Tuesday 6th January 2015
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Here in Cameron's Welsh Death Trap NHS™ our local health board Hywel Dda figure is 87.2.
Cyan Taf is 89.5.
Nice to see there is a health board named after Aneurin Bevan at Carleon.
Cyan Taf is 89.5.
Nice to see there is a health board named after Aneurin Bevan at Carleon.
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Just spent two hours in my local hospital having a pressure wound on my heel assessed & redressed in the diabetic foot clinic. What would normally be a 40 minute round trip.
Strange thing is that I was the only patient in clinic, the staff of consultant, junior doctor, two podiatrists, diabetic specialist nurse, a staff nurse and a care assistant, me and mum all squeezed into a 10 ft sq room whilst they talk amongst themselves.
Anyhow - they were brilliant once they got going, but the diabetic nurse who i got chatting with told me they had cancelled a few other patients appointments in the last week as they have been on ''black alert'' (twice) which is apparently worse state than red alert. Mum, who was nursing for 40 years herself had never heard of it .
The staff linked to that particular clinic have at short notice been called to work on wards due to shortages. Two wards have been closed for the time being and patients transferred to Nottingham.
Oh, and the reason the waiting room looked so sparse is that all the armchairs in the waiting area had been taken away by management and used in A&E because the wait there is so awful there they have now utilized a nearby room as an overflow wait. For emergencies.
On the way out, after eventually being seen - we spotted the BBC East Midlands Today mobile van thing with the satellite on the roof, I was hoping to bump into a reporter to tell the world what a Hunt the health secretary is.
Alas, none to be found. Then the taxi who was supposed to be bringing me home called to say he'd had a breakdown. (not the only one mate)
Strange thing is that I was the only patient in clinic, the staff of consultant, junior doctor, two podiatrists, diabetic specialist nurse, a staff nurse and a care assistant, me and mum all squeezed into a 10 ft sq room whilst they talk amongst themselves.
Anyhow - they were brilliant once they got going, but the diabetic nurse who i got chatting with told me they had cancelled a few other patients appointments in the last week as they have been on ''black alert'' (twice) which is apparently worse state than red alert. Mum, who was nursing for 40 years herself had never heard of it .
The staff linked to that particular clinic have at short notice been called to work on wards due to shortages. Two wards have been closed for the time being and patients transferred to Nottingham.
Oh, and the reason the waiting room looked so sparse is that all the armchairs in the waiting area had been taken away by management and used in A&E because the wait there is so awful there they have now utilized a nearby room as an overflow wait. For emergencies.
On the way out, after eventually being seen - we spotted the BBC East Midlands Today mobile van thing with the satellite on the roof, I was hoping to bump into a reporter to tell the world what a Hunt the health secretary is.
Alas, none to be found. Then the taxi who was supposed to be bringing me home called to say he'd had a breakdown. (not the only one mate)
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-g ... t-30696437" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Hospital in Peterborough now reporting a ''major incident'' still hunt will have an easy ride of it.
Hospital in Peterborough now reporting a ''major incident'' still hunt will have an easy ride of it.
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Somewhat better here [though not good] - 85.2%PorFavor wrote:71.8% here!pk1 wrote:Playing with the widget to find out %age of patients seen in 4 hours.
My local A & E figures are appalling !
(my bold)Worthing Hospital
Data for Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
82.5%
Patients seen in 4 hours
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-25055444" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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81.9% in the brand new Royal London. Labour's open door immigration at fault.PorFavor wrote:71.8% here!pk1 wrote:Playing with the widget to find out %age of patients seen in 4 hours.
My local A & E figures are appalling !
(my bold)Worthing Hospital
Data for Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
82.5%
Patients seen in 4 hours
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-25055444" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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What are the overall figures for Wales?yahyah wrote:Here in Cameron's Welsh Death Trap NHS™ our local health board Hywel Dda figure is 87.2.
Cyan Taf is 89.5.
Nice to see there is a health board named after Aneurin Bevan at Carleon.
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Murphy being a bit cack handed here, could have been phrased a bit more delicately, but Lammy, FFS, he should go around from now on in with a ''vote for me for London Mayor'' emblazoned on his forehead.
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Here's a link to the storyletsskiptotheleft wrote:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-g ... t-30696437
Hospital in Peterborough now reporting a ''major incident'' still hunt will have an easy ride of it.
you mention. Thanks for the tip-off.Peterborough City Hospital declares ‘major incident’ as sickness levels soar (Peterborough Telegraph)
http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news ... -1-6504913
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The 5 within my area range from 76% to 84% - East Midlands.
