National Health Service

[SteveH]

Went to YGC this afternoon ... parked straight away in the first car park ... into Entrance A for blood test, waiting room totally empty ... took ticket off the machine - number 95 ... which was showing on the screen ... straight in, blood taken, straight out ... quickest visit ever!

You had the lucky ticket this week............

[Hugo]

Went to YGC this afternoon ... parked straight away in the first car park ... into Entrance A for blood test, waiting room totally empty ... took ticket off the machine - number 95 ... which was showing on the screen ... straight in, blood taken, straight out ... quickest visit ever!

You had the lucky ticket this week............

Yes, don't forget to do the Lotto tonight DVT         

[DVT]

Yes, don't forget to do the Lotto tonight DVT         

Strange you said that Hugo ... I have had the same 6 numbers on the Lotto almost since it started, but won very little.
However, tonight I have a winning ticket ... a free entry into next Wednesday's draw !!!

[Hugo]

Two numbers for me also so I'll have a free ticket for Wednesday.             Sometimes when you have two numbers and get a free ticket you may be lucky and get £5.00 and that has happened to me twice now.

[Hugo]

Hospital parking slammed as 'overflows' affect patients and locals
Councillors and patients have expressed their concerns over the parking 'chaos' at hospitals in North Wales



https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/news-opinion/hospital-parking-slammed-overflows-affect-31102744

[SteveH]

Amanda Pritchard, head of NHS England, would have regular Monday meetings with Health Secretary Wes Streeting to review performance and address challenges. But last Monday was different. After discussing the state of the health service, she announced she was stepping down - with just one month's notice.

It came as a shock to many in the organisation, under which there are 1.4 million staff who deal with 1.7 million patients every day. But those in the know had suspected something was happening - though not the timing...............

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8rkgvydrr3o

[SteveH]

There is a "very, very long way to go" before the highest level of scrutiny can be lowered for a troubled health board covering north Wales, the Welsh government has said.

Betsi Cadwaladr health board was placed under special measures just over two years ago, with board members removed and finance staff suspended.

Health Secretary Jeremy Miles said there had been some progress at Wales' largest health board but much more work had to be done.

The Welsh Conservatives said patients were being let down and they lack any confidence things will get better. Plaid Cymru said being in special measures had become "normalised" at the health board.............  https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c201ppzlv4vo

[SteveH]

Starmer to scrap NHS England and bring health service back under 'democratic control'

Why does NHS England's abolition only affect England?
published at 12:40
12:40
NHS England leads the NHS in England - which means the PM's announcement only affects this area.

After devolution, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland became responsible for a number of policy areas, one of which was health.

The UK has had devolved governments since the late 1990s, which work alongside the Westminster Parliament.

LIVE report......... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cx29lrl826rt

[SteveH]

North Wales Live readers have been embroiled in a heated debate following an article that shed light on the predicament of a patient who was slapped with a parking fine after resorting to parking on a grass verge due to a full car park.

A hospital visit turned sour for one patient who was left seething when he received a parking fine after struggling to find a spot. Gwynfor Griffiths recounted how he circled the car parks at Ysbyty Gwynedd in Bangor multiple times............

https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/news-opinion/park-ride-calls-after-north-31191090?IYA-reg=49560bcd-5a9c-47f0-8fc5-ba2e71710589


PS
THE Welsh Ambulance Service is changing how it responds to 999 emergency calls.

These changes aim to save more lives and improve patient outcomes.

A new purple category will be introduced for life-or-death cardiac and respiratory arrests.

This category will ensure that these emergencies receive the fastest possible response.

The changes come after a recommendation from the Senedd’s Health and Social Care Committee.

They concluded the existing targets were outdated and unfit for purpose........

https://www.northwalespioneer.co.uk/news/25007630.welsh-ambulance-service-999-announce-call-response-changes/

[SteveH]

What does NHS England do? Your questions answered on health reforms... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crknrrz7ln6o


Few will mourn NHS England's demise, but what comes next is uncertain... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c984qg7y4gro

[SteveH]

Health Secretary Wes Streeting has said there is a "risk of disruption" in the NHS as he attempts to overhaul the service and reduce waste, but has promised long-term improvements.

On Thursday, Streeting announced NHS England, a public administrative body, would be scrapped to save money and give ministers more control of health services.

The Labour government expects the move will take two years and save hundreds of millions of pounds that can be spent on frontline NHS services.

Appearing on the BBC's Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg programme, Streeting defended the reforms but admitted there would be challenges........... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c74k7kzrw97o

[SteveH]

WALES' health secretary set out plans for the biggest changes to NHS dentistry services in almost two decades despite still being at loggerheads with the profession.

Jeremy Miles said the Welsh Government will launch a consultation on dentistry reforms, which will mark a significant change to the old 2006 contract, by the end of the month.

In a statement on March 18, Mr Miles told the Senedd the new general dental services contract will be implemented from April 2026.

Describing the reforms as the biggest in nearly 20 years, the health secretary said the central aim will be to make it easier to access NHS dentistry.

cont https://www.northwalespioneer.co.uk/news/25022990.ministers-lay-plans-biggest-reform-decades/

[SteveH]

"That was really quick - straight in, straight out," says Phil Brown as he leaves a smart glass building in a shopping centre in Barnsley.

He has just had an ultrasound scan at an NHS centre which sits between familiar High Street names. It is easy-to-reach healthcare - as convenient as popping out to the shops.

This is part of the government's vision for the future of the NHS, soon to be set out in a 10-year plan. In England, ministers have already promised three big changes: shifting more services from hospitals into the community, focusing on preventing ill-health and making more use of new technology.

BBC Panorama spent months in South Yorkshire meeting people already changing how they work, to see what it will take to fix a health service which is buckling under increasing demand..........  https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c70e7lee1zko

[SteveH]

During my recent time in A&E, I was on a trolley for the weekend, fortunately in a side cubicle, before being moved to a ward, during the time in A&E I was surprised that both my wife and I were served drinks and food regularly, which was very welcome, so it is sad to read the story below, it is an in depth story worth reading fully.......

A HUGELY valuable service which supports patients and staff in hospital emergency departments will cease after the health board allegedly turned down a request for a pay rise.

British Red Cross employees, who work across emergency departments in Glan Clwyd Hospital in Bodelwyddan, Ysbyty Gwynedd in Bangor and Wrexham Maelor, were overjoyed last December when they were informed of Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCUHB)'s intention to extend the Wellbeing and Home Safe Service until May 2026.

"Aside from providing food and transporting patients we also provide one-to-one emotional support. For example, I personally have sat with someone whilst they have taken their last breath because there was no family around them. It is a vital service. We had an end-of-life patient the other day and there were a lot of relatives and we were making sure they were hydrated, fed, as it is a terrible time. It is just sad. This all takes place within the emergency department.

full story  https://www.northwalespioneer.co.uk/news/25033969.vital-glan-clwyd-hospital-service-end-due-costs/


 

[SteveH]

'I get £800 a month as a student - it's tight'
Radhika Gupta thinks whatever Rachel Reeves does on Wednesday she shouldn't cut spending on health or education.

The student from Derry in Northern Ireland is in the third year of a five-year medical degree at Queen's University in Belfast.

"One thing that worries me is how many doctors want to leave," she says.

"The consensus is it is not worth practising medicine in the UK because of how little you are paid. And you are left with a lot of student debt.

"I don't think the government really understands the challenges."

Despite what she sees as underfunded services and staff burnout she wants to work in England after she graduates.

But more needs to be done to fund and improve medical training, she says............ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq6ydljn6nno