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Messymascot's faith in humanity and ginger safe haven

jazzy said:
Been a difficult weekend. Mum getting increasingly forgetful and confused and yesterday she fell getting out of the bath and very badly scraped her leg taking off a lot of skin on her shin and lower leg.

We've told her loads of times not to use the bath and to take a shower instead but she refuses to listen.

So , I've taken the plug to her bath so she can't take one unless Mrs J is there to help her.

Anyway I bathed the wound , applied antiseptic cream and a bandage but it's still bleeding so I've called the district nurse to come and have a look and apply a new dressing....." We will try to get to you this week" FFS! She says she's not in pain so I guess it's not an emergency.

I just wish she would listen.
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Your mum may not like the shower, my wife refuses to use one. I have to help her into and out of the bath and bathing/washing her, your mum doesn’t sound like she needs this, but as years go by it may happen. I’m thinking of getting a walk in bath, you may want to consider similar…
 
jazzy said:
@anjelikaferrett it gets worse! Phoned GP. "Sorry we have no control over the District Nurse". Me " Ok , can I bring her down to see your in house nurse ?" Gp "Sorry we don't do dressings!"

So tried my local pharmacist who is a great fella. He explained that the District Nurses aren't even employed by the NHS and part of a private enterprise and there's no way to send them.a rocket.

However , good as gold he said bring mum down tomorrow ( it's only 1/4 mile away ) and he'll have a look and sort out a new dressing if it needs it.

Honestly this country is going to the dogs.
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That’s a disgrace tbh Jazzy. Our little surgery does everything, prescriptions, nursing etc. I know it may not be possible but it may be worth changing surgeries as your mum isn’t going to get any younger and you need the comfort of full support…..
 
Val P said:
Not to politicise @jazzy ‘s post but you are so right. And it’s interesting to see how many services that have been given private provider contracts have now been handed back because they can’t make a profit out of it. It’s impossible to make a profit out of complex care but hey the NHS is still crap isn’t it because it can’t balance the books 😡. Excuse the ouzo fuelled rant.
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I don’t mean to introduce politics, god knows in here I try to avoid it like the plague, but the NHS is fully funded, the problem is with its management. I was talking with a friend from a town nearby who was complaining about the time it took to see his GP. My daughter had been with the same practice and when I phoned up because my granddaughter was really ill they said two weeks. I phoned my own practice which was just 3/4 miles from the other and she was seen the same day. I mentioned this to my friend, he changed practice and has never been happier. They can do it, it just needs some serious managerial changes in the NHS to sort it out. I’ve spent my life sorting out underperforming businesses and would have loved to sort out the NHS which appears to be run by the same box ticking quangocrats moving from one NHS area (when they fail) to another… Sorry rant over….
 

peteblue said:
I don’t mean to introduce politics, god knows in here I try to avoid it like the plague, but the NHS is fully funded, the problem is with its management. I was talking with a friend from a town nearby who was complaining about the time it took to see his GP. My daughter had been with the same practice and when I phoned up because my granddaughter was really ill they said two weeks. I phoned my own practice which was just 3/4 miles from the other and she was seen the same day. I mentioned this to my friend, he changed practice and has never been happier. They can do it, it just needs some serious managerial changes in the NHS to sort it out. I’ve spent my life sorting out underperforming businesses and would have loved to sort out the NHS which appears to be run by the same box ticking quangocrats moving from one NHS area (when they fail) to another… Sorry rant over….
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Same thing over here, Pete. COVID seems to have wrecked a lot of things within healthcare.
 