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More on the health crisis -
http://www.theguardian.com/society/2015 ... -incidents
I'm surprised that David Cameron hasn't tried to claim credit for the "best hospital crisis" since records began.More hospitals declare critical incidents as demand surges
More hospitals are cancelling planned operations or asking patients to stay away from A&E except in extreme emergencies (Guardian)
http://www.theguardian.com/society/2015 ... -incidents
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BBC News24 are now spouting the "waiting times have fallen to their worst levels ever" rubbish.
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Is it this Friday that we're supposed to be getting the NHS figures that were withheld over Christmas ?
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Kate Green @KateGreenSU 1h1 hour ago
Meeting disabled people today about Govt closing #ILF - Labour will ensure councils protect disabled people affected http://www.politicshome.com/uk/article/ ... green.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; …
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BBC News24 have just reported that a 7th hospital (Bolton, I think they said) has joined the stricken.
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@RR2
Guidance to help,not good enough IMHO.This is fundamental,unless guaranteed harm will be done.
Guidance to help,not good enough IMHO.This is fundamental,unless guaranteed harm will be done.
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Aaaah - I've been wondering when Gove was going to start his television PR role in earnest ... now we know.Tim Montgomerie ن @montie · 16h 16 hours ago
Ridiculous from Gove on #newsnight. Does anyone believe that Tory HQ isn't planning for the possibility of a hung parliament?
Tim Montgomerie ن @montie · 16h 16 hours ago
I'm told Gove will be used on #newsnight, #r4today and #wato but not "FVM" (Floating Voter Media)
His Newsnight appearance to talk about Tory stuff for quite a long time - with no representatives of any other political party - raised quite a few eyebrows on Twitter. Do Newsnight intend to balance this up with other solo interviews with reps of the other parties across this week ... or don't they care about trivia such as balance now?
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Can it be long before Dave puts on his "serious" face & chairs a meeting of COBRA?PorFavor wrote:BBC News24 have just reported that a 7th hospital (Bolton, I think they said) has joined the stricken.
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It's also worth saying, as with the argument for LAs overseeing schools, that some of them don't care two hoots.HindleA wrote:@RR2
Guidance to help,not good enough IMHO.This is fundamental,unless guaranteed harm will be done.
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GENERAL ELECTION PREDICTIONS 33: LONDON SOUTH EAST
http://www.iaindale.com/posts/2015/01/0 ... um=twitter
Nooooo. Noooooo again. That's not what we want to hear. Booo to any coalition friendly Tories in Southwark.Bermondsey & Old Southwark
Sitting MP: Simon Hughes (LibDem)
Prediction: LibDem hold
I had thought this would be a dead cert hold for Simon Hughes but increasingly I am wondering if I am right. Labour seem very confident they can take this. However, if you look at the electoral hurdles Labour would have to overcome to win this, I think they’re going to have a tough task. They might also be hindered by a number of coalition-friendly Tories lending Simon Hughes their votes. Or they might not
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I agree. Since when has 'guidance' guaranteed anything?HindleA wrote:@RR2
Guidance to help,not good enough IMHO.This is fundamental,unless guaranteed harm will be done.
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Ah - you mean Cameron's Obvious Bullshit Reaction Apparatus?danesclose wrote:Can it be long before Dave puts on his "serious" face & chairs a meeting of COBRA?PorFavor wrote:BBC News24 have just reported that a 7th hospital (Bolton, I think they said) has joined the stricken.
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rebeccariots2 wrote:GENERAL ELECTION PREDICTIONS 33: LONDON SOUTH EAST
http://www.iaindale.com/posts/2015/01/0 ... um=twitterNooooo. Noooooo again. That's not what we want to hear. Booo to any coalition friendly Tories in Southwark.Bermondsey & Old Southwark
Sitting MP: Simon Hughes (LibDem)
Prediction: LibDem hold
I had thought this would be a dead cert hold for Simon Hughes but increasingly I am wondering if I am right. Labour seem very confident they can take this. However, if you look at the electoral hurdles Labour would have to overcome to win this, I think they’re going to have a tough task. They might also be hindered by a number of coalition-friendly Tories lending Simon Hughes their votes. Or they might not
Reckon he's being very cautious there, taking into account Hughes's majority, majorities when it comes to Lib Dems don't mean anything, or it could be I am just trying to reassure myself?
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Not sure if it's been mentioned, but DPAC are out again today, protesting, can't copy the links. But save the ILF is trending high, please if you stand in solidarity with disabled people, who have been the biggest losers in the cuts, please help try and get this to the top. They are out there, wheelchairs and all, right now.
