job cuts at St Georges Hospital Stafford

basil said:

In the words of Hughie Greene , " This is what you voted for folks".......

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THIS

These cuts are a direct result of Conservative Government funding policy



"Even if you maintained a year on year budget there will still be around a 3% drop in the funds needed to keep the same year on year service, because costs rise by approximately this amount "

Stephen Dorrell - Former Health Sec speaking in Stafford

Lancer165 said:

Not to mention the so called 'Managers' who happen to have acquaintances that run these agencies, it's all a mafia, government organisations or not, they all exploit the taxes we pay then bleet when they have to make cuts because of their overspend.

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If you have evidence you are obliged to share it

. . . so when there's eventually no staff, who will run the asylum ?

Studio Tan said:

. . . so when there's eventually no staff, who will run the asylum ?

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Option 1 - Care in the community

Option 2 - Look after your own

Option 3 - sink or swim

sandonia said:

i have been told they can not recruit band 5 nurses( RMN ) and jobs have been advertised 6 times .hence agencies .

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There a National shortage of band 5 nurses

There is also a Government cutting funding in real terms

There is also a Government determined to prevent foreign workers entering the country

[Content Warning: suicide ideation]

I started trying to access mental health services around this time last year, I have seen 3 different mental health services and been under all of them at least twice. I've decided to get a formal diagnosis because that seems like a good starting point to understand WTF is going on with my mental health and what might actually help me after 15 years. There are times I have considered going into hospital as a voluntary patient due to the lack of appropriate mental healthcare and long waits for everything in the community. Feeling like I want to die or kill myself is a bit like having a cold for me now, I just get on with whatever I can summon the motivation to do and/or stay in bed and sleep until it passes. There's only so many times you can call a helpline before you realise it's pointless because you can calm down by yourself and they can't do anything to make life a bit easier or less shit. Understandably, I am now super sceptical of mental health services providing anything that is likely to benefit me in the long run except for bureaucratic purposes such as an actual diagnosis (I am not even certain I will get that far I'm so used to being fobbed off) and maybe letters to help me get things from other agencies.

basil said:

In the words of Hughie Greene , " This is what you voted for folks".......

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Indeed, the clapometer doesn't lie.

Yes, we wanna here it!