Bebedoll | Site-Wide Activity https://bebe-doll.net/activity/ Activity feed for the entire site. Tue, 28 Jul 2020 13:20:37 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v=6.1.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 8b7b599c1e8e0c2e997a6ea18cf905b4 Elbie replied to the topic So Near to Quitting (Job Related) in the forum Chit chat http://bebe-doll.net/forums/topic/so-near-to-quitting-job-related/#post-491 Mon, 09 Jul 2018 16:37:41 +0000 I’ve moved from Chelsea out to Kew as it was proving way too much living in such a high-paced area but at the detriment of going from a 20 minute commute to now an hour. It’s great being near the large parks and I love spending a Sunday with a picnic on Kew Green or Richmond Green watching the cricket but I just can’t handle the craziness of the…[Read more]

]]> d8dd0aaeebfc7e9eea362634d8fa2274 Elbie replied to the topic So Near to Quitting (Job Related) in the forum Chit chat http://bebe-doll.net/forums/topic/so-near-to-quitting-job-related/#post-490 Mon, 09 Jul 2018 16:37:19 +0000 growing up in North Devon certainly didn’t set me up for city life! That’s the major issue with moving outside of London. I’m lucky where I am that there are multiple ways into work if one of the lines is down. I can easily get the Central, Piccadilly, District or South Eastern trains so moving out I would be limited to one line and if anything…[Read more]

]]> f3886204d91ce5c3f9ea303911c73def Elbie replied to the topic So Near to Quitting (Job Related) in the forum Chit chat http://bebe-doll.net/forums/topic/so-near-to-quitting-job-related/#post-489 Mon, 09 Jul 2018 16:36:57 +0000 I would need another 18months to start seeing the rewards, especially if I were to seriously look for jobs. Looking at it like that it doesn’t seem much really… I have looked at moving out to Haslemere so may re-visit that idea.

]]> dc6f6fd3889bf1e88fb6dafd07721109 Elbie replied to the topic So Near to Quitting (Job Related) in the forum Chit chat http://bebe-doll.net/forums/topic/so-near-to-quitting-job-related/#post-488 Mon, 09 Jul 2018 16:36:30 +0000 I have certainly looked into it, but it’s just so dangerous. I work closer with 3 people who cycle into work but not one hasn’t had an injury caused by cycling in the last year – most by being hit by vehicles.

]]> 9d1aa499ec4305d061e13a3dab461738 happyclappy replied to the topic So Near to Quitting (Job Related) in the forum Chit chat http://bebe-doll.net/forums/topic/so-near-to-quitting-job-related/#post-487 Mon, 09 Jul 2018 16:35:44 +0000 One of the best things about London is that it is so different from area to area so you can often solve many problems by zoning in on what it is, in particular, that is making you unhappy. Your commute does sound awful and would drive most people mad – is there no way that you could rectify that, either by changing jobs or areas? There are few…[Read more]

]]> 93274991984b144d0ad95135c698ab13 alec replied to the topic So Near to Quitting (Job Related) in the forum Chit chat http://bebe-doll.net/forums/topic/so-near-to-quitting-job-related/#post-486 Mon, 09 Jul 2018 16:34:17 +0000 Moving out could entail a commute of more than one hour; it used to take my OH two hours door to door in the morning and again in the evening – and that was when the trains ran on time and weren’t cancelled. He frequently had to stand for the 40 min (ha! it rarely was 40 mins) into Padders.

You say your job is great with amazing career prospects.…[Read more]

]]> d1993479e49bff8eb4dab9e8e94d851c Red-1 replied to the topic So Near to Quitting (Job Related) in the forum Chit chat http://bebe-doll.net/forums/topic/so-near-to-quitting-job-related/#post-485 Mon, 09 Jul 2018 16:33:36 +0000 How long would you need to work in London for to build up the skills to make it worth hanging on for? That’s what I’d perhaps base my decision on.

Also you could look at commuting – coming from further out is more costly but can be strangely faster than when you live in London.

We are moving to Surrey so out of London. It will be a 30 or 40 min…[Read more]

]]> 7ecfa25cf906c994f00102b8cd290444 Kez replied to the topic So Near to Quitting (Job Related) in the forum Chit chat http://bebe-doll.net/forums/topic/so-near-to-quitting-job-related/#post-484 Mon, 09 Jul 2018 16:32:46 +0000 Can you commute by cycle instead? I used to bike through central London as a student, and it certainly woke me up for lectures! I got around quicker that if I had used public transport.