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I have a choice of 3 A&Es, that I can go to.
Wexham Park in Buckinghamshire, which has an awful reputation and we always refuse is at 95.1% Hell of a distance too.
Frimley Park which is not too far over the border in Surrey is at 95.1%
The Royal Berkshire in Reading which is not too far, the biggest and where I choose to go, is at 89.5%
Wexham Park in Buckinghamshire, which has an awful reputation and we always refuse is at 95.1% Hell of a distance too.
Frimley Park which is not too far over the border in Surrey is at 95.1%
The Royal Berkshire in Reading which is not too far, the biggest and where I choose to go, is at 89.5%
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Great Western Hospital forced to erect TENT in car park after influx of patients
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Shapps alert.on LBC re.bedoom tax
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Not surprising but still worrying a Minister talking rubbish about his Government's policy.
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Not surprising but still worrying a Minister talking rubbish about his Government's policy.
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Lib dems still to select half their candidates for GE, really, I wouldn't bother if I was them, think of all those lost deposits..
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Yes, but we could do with the money. I'm sure they'll feel good just knowing that they've made a contribution.letsskiptotheleft wrote:Lib dems still to select half their candidates for GE, really, I wouldn't bother if I was them, think of all those lost deposits..
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There is that, you are of course, correct. Lib Dems, bringing the deficit down.PorFavor wrote:Yes, but we could do with the money. I'm sure they'll feel good just knowing that they've made a contribution.letsskiptotheleft wrote:Lib dems still to select half their candidates for GE, really, I wouldn't bother if I was them, think of all those lost deposits..
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The Labour Council aren't exactly inspiring. They got the Elephant gentrification dumped on them, but they could surely have improved it more.letsskiptotheleft wrote:
Reckon he's being very cautious there, taking into account Hughes's majority, majorities when it comes to Lib Dems don't mean anything, or it could be I am just trying to reassure myself?
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Thank you so much for reminding me of Elephant of Aquitaine . . . .Tubby Isaacs wrote:The Labour Council aren't exactly inspiring. They got the Elephant gentrification dumped on them, but they could surely have improved it more.letsskiptotheleft wrote:
Reckon he's being very cautious there, taking into account Hughes's majority, majorities when it comes to Lib Dems don't mean anything, or it could be I am just trying to reassure myself?
(Does anyone else have any fond recollections of that one?)
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seeingclearly wrote:Not sure if it's been mentioned, but DPAC are out again today, protesting, can't copy the links. But save the ILF is trending high, please if you stand in solidarity with disabled people, who have been the biggest losers in the cuts, please help try and get this to the top. They are out there, wheelchairs and all, right now.
Despite being warned about filming in Westminster,with the agreement of the politicians it was.
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I'm not a massive fan of the Elephant project, but something needed doing and I don't know anybody personally who will remember the Heygate with any affection; and, as you say, they were presented with a fait accompli, so what exactly do you think they could have done?Tubby Isaacs wrote:The Labour Council aren't exactly inspiring. They got the Elephant gentrification dumped on them, but they could surely have improved it more.letsskiptotheleft wrote:
Reckon he's being very cautious there, taking into account Hughes's majority, majorities when it comes to Lib Dems don't mean anything, or it could be I am just trying to reassure myself?
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I haven't seen, or heard from, Norman Smith for quite a long time now . . .
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Re Norman Smith -
I take it back. I've just seen an interview which he did earlier with Jeremy Hunt - who was soundlessly opening and closing his mouth while he was being questioned. It put me in mind of the way a cat (sorry all cats) acts when scratching itself. Most peculiar sight.
I take it back. I've just seen an interview which he did earlier with Jeremy Hunt - who was soundlessly opening and closing his mouth while he was being questioned. It put me in mind of the way a cat (sorry all cats) acts when scratching itself. Most peculiar sight.
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I don't know. Lots had already happened, but there were some big contracts unsigned. I don't know if they got anything extra in a general s.106 type way. They didn't give the impression of being too sorry.TheGrimSqueaker wrote:I'm not a massive fan of the Elephant project, but something needed doing and I don't know anybody personally who will remember the Heygate with any affection; and, as you say, they were presented with a fait accompli, so what exactly do you think they could have done?Tubby Isaacs wrote:The Labour Council aren't exactly inspiring. They got the Elephant gentrification dumped on them, but they could surely have improved it more.letsskiptotheleft wrote:
Reckon he's being very cautious there, taking into account Hughes's majority, majorities when it comes to Lib Dems don't mean anything, or it could be I am just trying to reassure myself?
