Northern General Parking

[Planner1]

1 hour ago, Irene Swaine said:

Yes, that is their job.

If you seriously think they are there to enforce every single law, statute etc to the max, I fear you will be constantly disappointed. They don’t get enough resources to do that, so they have to prioritise, like most underfunded public services.

 

Go ask them to enforce on the pavement parking around NGH and do let us know how you get on. ( they do actually visit when complaints are received of pavements being obstructed, in my experience they usually send pcso’s).

3 minutes ago, RollingJ said:

He could - but there are facilities within the NHS called 'Patient Transport' - designed to cope with situations such as this.

Yeah they do have that too.

Edited January 23 by Planner1
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[crookesey]

39 minutes ago, Planner1 said:

Couldn’t you take a cab?

Yes I could, however a long journey where I would be seated in a very restricted manner is not something that I would relish. Is only one Rheumatology Department situated the NGH sufficient for a city the size of Sheffield?

[HeHasRisen]

12 minutes ago, crookesey said:

Yes I could, however a long journey where I would be seated in a very restricted manner is not something that I would relish. Is only one Rheumatology Department situated the NGH sufficient for a city the size of Sheffield?

Probably. How do other areas compare? 

[ECCOnoob]

I was thinking that myself.

 

S17 to Northern General is about 11 miles or a 30 minute or so drive. Not ideal admittedly, but hardly a great outrage either.  

 

For some poor patients, requiring specialist clinics like oncology, they have to travel vast distances frequently. Western Park, for example, has patients coming as far as the outskirts of Doncaster or Barnsley or Derbyshire.

 

I'm aware of some people living in smaller towns in North Yorkshire who have to do round trips all the way to Hull to get their nearest major hospital for routine appointments

 

At the end of the day, the NHS is a finite resource. It can't be everywhere for everyone at every moment.  Ultimately if people want something on their doorstep, they have to pay for it.....  and before anyone starts, I mean pay far more than they are doing from their tax contributions. 

 

Said before and will say again. It's a bloated, bottomless money pit that's continually taken for granted, overused, abused and oversubscribed.  Given no one can even mention the word reform or touch it with a bargepole without the unions, the politicos and half the population kicking off, it's only ever going to stay that way and keep costing more and more and more.

Edited January 23 by ECCOnoob

[alchresearch]

Its certainly badly managed.

 

Last week my OH had a routine minor op with stitches.

 

Whilst on site she was able to book a follow up appointment in a month's time to talk about it and where her treatment will go next.

 

But she couldn't make an appointment on site for the following week to have the stitches removed. 

 

"Ring us to make an appointment" they said

 

So, day after day she rings - no appointments (even though the department is hardly rushed - we were there 2 hours and nobody came into the 20 seat waiting room).

 

After day 5 they said "you'll have to go to your nearest walk in centre".  So she had to sit for 4 hours amongst other sick people coughing away.

Edited January 23 by alchresearch

[prince al]

It’s not perfect but it’s a damm sight better than the Hallamshire.

[foxydebs]

17 hours ago, alchresearch said:

Its certainly badly managed.

 

Last week my OH had a routine minor op with stitches.

 

Whilst on site she was able to book a follow up appointment in a month's time to talk about it and where her treatment will go next.

 

But she couldn't make an appointment on site for the following week to have the stitches removed. 

 

"Ring us to make an appointment" they said

 

So, day after day she rings - no appointments (even though the department is hardly rushed - we were there 2 hours and nobody came into the 20 seat waiting room).

 

After day 5 they said "you'll have to go to your nearest walk in centre".  So she had to sit for 4 hours amongst other sick people coughing away.

Usually they tell you to go to your gp for suture removal.

[Annie Bynnol]

20 hours ago, alchresearch said:

Its certainly badly managed.

 

Last week my OH had a routine minor op with stitches.

Whilst on site she was able to book a follow up appointment in a month's time to talk about it and where her treatment will go next.

But she couldn't make an appointment on site for the following week to have the stitches removed. 

"Ring us to make an appointment" they said

So, day after day she rings - no appointments (even though the department is hardly rushed - we were there 2 hours and nobody came into the 20 seat waiting room).

After day 5 they said "you'll have to go to your nearest walk in centre".  So she had to sit for 4 hours amongst other sick people coughing away.

   You took some bad advice there. 

   The 'post op' leaflet gives advice on wound and suture care and when, where and how they should come out.

   Unless required/advised to  do, you do not attend your specialist clinic.

   The surgeon removed the graft stiches at a follow up appointment only because they were ready to come out. The simpler  source ones were done earlier next door at the Hallamshire (minor injuries) only as it needed a Doctor to do an assessment, otherwise it would have been the GP practice nurse.

     

   

  

    

 

   

   

[Resident]

On 23/01/2024 at 08:51, Planner1 said:

They don’t get enough resources to do that, so they have to prioritise, like most underfunded public services.

If you really believe the NHS is underfunded, given the BILLIONS they waste, then might I interest you in some magic beans I have procured? 

[Planner1]

5 hours ago, Resident said:

If you really believe the NHS is underfunded, given the BILLIONS they waste, then might I interest you in some magic beans I have procured? 

Did I say the NHS was underfunded?