Good morning all on this sunny day .I hope all are well and had a good night . The latest on "our " Ford kuga I have told about the water leak that took over three months to correctly diagnose ,well after one week of no problems when we went to the hospital as my wife dropped me off I heard a scraping noise from the front so I stopped her and asked her to turn sharply both ways a, there was a clicking sound ( CV joint methinks) back to the ford garage as this would not be under warranty .They lifted it up and said yes it is the inner joint 970€ please .
I said no thanks I am going back to the dealer ,when we went back he offered to cancel the whole transaction ( to get our money and old car ) but as we live out in the sticks I said that we need a car now. So whilst they checked for themselves he loaned us a Captur hybrid ,we have had this for ten days and counting ,when we called in yesterday as we had given them a week to find a suitable alternative he told us it is in their opinion the gearbox ! 000's € .So it seems we dodged a bullet with this one ,they have now found a similar car and are having it brought to their showroom from 200kms away .
Have a great day all COYB
 
peteblue said:
I don’t mean to introduce politics, god knows in here I try to avoid it like the plague, but the NHS is fully funded, the problem is with its management. I was talking with a friend from a town nearby who was complaining about the time it took to see his GP. My daughter had been with the same practice and when I phoned up because my granddaughter was really ill they said two weeks. I phoned my own practice which was just 3/4 miles from the other and she was seen the same day. I mentioned this to my friend, he changed practice and has never been happier. They can do it, it just needs some serious managerial changes in the NHS to sort it out. I’ve spent my life sorting out underperforming businesses and would have loved to sort out the NHS which appears to be run by the same box ticking quangocrats moving from one NHS area (when they fail) to another… Sorry rant over….
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I’m not sure about the fully funded bit but I agree that poor management is a big issue at all levels. When Mrs bl had her recent spell in hospital I was bewildered a few times about why certain things were happening so poorly at a local level. Simple changes to practices and procedures would have made such a difference. It didn’t need a bunch of management consultants to come in , just some rethinking and simple changes would have improved things for all at the Ward level.
 

Gwladysover said:
Finding out everything you can beforehand is the best way and can save time and wasted effort. The site recommended by @Val P is a great place to start.
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Tried the site but couldn't find anything I know he's buried there, Here's a bit from his obituary that confirms it. Anyone in Hull who can give me any more info I'd be obliged.
ERNEST BEVIN (General Secretary).
"One by one the old veterans are joining the large majority. until now very few of them are left. This in the ordinary course of nature is to be expected, but in the case of Pat McKibbins it came with more than the ordinary shock. particularly to those who were closely associated with him as I have been for the past fifteen years. To know Pat was to love him. A good-humoured giant of over six feet with the strength of a lion and the heart of a child, but terrible when roused in support of the cause he loved so well. My mind travels back to the troubled times fifteen years ago when we had to fight our own men in Liverpool on the question of the Clearing House Registration, which has since been almost universally adopted. I can in my mind's eye see Pat now facing the howling mob in front of the branch office with George Milligan by his side and hurling his huge frame on the foremost of them. Later as a member of the Executive he was a tower of strength and a fund of sound horse-sense, and as loyal to constitutional methods as he was in that terrible Mons retreat, which, I have no doubt, is largely responsible for his early death. Pat was one of the old Contemptibles and one of the first batch who faced the Germans. Seriously wounded, he was invalided home and appointed Sergeant-Major of a Dock battalion responsible for the of all munitions at the Docks for the front. Incidentally 1 may mention it was suggested by Mr. Lloyd George that I should take a commission in the battalion, but as it was possible 1 should be called upon to quarrel with my commanding officer on Union rules I firmly, but as respectfully as the circumstances permitted, declined the honour.
As sergeant-major dear old Pat had to face vigorous attacks from his old-time workmates, even long after the battalion heti been demobilised. But with characteristic courage he faced it and lived it down. As an official he was invaluable. Ha loved to be always where the fight was thickest. He was sound and loyal in every respect. And now he has gone the way of all flesh in the very prime of middle life. Dear old good- humoured giant. May I meet him again, when my time comes, in the harbour of eternal rest where paid agitators are sheltered from the storms, no longer to be buffeted about, not even by democracy.May he rest in peace.
JAMES SEXTON,
The funeral of Brother Patrick McKibbins, national organiser took place at Hull on Saturday, October 31. Bro. Ernest Bevin. the general secretary, attended, and before the grave was closed. he paid a high tribute to the sterling qualities of our late colleague in an address which evoked the sympathetic endorsement.
 