London is great for a while, but IMHO not for long term. How long do you need to hang in there careerwise to be able to get out advantageously?

]]> 6a12b0feb27cf308f9552ed6c13248d4 Kelly replied to the topic So Near to Quitting (Job Related) in the forum Chit chat http://bebe-doll.net/forums/topic/so-near-to-quitting-job-related/#post-483 Mon, 09 Jul 2018 16:32:06 +0000 I am biased as I would really not enjoy living in London. I lived there as a kid, moved out at age 9 and would not go back for loadsamoney!

]]> 93317aabdcad33468a29f2f619abe9fa Elbie started the topic So Near to Quitting (Job Related) in the forum Chit chat http://bebe-doll.net/forums/topic/so-near-to-quitting-job-related/ Mon, 09 Jul 2018 16:31:40 +0000 This is probably going to end up more as a rant than anything else!

Basically, I’ve been living in London for over two years now and the novelty has officially worn off. I gave up horses when I moved (and most upsettingly my dogs couldn’t/wouldn’t cope either so they were rehomed too).

My job is great, and with amazing career prospects but I…[Read more]

]]> 360e071d904f57d5beaad14e11063488 Elbie replied to the topic Trouble quitting the drink in the forum Chit chat http://bebe-doll.net/forums/topic/trouble-quitting-the-drink/#post-481 Mon, 09 Jul 2018 16:30:09 +0000 AA alone is probably not going to be enough. I know alcoholics who have been to rehab (in both residential units and “day” units) and they have attended AA once they have made a start on therapy at these units. Some GPs are better than others at discussing the options for therapy (I know one GP who suggested the patient Google it). You may well…[Read more]

]]> 24ba927e2cad559f37f7c29adbb19cda ester replied to the topic Trouble quitting the drink in the forum Chit chat http://bebe-doll.net/forums/topic/trouble-quitting-the-drink/#post-480 Mon, 09 Jul 2018 16:29:06 +0000 Wanting to stop is the most important thing. My thought would be…….don’t mix with anyone else who drinks. Go to social scenes such as cafes. Go on a trip with no access to alcohol. Treat yourself to posh soft drinks. Think of things to do with the money that you save. Best wishes.

]]> 3ddf1a78ae57427b32f73ddff5b3ac54 PeterJ replied to the topic Trouble quitting the drink in the forum Chit chat http://bebe-doll.net/forums/topic/trouble-quitting-the-drink/#post-479 Mon, 09 Jul 2018 16:28:19 +0000 Thanks, to be honest I’ve struggled. I think only now am I ready to fully quit. I’ve prevaricated and maybe wasn’t serious before but this time I feel like I’m prepared to go any lengths to quit drinking.

]]> 61566dd9efbadd790be8a2e37162fd81 claro replied to the topic Trouble quitting the drink in the forum Chit chat http://bebe-doll.net/forums/topic/trouble-quitting-the-drink/#post-478 Mon, 09 Jul 2018 16:27:35 +0000 You need to talk Peter, you have made a start here, open up to your friends and family, be honest, you need their support, if there is no-one to talk to then a good GP and AA will certainly help.

]]> 18038164b4caadb64dbc24cd673cac68 PeterJ replied to the topic Trouble quitting the drink in the forum Chit chat http://bebe-doll.net/forums/topic/trouble-quitting-the-drink/#post-477 Mon, 09 Jul 2018 16:26:57 +0000 Thanks, I’m going to an AA meeting today.

]]> 6fe56b30a7c761244f161f351c5717b9 bobby replied to the topic Trouble quitting the drink in the forum Chit chat http://bebe-doll.net/forums/topic/trouble-quitting-the-drink/#post-476 Mon, 09 Jul 2018 16:25:51 +0000 I can’t give any advice, not found myself in that position or similar before but have you tried one of the support charities / networks out there?

There’s a few numbers at the bottom of this page:
https://www.drinkaware.co.uk/alcohol-facts/drinking-habits-and-behaviours/am-i-alcohol-dependent/

]]> 8aadfc41d745199734192577b4df59b7 Kelly replied to the topic Trouble quitting the drink in the forum Chit chat http://bebe-doll.net/forums/topic/trouble-quitting-the-drink/#post-475 Mon, 09 Jul 2018 16:25:17 +0000 I cannot offer much help but did not want to read and run. I can advise start with GP and AA.

