http://good2use.com/wordpress/?p=25 Our view of economic forces Tue, 29 Jun 2010 22:17:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://good2use.com/wordpress/?p=25&cpage=1#comment-5 tracy Wed, 28 Feb 2007 08:09:47 +0000 http://good2use.com/wordpress/?p=25#comment-5 as an american nurse working at the QE, i am very interested in other peoples perceptions of the NHS and the way infection (MRSA) is handled in this country...you article is very well written and accurate. when i suggested to a co worker that perhaps the NNHS should start charging a nominal £5 fee for GP visits, just to discourage those who use it as a social visit...i was told there would be a huge uproar...totally unacceptable! i think the general population needs to accept that paying £5 to the GP may allow them at some point in the future to actually recieve a comprehensive course of treatment for their cancer or increase the possibilty that a private isolation room will be available should be chap in the next bed become MRSA+. i work in one of the ITU's at the QE and we have absolutely no means of isolating any infected patient...and the beds are about 10 feet apart, sometimes equipment from one patient spilling over to the next bedspace...nurse going from one patient to the next..... sorry, it's my days off and now i'm getting depressed about the whole situation...thanks for writing this though...lots of people are trying to get the truth out but people just don't want to listen! as an american nurse working at the QE, i am very interested in other peoples perceptions of the NHS and the way infection (MRSA) is handled in this country…you article is very well written and accurate.
when i suggested to a co worker that perhaps the NNHS should start charging a nominal £5 fee for GP visits, just to discourage those who use it as a social visit…i was told there would be a huge uproar…totally unacceptable!
i think the general population needs to accept that paying £5 to the GP may allow them at some point in the future to actually recieve a comprehensive course of treatment for their cancer or increase the possibilty that a private isolation room will be available should be chap in the next bed become MRSA+.
i work in one of the ITU’s at the QE and we have absolutely no means of isolating any infected patient…and the beds are about 10 feet apart, sometimes equipment from one patient spilling over to the next bedspace…nurse going from one patient to the next…..
sorry, it’s my days off and now i’m getting depressed about the whole situation…thanks for writing this though…lots of people are trying to get the truth out but people just don’t want to listen!

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