Morning all, it's a cold one today.

Well my crockpot concoction was very nice indeed, very spicy as well but not overpoweringly so. I got a generous 6 portions from it as well, so good value for money.

That's all I've got for today, have a good day everyone.

I know how bad the NHS is these days Jazzy, as you know I've been on a waiting list for over 2years now to see a specialist. Still can't get an appointment unless you ring at 8 in the morning, an then there's the dentists, they just don't seem to exist for NHS patients anymore.
 
davids said:
Tried the site but couldn't find anything I know he's buried there, Here's a bit from his obituary that confirms it. Anyone in Hull who can give me any more info I'd be obliged.
ERNEST BEVIN (General Secretary).
"One by one the old veterans are joining the large majority. until now very few of them are left. This in the ordinary course of nature is to be expected, but in the case of Pat McKibbins it came with more than the ordinary shock. particularly to those who were closely associated with him as I have been for the past fifteen years. To know Pat was to love him. A good-humoured giant of over six feet with the strength of a lion and the heart of a child, but terrible when roused in support of the cause he loved so well. My mind travels back to the troubled times fifteen years ago when we had to fight our own men in Liverpool on the question of the Clearing House Registration, which has since been almost universally adopted. I can in my mind's eye see Pat now facing the howling mob in front of the branch office with George Milligan by his side and hurling his huge frame on the foremost of them. Later as a member of the Executive he was a tower of strength and a fund of sound horse-sense, and as loyal to constitutional methods as he was in that terrible Mons retreat, which, I have no doubt, is largely responsible for his early death. Pat was one of the old Contemptibles and one of the first batch who faced the Germans. Seriously wounded, he was invalided home and appointed Sergeant-Major of a Dock battalion responsible for the of all munitions at the Docks for the front. Incidentally 1 may mention it was suggested by Mr. Lloyd George that I should take a commission in the battalion, but as it was possible 1 should be called upon to quarrel with my commanding officer on Union rules I firmly, but as respectfully as the circumstances permitted, declined the honour.
As sergeant-major dear old Pat had to face vigorous attacks from his old-time workmates, even long after the battalion heti been demobilised. But with characteristic courage he faced it and lived it down. As an official he was invaluable. Ha loved to be always where the fight was thickest. He was sound and loyal in every respect. And now he has gone the way of all flesh in the very prime of middle life. Dear old good- humoured giant. May I meet him again, when my time comes, in the harbour of eternal rest where paid agitators are sheltered from the storms, no longer to be buffeted about, not even by democracy.May he rest in peace.
JAMES SEXTON,
The funeral of Brother Patrick McKibbins, national organiser took place at Hull on Saturday, October 31. Bro. Ernest Bevin. the general secretary, attended, and before the grave was closed. he paid a high tribute to the sterling qualities of our late colleague in an address which evoked the sympathetic endorsement.
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What a wonderful tribute, my grandfather was an Old Contemptible too. DM me with details, I’d be happy to see if I can find any information for you, if you’d like.
 
peteblue said:
I don’t mean to introduce politics, god knows in here I try to avoid it like the plague, but the NHS is fully funded, the problem is with its management. I was talking with a friend from a town nearby who was complaining about the time it took to see his GP. My daughter had been with the same practice and when I phoned up because my granddaughter was really ill they said two weeks. I phoned my own practice which was just 3/4 miles from the other and she was seen the same day. I mentioned this to my friend, he changed practice and has never been happier. They can do it, it just needs some serious managerial changes in the NHS to sort it out. I’ve spent my life sorting out underperforming businesses and would have loved to sort out the NHS which appears to be run by the same box ticking quangocrats moving from one NHS area (when they fail) to another… Sorry rant over….
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I totally agree with you Pete. Far too heavy in management. There are some people stealing a living at the top of the NHS.
 

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