]]> 858a20b9cf111158c70cede6be5ddc0c PeterJ started the topic Trouble quitting the drink in the forum Chit chat http://bebe-doll.net/forums/topic/trouble-quitting-the-drink/ Mon, 09 Jul 2018 16:24:47 +0000 I’m an alcoholic and could well have lost my life through drinking. I’m lucky in a way. I have tried to stop but find it difficult. Has anyone been in the same position? I binge drink to the point I put myself in a bad position. After 2 or 3 days sober I feel better and think I can go back to drinking normally but that’s stupid. I feel lonely and…[Read more]

]]> c9253a07873ade0f4c200fa2af37f321 Kez replied to the topic Review: Healthandcare Avoid at all costs! in the forum Chit chat http://bebe-doll.net/forums/topic/review-healthandcare-avoid-at-all-costs/#post-473 Mon, 09 Jul 2018 16:21:47 +0000 Ouch, £40 is a lot of money to waste. Your better off going to see your doctor and getting some NHS insoles made just for you to ease your foot pain rather than risking it with sites like that. Wearing dodgy insoles can make plantar fasciitis worse.

Maybe instead of just throwing them away just send them back in the post and then do a paypal…[Read more]

]]> a65e37db2d2ee9ac78c9d69211711207 Kelly replied to the topic Rude and dishonest motorists in the forum Chit chat http://bebe-doll.net/forums/topic/rude-and-dishonest-motorists/#post-465 Tue, 30 Jan 2018 11:49:21 +0000 Very frustrating but nothing you can do, although I hope we are all here for you to give a shoulder to cry on or vent at.

In which spirit, I had one last year: I parked in a park and ride a while ago at the end of a row and somebody later came and parked in very close to me, on a no-parking cross-hatched area – so close that I had to climb in…[Read more]

]]> 8aa2791ce6ad6e3cc0f3e659a3380b1b Katy replied to the topic Rude and dishonest motorists in the forum Chit chat http://bebe-doll.net/forums/topic/rude-and-dishonest-motorists/#post-464 Tue, 30 Jan 2018 11:48:12 +0000 @fi You raise an interesting point there. Insurance Companies instruct you not to make any admission of liability in the event of an accident, so if you bump someone’s car in a car park, how do you word your owning up note?

It could be quite amusing, and maybe something along these lines?

” I regret that an incident occurred this afternoon in…[Read more]

]]> 2a22d8d4ec8d8d017119ec36cfb975ca fi replied to the topic Rude and dishonest motorists in the forum Chit chat http://bebe-doll.net/forums/topic/rude-and-dishonest-motorists/#post-463 Tue, 30 Jan 2018 11:47:37 +0000 TBH I am not surprised. If they had owned up, they would perhaps have to pay an excess (do you pay and excess on third party) and their insurance may go up £200 a yaer for the next 3 years, so it might cost them £1000.

They should own up, but I can see the huge disincentive not to

]]> 99bfe2e88fcb76b7964ae8b17bfe15cd fi replied to the topic Rude and dishonest motorists in the forum Chit chat http://bebe-doll.net/forums/topic/rude-and-dishonest-motorists/#post-462 Tue, 30 Jan 2018 11:46:52 +0000

Agreed, people get way too precious over the appearance of their vehicles.

@red-1 That’s for the owner of the vehicle to decide.

Personally, I would pursue someone who was being obviously careless and incompetent or flippant about it for every single penny[1], but might let it go if it was obvious it was a genuine accident and they were…[Read more]

]]> 7405c16c54b4b867fbec131bf5db4603 alec replied to the topic Rude and dishonest motorists in the forum Chit chat http://bebe-doll.net/forums/topic/rude-and-dishonest-motorists/#post-461 Tue, 30 Jan 2018 11:45:43 +0000 @red-1 @happyclappy I don’t care what my car looks like, but I can understand that some people do like expensive/shiny cars and want to keep them that way.

]]> 6c3c8eede3be199759a6c01afea95bb5 happyclappy replied to the topic Rude and dishonest motorists in the forum Chit chat http://bebe-doll.net/forums/topic/rude-and-dishonest-motorists/#post-460 Tue, 30 Jan 2018 11:44:59 +0000

Agreed, people get way too precious over the appearance of their vehicles.

@red-1 Perhaps, but when you damage someone else’s property it’s up to them to let it go or not, so fess up.

