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As covid is still with us, isn’t it vital that lessons be learned for future reference such as the effectiveness of lockdowns, NHS in Wales, vaccines & whether funding was put to the best possible use?
The first day they said on 3 occasions to phone back in 2 hours, the following day was after 12 noon & that is pretty much what we have stuck with. There is a ward clerk there during the week but not weekends & I have noted that the phone takes longer to be answered then. Doctors rounds are usually during the mornings so best to wait until either just before or after lunch when there may be something to report & cause least bother.
Having a close relative in hospital living a good distance away, we have no option but to phone for updates on health & treatment.
Isn’t it better for one person, usually next of kin, to phone the ward & then use group chat on Whatsapp or Messenger as we do, to pass on information. Anyone else calling is only told that the patient is comfortable anyway.Janej that wouldn’t work for children or those with dementia. All UK should be under the same system.
I imagine that agency staff are mostly made up of nurses who left the NHS for better money? Do agency staff also have shop discounts, pension rights, holiday, maternity/paternity & sick pay?
We have to be prepared for a tsunami of equally deserving people wanting big pay rises who also worked throughout the pandemic putting their lives on the line.
The ones who should have received the biggest claps on doorsteps were those selfless people who volunteered throughout covid keeping the country going.
I always believed that nursing was a vocation, not just a job.
I might be tempted to say, ‘stick your pension scheme, I want the money now.’
Maybe some people could do with looking back at 1930’s newspapers in the archives concerning cyclists, safety, cycle tracks & accident statistics. Journalists in those days actually reported news & make very interesting reading.