Inner London estates, like where I live, have been much improved. That's an achievement of the last government that isn't recognised, though some silly politics of forced transfers to housing associations got in the way. I don't know if there was something prohibitive with the Heygate because of its design, but I don't see why it couldn't have been done up like the rest, with some private flats on bits of spare land etc.
I think saving the Coronet at least for a few years would be a useful thing to do.
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Dan Hodges @DPJHodges 3h3 hours ago
Any chance those people criticising Mark Pritchard's understandable rape anonymity call could criticise the woman who falsely accused him.
Have the police said she made a false accusation ?
Can't see that they have, just that there was "insufficient evidence".
Any chance those people criticising Mark Pritchard's understandable rape anonymity call could criticise the woman who falsely accused him.
Have the police said she made a false accusation ?
Can't see that they have, just that there was "insufficient evidence".
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No a false accusation would be a criminal offence.yahyah wrote:Dan Hodges @DPJHodges 3h3 hours ago
Any chance those people criticising Mark Pritchard's understandable rape anonymity call could criticise the woman who falsely accused him.
Have the police said she made a false accusation ?
Can't see that they have, just that there was "insufficient evidence".
I would suggest this is a case of insufficient evidence.
Hodges needs to wind his neck in.
This in my view is an excellent example of why anonymity for the accuser is a bloody good idea. These Tory men can fuck off.
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So sad, this dog abandoned outside Ayr train station with a suitcase containing his pillow, food and bowl & toy.
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Something to play around with.
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Indeed.yahyah wrote:Dan Hodges @DPJHodges 3h3 hours ago
Any chance those people criticising Mark Pritchard's understandable rape anonymity call could criticise the woman who falsely accused him.
Have the police said she made a false accusation ?
Can't see that they have, just that there was "insufficient evidence".
Supporting the current law presumably makes me a false rape apologist?
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yahyah wrote:So sad, this dog abandoned outside Ayr train station with a suitcase containing his pillow, food and bowl & toy.
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I'd sooner vote Tory than abandon my dogs.
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I saw a tweet about that. I assumed it was some joke about Paddington Bear (perhaps disguised as a dog or something).letsskiptotheleft wrote:yahyah wrote:So sad, this dog abandoned outside Ayr train station with a suitcase containing his pillow, food and bowl & toy.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/do ... 60333.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
I'd sooner vote Tory than abandon my dogs.
Very sad.
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Ignoring the nonsense about a ConLab coalition, today sees something unusual over at LDV:
Too scared to put one's name to it ??
http://www.libdemvoice.org/44080-44080.html* Sally Pearson is a pseudonym. The author is a member of the Liberal Democrats known to the LDV team.
Too scared to put one's name to it ??
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With you on the Coronet; the outside of the building is a monstrosity, but internally it is rather wonderful and, of course, has a lot of history behind it - I mean, of course, the Chaplin connections and it's status as one of the earliest permanent cinemas in London, not the fact that I went to see The Jungle Book there in 1967.Tubby Isaacs wrote:I don't know. Lots had already happened, but there were some big contracts unsigned. I don't know if they got anything extra in a general s.106 type way. They didn't give the impression of being too sorry.TheGrimSqueaker wrote:I'm not a massive fan of the Elephant project, but something needed doing and I don't know anybody personally who will remember the Heygate with any affection; and, as you say, they were presented with a fait accompli, so what exactly do you think they could have done?Tubby Isaacs wrote: The Labour Council aren't exactly inspiring. They got the Elephant gentrification dumped on them, but they could surely have improved it more.
Inner London estates, like where I live, have been much improved. That's an achievement of the last government that isn't recognised, though some silly politics of forced transfers to housing associations got in the way. I don't know if there was something prohibitive with the Heygate because of its design, but I don't see why it couldn't have been done up like the rest, with some private flats on bits of spare land etc.
I think saving the Coronet at least for a few years would be a useful thing to do.
But the Heygate has to go, the design of the estate was always poor and it was allowed to deteriorate to an irretrievably bad condition; same applies to the shopping centre which was, again, flawed from day one (and that period of painting it pink was no help either) - as kids we rarely went there, despite living at the Elephant, usually going down the Walworth Road.
Just my opinion, of course. If I had the money I'd move back to the Elephant, Camberwell or Southwark, in a heartbeat (some lovely places there, especially some of the Peabody flats); but I'd still steer clear of that central area at the moment.
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At excellent Independent Living Fund lobby. It must be brought back to give real respect and dignity!
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