]]> 4194e2b89a128ada1e28b547fbab7083 Red-1 replied to the topic Rude and dishonest motorists in the forum Chit chat http://bebe-doll.net/forums/topic/rude-and-dishonest-motorists/#post-459 Tue, 30 Jan 2018 11:44:11 +0000

I told them I didn’t care, and didn’t want to claim for the damage.

@alec Agreed, people get way too precious over the appearance of their vehicles.

]]> 69a34eb1df32fc5a2451e310b51f4569 alec replied to the topic Rude and dishonest motorists in the forum Chit chat http://bebe-doll.net/forums/topic/rude-and-dishonest-motorists/#post-458 Tue, 30 Jan 2018 11:43:13 +0000

I am more pissed off that the bar steward who did it didn’t have the honesty/courtesy to leave a note on my windscreen telling me what they had done and how to contact them, than the damage itself.

I get that. My first car (an old Mondeo) got keyed badly at Aberffraw on Anglesey years ago. The damage didn’t bother me, but the fact that someone,…[Read more]

]]> 7eba4a84e5f6050742d5cf604eb1e457 Katy started the topic Rude and dishonest motorists in the forum Chit chat http://bebe-doll.net/forums/topic/rude-and-dishonest-motorists/ Tue, 30 Jan 2018 11:42:07 +0000 Had the back wing of my parked car bumped by some unknown motorist in the supermarket car park yesterday. Just been to get a quote for repair and respray of affected area – £225- urgh! No CCTV cameras.

I am more pissed off that the bar steward who did it didn’t have the honesty/courtesy to leave a note on my windscreen telling me what they had…[Read more]

]]> 20adffb68d59185fc3a38e0f9c3d909c alec replied to the topic NHS in crisis in the forum Chit chat http://bebe-doll.net/forums/topic/nhs-in-crisis/#post-452 Fri, 12 Jan 2018 16:02:44 +0000 On the 27th. Dec we had cause to call our GP’s surgery. Following consolation with one of the GPs we were advised to call for a paramedic, which we did. A fully kitted-out ambulance arrived and spent two hours with us. Nothing was too much trouble, the potential seriousness of the situation was accepted by the ambulance staff and the service,…[Read more]

]]> 4bba0652acd0c226534f01647b0577f8 bebe replied to the topic NHS in crisis in the forum Chit chat http://bebe-doll.net/forums/topic/nhs-in-crisis/#post-451 Fri, 12 Jan 2018 16:01:07 +0000 I have troubled the NHS over the last 4 years and one more year to go. I have nothing but praise for them in the main, and due to the nature of my treatment (breast cancer) I had time to get to know one or two of the team that looked after me.

I remember being really shocked at the speed (7 days) I was processed at. I asked how I was being…[Read more]

]]> 0cb2bde62665d8b61e78ba1e65d5431e me replied to the topic NHS in crisis in the forum Chit chat http://bebe-doll.net/forums/topic/nhs-in-crisis/#post-450 Fri, 12 Jan 2018 15:59:50 +0000 We actually have a National Illness Service rather than a Health service – it most usually deals with ill people. Ill people tend to be either very quiet or quick to whinge. When I have considered myself ill enough to go to hospital – I couldn’t have cared less actually where I was treated, so I think we all hear far too much of trolly lying and…[Read more]

]]> 7555f6d54905517310dcc3436e6bb266 mandymandy replied to the topic NHS in crisis in the forum Chit chat http://bebe-doll.net/forums/topic/nhs-in-crisis/#post-449 Fri, 12 Jan 2018 15:55:40 +0000 @elbie The NHS should not be given more money as it has consistently demonstrated that it does not provide a better service for it. The waste that I have seen at first hand in both community and acute services is eye watering and what made me angry is that the staff don’t even notice it any more. I confronted a surgical consultant as to why a…[Read more]

]]> f314cc9ed3b788044cb48a1bb9eb53f8 Elbie replied to the topic NHS in crisis in the forum Chit chat http://bebe-doll.net/forums/topic/nhs-in-crisis/#post-447 Fri, 12 Jan 2018 15:54:22 +0000 The NHS need more funding.

