Miscellaneous Thread V

I really don't understand the logic behind taking money away from the NHS, and having a transition to 7 day working? It feels like the government is trying to make the NHS so deprived of staff numbers that it performs really badly, so that they can justify getting rid of it.

It's very easy for NHS users to come out and chat **** about everything negative about the service, and to say all of it to people who can't think for themselves.

Why wouldn't we want the NHS to continue?

I'm probably in the minority but I think it should be 7 day working week. I'd like to have full access to healthcare options all week and not have to take time off work if I need to go to the NHS.

Unreal comprehension.

"Posted 2h ago"

Man thinks 2h ago = 2am

Completely agree that NHS should be 7 days, but you can't implement something like that without increasing staff numbers?

I think the problem is that it's hard to judge how it will balance out?

Will current workload just spread from 5 to 7 days and so you need fewer staff during the normal week and then you can reallocate for the weekend?

Or do you need more numbers to physically cover?

Once you hire people, it's very hard to get rid of that expense so always need to be careful of taking on new people.

That and the NHS has no money as it is..

The NHS have already rolled out 7 day work. Weekday workload remains the same, but they want the same members of staff to stretch to the weekend. For example, when I worked at a hospital I covered three wards (on a 7 day basis). They closed down one for a while and cut down staff accordingly. When they reopened it (and we're talking 30 beds) they didn't hire any more staff. It meant instead of seeing 7 or 8 patients a day I had to see like 12 routinely (not to mention emergencies).

It meant that staff need to see more patients throughout the day, and because urgent cases need priority, they can't give priority to all. Makes the quality of care reduce massively, which instantly makes getting rid of the NHS justifiable.

That, and the whole carehome situation is an absolute shambles too.

Rejection after rejection after rejection

**** sake I don't know what more I can do

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The NHS isn't full care for 7 days which is what I think the Government are trying to achieve.

Tbh no one factored in the population growth or life expectancy increasing so much or cost of healthcare etc all going up so much. The NHS is going to have to dramatically change at some point, as is care home situation as is the pension situation.

No one wants to be the one brave enough to try and fix any of those though..

Rejection after rejection after rejection

**** sake I don't know what more I can do

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Thoughts on Ched Evans? Legal types, do you thing he will get off?

Also when is the verdict?

The NHS isn't full care for 7 days which is what I think the Government are trying to achieve.

Tbh no one factored in the population growth or life expectancy increasing so much or cost of healthcare etc all going up so much. The NHS is going to have to dramatically change at some point, as is care home situation as is the pension situation.

No one wants to be the one brave enough to try and fix any of those though..

Do you have a recruiter

job hunting* I always have all the empathy in the world for those in the midst of it. Every time in my life that I have been forced into periods of job hunting, its just been an awful soul crushing parade of dissapointment.. until finally when all hope has faded, (to go all lord-of-the-rings) something comes along.*

I've used a few, some have been good and others have been a complete waste of time. I have an excellent CV which has been checked many times, and I know I interview well (which has again been checked many times), yet the feedback every time is either "not enough experience" or "the other candidate would fit better within the team". It's so frustrating because i've never had any constructive feedback.

I'm still paying rent & bills as well as living expenses so whilst I do have savings now, they will very quickly run out.



I've had 3 jobs since I left university:

1st: Contract not extended because I was going on holiday, even though I told them in the interview and they said it was fine.
2nd: Made redundant because the department was downsized
3rd: Made redundant

Am I cursed or something?

Care and pensions are both absolutely ****ed and will need radical reform sooner or later. It's a really tough area to try and sort out, especially because we have an ageing population and pensioners are always the age group most likely to vote. I certainly can't think of a viable long term solution to either area. To be perfectly honest I don't expect the state pension to exist by the time i'm 65.

If you think it's bad now just wait 25-30 years until all the zero hours contractors who've never been able to afford their own home reach their 60s. They won't have anything in their pension pot or a home of their own to live in - what will happen to these people? That is a very large ticking time bomb and nobody seems to be paying any attention to it, Labour or Conservative.

I've used a few, some have been good and others have been a complete waste of time. I have an excellent CV which has been checked many times, and I know I interview well (which has again been checked many times), yet the feedback every time is either "not enough experience" or "the other candidate would fit better within the team". It's so frustrating because i've never had any constructive feedback.

I'm still paying rent & bills as well as living expenses so whilst I do have savings now, they will very quickly run out.



I've had 3 jobs since I left university:

1st: Contract not extended because I was going on holiday, even though I told them in the interview and they said it was fine.
2nd: Made redundant because the department was downsized
3rd: Made redundant

Am I cursed or something?

Neither Labour or the Tories are doing anything about it as to do so they would have to tactical nuke pensions now and that is electoral suicide. If we have a reset asap then we can start rebuilding for the future asap. Otherwise, the birth rate is going to be decimated and that brings a whole new basket of challenges.