http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/youandyours/ram/2007_20_wed_05.ram
I nearly drove over a roundabout listening to Ivan Lewis, a Health Minister on You and Yours yesterday. He is talking about the non delivery of hearing aids and comes in after 4 minutes 40 seconds or so.
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The national health service was once the envy of the world. These elderly people have been contributing all their live and now get fuck all in return. It make I want to spit.
It makes me spit too Ratty. An eighty year old with an excruciating shoulder pain was told by his GP "There's not much we can do for people your age". Which is cock. He hasn't even been offered an xray.
To be fair to Ivan Lewis he must have been very embarassed by his performance because all reference to his participation in the interview has been removed from the BBC website today.
Afternoon Lilith,
I've sent this to Iain Dale on a similar topic, but it seems he's a bit busy at the moment! BTW, I couldn't open the link somehow - probably my aging laptop, (not the other one, which is even older)...
Scroblene said...
Actually, there's very little one can do with some unforseen illnesses, such as a sudden diabetic collapse (which can lead to a coma).
The Paramedics which arrived within minutes to one scene I witnessed, knew exactly what to do. I couldn't lift the patient, only make her comfortable. She couldn't/wouldn't take the sugar/glucose solution because she was out of it totally, and I didn't have the emergency injection kit (now freely available), to revive her.
I had no alternative but to dial 999, and after their kind administrations, we all recovered!
However, the same person is now denied a visit to her Consultant, cannot get the regular eye tests she used to get at the hospital, and is pushed onto her GP, who, although a good guy, has little scope than to pass her on to their nurse, who ends up taking tests and not much else.
Luckily, the lady in question takes her condition very seriously, and has been able to stay under near total control for 37 years.
During the times I helped her out on travelling in the old days, I used to see all the other patients at the clinic, and most of them seemed to have nowhere near her level of self-concern.
It's bad enough being 'Type One' diabetic in the first place, but I fear for these people, because, they are amongst the millions now being sidelined by Nulab's drastic NHS cuts.
Notjust old people-my daugther has a six week wait for a refit
"education e u a i d t i o" - not if you can't hear it...
The idea is the more deaf and blind people the better - this means less people hearing or seeing the travesty that is Nu Lab government.
I am sorry you couldnt get the link to work Scroblene, it is meant to open real player.
I might try transcribing some of it for a laugh.
I am sorry for your girl Mutters.
I think people need advocates when they seek medical attention these days.
Interesting statement that, about having an advocate for medical help Lilith.
Many years ago, when Mrs S was sick of the palsy, (actually pretty poorly - and the girls were very young too), our doctor kept faffing around. So, after several attempts to get some help, I just turned up at the hospital she'd been sent home from and re-admitted her myself.
I'm not a medical man, but when we turned up, they looked all over for her notes, and all I said was 'Well, Dr So and So said she had to come in', and so she did!
She got better after that, so 'just do it' and you'll be surprised!
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