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TSR Med Students' Society Part III

Reply 1120

win2kpro

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Alcoholics in the making. :dance:

Reply 1121

Jessaay!

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Original post by win2kpro

Alcoholics ~~in the making.~~ :dance:

Corrected.

I'm at your union on Friday. How are drinks prices? Trying to set at least a vague budget here.

(edited 13 years ago)

Reply 1122

Mushi_master

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Lovely romantic weekend followed by romantic dinner last night, happiest I've been in a long while.

Then we get back from dinner, I feel ill, throw up, ruin that good feeling. Gah.

Reply 1123

Philosoraptor

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Original post by Mushi_master

Lovely romantic weekend followed by romantic dinner last night, happiest I've been in a long while.

Then we get back from dinner, I feel ill, throw up, ruin that good feeling. Gah.

*like* for sympathy haha

Reply 1124

Mushi_master

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Original post by Philosoraptor

*like* for sympathy haha

Haha, just moody now I'm back in London and trying to do my SSC.

Reply 1125

Philosoraptor

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Original post by Mushi_master

Haha, just moody now I'm back in London and trying to do my SSC.

I'll trade you your SSC to do my project ahah

Reply 1126

Mushi_master

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Original post by Philosoraptor

I'll trade you your SSC to do my project ahah

I think I'll pass, can't think of much worse than doing a systematic review!

Reply 1127

Wangers

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Does anyone else find it surreal that you can see pts with different things, some of them not good, and just walk away from it all?

Reply 1128

Wangers

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The NHS is failing to treat elderly patients in England with care, dignity and respect, an official report says.

The Health Service Ombudsman came to the conclusion after carrying out an in-depth review of 10 cases.

Reply 1129

Helenia

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Original post by Wangers

The NHS is failing to treat elderly patients in England with care, dignity and respect, an official report says.

The Health Service Ombudsman came to the conclusion after carrying out an in-depth review of 10 cases.

Do you think it's not true though?

Reply 1130

m197

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Original post by Jessaay!

This is true. :p:

I was trying to save my liver and do some exercise considering I have a race next weekend, aand also considering I'm going to St George's for sportsnight tomorrow, going out on friday and next week I'm celebrating the second year intermodular week so probably going out on Monday, tuesday, wednesday and then I'm invading the Imperial medics' Circle line pub crawl on Thursday... Not to mention social tour soon.

Oh well. the gym is overrated. So are livers. So is actually being good at a sport/academia. Drinkies it is :p:

On another note, putting embryology on the first page was a cruel joke. My entire table groaned when they opened the paper.

you dont want to be in the george's bar on wednesday.. no, really.. :ahhhhh:

Reply 1131

randdom

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Original post by Wangers

The NHS is failing to treat elderly patients in England with care, dignity and respect, an official report says.

The Health Service Ombudsman came to the conclusion after carrying out an in-depth review of 10 cases.

From my experience some of the personal care that elderly people get is pretty poor :frown:

there just aren't enough people to provide the high level of care required when someone has poor mobility/is confused etc

Thought I agree 10 cases isn't a huge number.

Reply 1132

Mushi_master

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Original post by randdom

From my experience some of the personal care that elderly people get is pretty poor :frown:

there just aren't enough people to provide the high level of care required when someone has poor mobility/is confused etc

Thought I agree 10 cases isn't a huge number.

Having been an HCA on an elderly ward for a year, I have to agree with you. Nurses will always complain of understaffing but the problem is certainly worse on CotE, having been on other wards with consistently better staffing rates with much more inependant patients. We were always massively overstretched compared with my work in other departments, and at the end of the day it's the patients who are suffering.

Reply 1133

Lantana

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Original post by Jessaay!

On another note, putting embryology on the first page was a cruel joke. My entire table groaned when they opened the paper.

It didn't come up on my paper and I revised it *sulks*

Reply 1134

Wangers

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Original post by Helenia

Do you think it's not true though?

You wouldn't accept a new treatment with a sample size of 10 - Well, unless you're Barry Marshall re H Pylori. I guess the point is its like saying - suppose there are 10 corrupt police officers in the Met, it dosn't mean you punish the whole lot. Yes, mistreatment or neglect is not acceptable, but to splash a widespread condemnation of the whole NHS dosn't respect or do justice to the on the whole brilliant care that the NHS does offer. But no, telling people that patients are well cared for wouldn't sell red tops.

Treatment like that is an utter disgrace, I'm not denying that but frankly, its nonsensical to create hysteria. All that will happen is that some ivory tower nutjob will design another 'care package' or 'pathway' to 'solve' this problem. Some other sort of addmittance booklet type thing that magically makes things better. I suspect that if this does happen - and my cynicism instinct says yes - it will only make the problem worse.

All this is actually saying is that COOP wards are generally full of patients who are doubley incontinant, possibly bed bound, possibly need feeding, and probably confused. All this leads to the need for closer care, possibly one-to-one specialing. All of this is usually done by HCAs, why? Because RNs are busy doing paperwork. Its not that they don't try (on the whole, and before nurses kick this off into another flamewar, some people in all professions are useless). This invariably means that you need more staff. There is no need for the Patient Association or the Ombudsman to tell you that - any HCA on a COOP ward could have cold you that. I wonder how much this 'research' cost.

It really drives me up the wall how much the Keep It Simple Stupid rule applies...But no, we'll have another national outrage lasting all of 48 hours until some other celebrity becomes pregnant. Keep things in perspective people.

Reply 1135

lekky

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Love Adele
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXG0YMv5Fvk&feature=channel

Reply 1136

Jessaay!

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OH MY GOD I HAVE SUCH AN AWFUL HANGOVER. My foot is also bleeding insane amounts. Bad times.

Original post by malaz_197

you dont want to be in the george's bar on wednesday.. no, really.. :ahhhhh:

I've probably seen worse/similar don't worry :p:

I'm used to being part of particularly harsh circles with people vomming in bags etc. It's your rag thing right? I'll be with the entire boat club so I shall not be alone.