General Chit Chat

[Bijou Bob]

what a steaming pile of garbage is this hospital friends and family "test" brought in to replace clinical targets by Mr Cameron..

I was in hospital today (as i often am) - and had cause to be sat waiting next to the poster...



ok... the left hand blue box...

those appear to be questions and answers - so they should not all be part of the same "rank" of bullet list - surely?

also - why the feck does the fourth bullet point have a question mark on the end?? WHY?????

in the tick-box section... what is the difference between "neither likely nor unlikely" and "don't know"?

as for the concept itself..

it is specifically for ward admissions and A&E visits...

IF my family member or friend is in torquay and suffer a medical emergency - so as to necessitate a visit to Accident and Emergency - then Torbay is the nearest A&E - by about an hour's drive.

so - in the event of such an emergency - would I recommend that they go to Torbay A&E?? yes - of course I fecking would!!! duh!!! I'd have tick the box labelled "extremely likely"...

and in conducting such an exercise the govt has spent millions learning pretty much NOTHING other that the fairly obvious fact that in a medical emergency, Torbay A&E is not SO dangerously bad that I'd recommend an hour's drive to Exeter to avoid it!

arrrgghhhhhh!!!

Believe it or not, the F&F questionairre also has to be given to hospital patients in Her Majesty's prisons. Yep, "Would you recommend this hospital to your friends and family"? Er, not exactly, it's in Parkhurst. Feckin stupidity of the highest order.

[Hoboh]

I get text messages asking 1-10 how I rate various hospital departments and would I recommend them to family/relatives

[bobo the clown]

I get text messages asking 1-10 how I rate various hospital departments and would I recommend them to family/relatives

Try rating the Bolton Reception ward, for new cases requiring settling and diagnosing before (probably) moving them onto an appropriate ward.

Very stressful, lots of scared patients and scared relatives. They do a great job ... at that acute stage.

However, when looking to move my mother on & they proposed a chest ward ... as she had a pneumonia yet she also had a broken pelvis and acute dementia. I asked about the "Complex Care" ward ... for multiple ailments. I was told it didn't exist. I replied that I'd been told it would be the appropriate ward by the A&E consultant. Again, they denied it existed and I got a head-cocked, sympathetic "Aaaw, poor love, doesn't understand" look.

I wandered off and found the ward which was cunningly called "the Complex Care Ward" (plus a number). I took photos of the ward entrance, the signs etc. & returned.

I again insisted this was the right ward, they again insisted it didn't exist. I showed them the photos at which I got " Oh ... THAT Complex Care Ward !!".

Funny hospital Bolton General ... which I insist on calling Town keys.

[bobo the clown]

According to the Times, of all UK workers - Vicars and priests have the highest job satisfaction.

Bish ???

[Lost Leopard Spot]

According to the Times, of all UK workers - Vicars and priests have the highest job satisfaction.

Bish ???

My border collie would question that.

[Harry Genshaw]

According to the Times, of all UK workers - Vicars and priests have the highest job satisfaction.

Bish ???

Hardly surprising. 1 hours work a week. Preaching to the converted with a free gaffe thrown in. No??

[Lost Leopard Spot]

According to the Times, of all UK workers - Vicars and priests have the highest job satisfaction.

Bish ???

Hardly surprising. 1 hours work a week. Preaching to the converted with a free gaffe thrown in. No??

[thebish]

According to the Times, of all UK workers - Vicars and priests have the highest job satisfaction.

Bish ???

well - given it's all a bit of a doddle (albeit fairly poorly paid) - then I can see why... (technically, though, I am neither Vicar nor priest... so - what would I know!)

[bobo the clown]

According to the Times, of all UK workers - Vicars and priests have the highest job satisfaction.

Bish ???

Well - given it's all a bit of a doddle (albeit fairly poorly paid) - then I can see why... (technically, though, I am neither Vicar nor priest... so - what would I know!)

Very technically. No normal person would know the difference.

Given that there are two of you in your house by 'eck you must glow with self satisfaction.

(I'd say "smug" but that's got me in trouble before !)

[Enoch]

According to the Times, of all UK workers - Vicars and priests have the highest job satisfaction.

Bish ???

Well - given it's all a bit of a doddle (albeit fairly poorly paid) - then I can see why... (technically, though, I am neither Vicar nor priest... so - what would I know!)

Very technically. No normal person would know the difference.

Given that there are two of you in your house by 'eck you must glow with self satisfaction.

(I'd say "smug" but that's got me in trouble before !)

I always thought it was vicars go with tarts and priests with small boys.

Of course that may just be because me folks always took the News of the Screws when I were a kid.

[thebish]

According to the Times, of all UK workers - Vicars and priests have the highest job satisfaction.

Bish ???

Well - given it's all a bit of a doddle (albeit fairly poorly paid) - then I can see why... (technically, though, I am neither Vicar nor priest... so - what would I know!)

Very technically. No normal person would know the difference.

Given that there are two of you in your house by 'eck you must glow with self satisfaction.

(I'd say "smug" but that's got me in trouble before !)

well - thanks for the out-of-the blue unsolicited character assessment of me and my family! It's very generous of you to share your expert opinion.

[thebish]

I really can't see much chance of my kids getting anywhere near the house-ownership ladder any time soon.....


http://www.theguardian.com/society/ng-i ... uy-a-house

[Lost Leopard Spot]

I really can't see much chance of my kids getting anywhere near the house-ownership ladder any time soon.....


http://www.theguardian.com/society/ng-i ... uy-a-house

They'd better move to BL3 then, dead cheap there.

[Beefheart]

I really can't see much chance of my kids getting anywhere near the house-ownership ladder any time soon.....


http://www.theguardian.com/society/ng-i ... uy-a-house

They'd better move to BL3 then, dead cheap there.

Yeah, luckily I plan on buying in Bolton not London.

[LeverEnd]

I really can't see much chance of my kids getting anywhere near the house-ownership ladder any time soon.....


http://www.theguardian.com/society/ng-i ... uy-a-house

They'd better move to BL3 then, dead cheap there.

I'll sell them my house in Great Lever. It's shit.

[Hoboh]

I really can't see much chance of my kids getting anywhere near the house-ownership ladder any time soon.....


http://www.theguardian.com/society/ng-i ... uy-a-house

They'd better move to BL3 then, dead cheap there.

I'll sell them my house in Great Lever. It's shit.

I'm sure you'd have no shortage of 'cash' offers from overseas personnel

[Gary the Enfield]

Glad I bought mine when I did. (insert smug nice person emoticon here)

[Bruce Rioja]

Always wondered mine and my neighbours' houses and identical houses over the other side of the main road differ in value. Apparently it's to do with school catchment areas.

[Lost Leopard Spot]

Always wondered mine and my neighbours' houses and identical houses over the other side of the main road differ in value. Apparently it's to do with school catchment areas.

Is that what they told you...

[thebish]

a bunch of white men with a guns is something to be calmly considered and debated... it seems... in America....

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfre ... mmon-bundy