]]> 8d5560a0005dc48a34fde556b1e64fe9 poppy replied to the topic NHS in crisis in the forum Chit chat http://bebe-doll.net/forums/topic/nhs-in-crisis/#post-446 Fri, 12 Jan 2018 15:52:54 +0000 Some A&Es are setting up a GP type facility where the people who think it appropriate to attend with illness/injury that could be self treated are seen. Personally I think the 4 hour maximum wait should be abolished so the people cited in the previous sentence get pushed further and further down the queue. I am an ex NHS professional and have…[Read more]

]]> 0b029ac6372cf4a1825d68664ad4e2a9 york replied to the topic NHS in crisis in the forum Chit chat http://bebe-doll.net/forums/topic/nhs-in-crisis/#post-445 Fri, 12 Jan 2018 15:52:09 +0000 @mary Perhaps my point was buried in my overly long post.

When I wrote “old age care” I meant specifically the kind that requires some kind of medical supervision and equipment, a care home, or whatever the term is at the moment.

When I wrote “not everybody requires care in old age” I also meant that some people are able to live in their own…[Read more]

]]> 53dbec74584b8f7cbc3619c4d353ad90 mary replied to the topic NHS in crisis in the forum Chit chat http://bebe-doll.net/forums/topic/nhs-in-crisis/#post-444 Fri, 12 Jan 2018 15:51:28 +0000 @york you are talking about the kind of care that would have been provided by family and often still is. I don’t get the argument that the general tax payer should pay more tax so that the family can be off doing something else while preserving their inheritance. Do you see no responsibility on the part of a family which has the funds/time to look…[Read more]

]]> 6b4b5cafe1545e314d949fd0be73a407 york replied to the topic NHS in crisis in the forum Chit chat http://bebe-doll.net/forums/topic/nhs-in-crisis/#post-443 Fri, 12 Jan 2018 15:49:55 +0000 I was born and grew up in the UK, have lived in several countries and seen how the health services work there as a user of those services. I also have a brother who is an anaesthetic technician in hostpital operating theatres in the UK, friends who are nurses and specialist nurses, are GPs or are specialist doctors in France and in the US, so I…[Read more]

]]> de50ee1579695eca7656e5fc7a717b79 smokey replied to the topic NHS in crisis in the forum Chit chat http://bebe-doll.net/forums/topic/nhs-in-crisis/#post-442 Fri, 12 Jan 2018 15:48:27 +0000 It will be more bonkers as things go on as you have a generation of people coming up who have been unable to buy their own homes so don’t have that sort of equity either, and have had a much poorer deal on any pensions they have (no final salary set ups etc).

]]> 85d5d60ace9b251bbd9e2790607bb1c4 Elbie replied to the topic NHS in crisis in the forum Chit chat http://bebe-doll.net/forums/topic/nhs-in-crisis/page/2/#post-441 Fri, 12 Jan 2018 15:43:21 +0000 Hmmm….Our GP surgery seems to be quite well managed, appointments can be made for an emergency at short notice, some surgeries start early, others go on late, the close private hospital is used for X rays and some operations are carried out at private hospitals paid for by the NHS.

It is such a political hot potato that any sensible discussion…[Read more]

]]> 40fd7ac2651c34adc98d69c430e91c4b Sar replied to the topic NHS in crisis in the forum Chit chat http://bebe-doll.net/forums/topic/nhs-in-crisis/page/2/#post-440 Fri, 12 Jan 2018 15:42:00 +0000 To be honest, even with the best will in the world, I don’t think it is going to be possible to maintain the NHS in its present form into the future.
It is inevitable that it will have to become at least part paid for by the end user directly.
Medicine is becoming more personalised and as a result, more costly. Many of the new drugs coming through…[Read more]

]]> ba71963730bd98bfc420563548c4015c frogface replied to the topic NHS in crisis in the forum Chit chat http://bebe-doll.net/forums/topic/nhs-in-crisis/page/2/#post-439 Fri, 12 Jan 2018 15:40:46 +0000 The “promised” money for mental health care from Jeremy Hunt, is after years, by parties of all colours, of underfunding and closure of beds and services. In one major northern city when the large instittion was closed there were three new hospitals built with a total of 20 wards for in-patient care, fifteen years later these were reduced to a…[Read more]

]]> a10d005a224958dad1625b010b9e547f honey replied to the topic NHS in crisis in the forum Chit chat http://bebe-doll.net/forums/topic/nhs-in-crisis/page/2/#post-438 Fri, 12 Jan 2018 15:39:42 +0000 With all the above you have to think, why?
I have worked on and off for about 40 years, so I have seen a lot of changes. The NHS has always been managed short term, every shade of party thinks they can do it better and most have tried.
When it worked about its best, we had managed to reduce hospital stays and increase waiting times we were as a…[Read more]

