delivery and it was a really long labour. I was treated well, as was my new-born son. We eventually left the hospital 3 days later. On the way home in the car, I had a terrible pain tearing through my stomach. The pain was unbearable, so when I got home we phoned the ...  Read the complete review