No2 daughter turned up for a bowel op today.
She had a really urgent pre op covid test on Friday, and was only allowed into the hospital if she was negative.
She arrived, booked in and was plonked in a waiting room along with 15 or 20 others.
Who were all waiting for a covid test but as it was raining outside in the carpark/test area they had been ushered into the waiting room.
She didnt get the op she was expecting because although the consultant had directed (by way of a written note) that she needed a series of preparatory procedures no one bothered to read that so when she fronted up to the consultant, who asked if she had been prepped she was obliged to say no
Op cancelled till January
Dont ever tell me that the NHS is the best in the world.
The NHS is a money pit.
It's a lumbering leviathan which has too much belief in itself & can't see it's own shortcomings.
Never mind how much money it's given, it'll always want more.
I certainly didn't clap on a Thursday or whatever day it was.
They were just doing their job.
The problem is that no political party has the guts to grab it by the scruff of the neck & give it a bloody good shake.
I can't remember how many times my wife has had an arthritis appointment postponed.
In two cases for more than a year.