]]> c976af6eeb080d1e8d835b67dcf0fbac Dave replied to the topic NHS in crisis in the forum Chit chat http://bebe-doll.net/forums/topic/nhs-in-crisis/page/2/#post-437 Fri, 12 Jan 2018 15:38:30 +0000 This is an issue with demographics.
We must must must have an adult discussion as a nation about the increased cost of people living longer.
We need to be grown up and accept that the old will have to be prepared to pay for more and better management of the help needed in old age.
I was saddened that the idea of the elderly paying on death part of…[Read more]

]]> 1a04f8d333d49b258d878b10fe7abe65 theocat replied to the topic NHS in crisis in the forum Chit chat http://bebe-doll.net/forums/topic/nhs-in-crisis/page/2/#post-436 Fri, 12 Jan 2018 15:37:27 +0000 Lots of mismanagement within the NHS (although by no means universally). But the main problem is the galloping increase in life expectancy, accompanying tremendous increases in cost-per-head while we prop people up into their eighties and nineties and beyond, and a complete unwillingness to fund it. That’s not just politicians, by the way; only a…[Read more]

]]> 3f991a953552f43431ee36e0582aafb2 pakkasham replied to the topic NHS in crisis in the forum Chit chat http://bebe-doll.net/forums/topic/nhs-in-crisis/page/2/#post-435 Fri, 12 Jan 2018 15:36:40 +0000 And mental health services are facing similar problems
https://www.mind.org.uk/news-campaigns/news/mental-health-services-cut-by-8-per-cent/#.WlIpgqanyf0
This article is 2 yrs old and things are getting worse.

]]> d7f802c54d9ef12a2ee86820b7d460e5 pakkasham replied to the topic NHS in crisis in the forum Chit chat http://bebe-doll.net/forums/topic/nhs-in-crisis/#post-434 Fri, 12 Jan 2018 15:36:15 +0000 40% of NHS Walk-in centres have closed since 2010.
We have seen a loss of 14,000 NHS beds, to date.
How many A&E departments are being closed or downgraded?
The number of District Nurses in England has been cut by 28%.

Why repeatedly cut funding for social care, particularly for vulnerable elderly people when it has been recognised that the…[Read more]

]]> 45f73b9afeb3fb6ab3555b5cf42481e8 Red-1 replied to the topic NHS in crisis in the forum Chit chat http://bebe-doll.net/forums/topic/nhs-in-crisis/#post-433 Fri, 12 Jan 2018 15:35:27 +0000

I don’t know the answer but I do know that the current system is awful. Only this week our local doctors surgery has changed its system. If you want a same day appointment you have to go on a list and then travel 10 miles in the worst traffic imaginable to see someone. who may only be a nurse. Our local surgery has plenty of nurses who used to d…

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]]> a20cd82b1e2f29206d5b8129bb6c0d1f oldfogey replied to the topic NHS in crisis in the forum Chit chat http://bebe-doll.net/forums/topic/nhs-in-crisis/#post-432 Fri, 12 Jan 2018 15:34:01 +0000

(No defence of the government, just my tuppence)
There needs to be a better system in place to stop people presenting at a&e with minor ailments. If only those who genuinely needed a&e were there it might be a different story.

That being said, that means the whole system needs overhauled, being able to get a same day Gp appointment, seemless…

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]]> a6b2abadcb6e64f2828c0ed95e16e3cc Holly replied to the topic NHS in crisis in the forum Chit chat http://bebe-doll.net/forums/topic/nhs-in-crisis/#post-431 Fri, 12 Jan 2018 15:32:05 +0000 It’s not just about the end user though is it? In business if you ran an organisation so wastefully, you would go bust. The NHS continues to be propped up despite disastrous management.

Just two examples from either end of the spectrum:

1) A local senior NHS manager who was provided with a car as part of her package, all costs including…[Read more]

]]> 60e5101f713f543456bfc395bddaafd2 Jessie replied to the topic NHS in crisis in the forum Chit chat http://bebe-doll.net/forums/topic/nhs-in-crisis/#post-430 Fri, 12 Jan 2018 15:31:31 +0000 If it is the same Trusts always struggling, maybe they are the ones with a greater population catchment. Our Trust is always struggling ,has been in special measures, but a lot of people in quite a “poor” area.
Also about 3 weeks for a docs appointment locally so people rock up at A &E.

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