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  • daviesee
    daviesee Posts: 6,386
    Ballysmate wrote:
    The review looked at 2,500 accounts of poor care and lack of compassion, in which staff were described as offhand, rude, impatient and callous.

    Nothing to do with austerity.
    Maybe they are overstretched, overworked, overstressed, underpaid and generally fecked right off.

    No excuse. But a reason.
    None of the above should be taken seriously, and certainly not personally.
  • secretsam
    secretsam Posts: 5,120
    pinarello001 wrote:
    The blood supplied to the NHS is outsourced - yep to a private company and wots worse, this private concern is now owned by an American company. All under the watchful eye of this lovely administration that says its is not trying to dismantle the NHS and "...fully committed to its preservation".

    News to me, thought it was all run by NHS Blood and Transplant. Or am I mistaken?
    It's just a hill. Get over it.
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,301
    SecretSam wrote:
    pinarello001 wrote:
    The blood supplied to the NHS is outsourced - yep to a private company and wots worse, this private concern is now owned by an American company. All under the watchful eye of this lovely administration that says its is not trying to dismantle the NHS and "...fully committed to its preservation".

    News to me, thought it was all run by NHS Blood and Transplant. Or am I mistaken?

    It used to be. It is the slow drip drip dripping of the NHS dissapearing into the hands of private companies. Pun intended.
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • mrfpb
    mrfpb Posts: 4,569
    So what happens to the blood I donate (as a fine uostanding citizen that I am) to the National Blood Transfusion service? Does it get sold to the Americans who sell it back to the NHS? I'm going to have to look into this.

    I don't want to not give blood if it means we go buying it instead, I've had relatives who benefited from blood transfusions - the amount needed to support some cancer sufferers on a week to week basis really shocked me. Obviously anyone who cycles on the road also has a higher chance of needing some (in addition to the regular risks). It's something I'd encourage people to do freely, but it would be hard to encourage them if our free donations are being exploited for profit.
  • mr_goo
    mr_goo Posts: 3,770
    On a very slight change of subject but with the issue of privatisation.
    The RAFs' new fleet of A330 tanker aircraft are leased. I don't know the exact details but did read a few years ago when the contract was signed, that the leasing company can use the aircraft for other revenue generating ventures when not being used by the RAF, ie; private cargo transport. This does beggar belief, and I would be interested to find out if this is actually happening.
    What next Eurofighter Typhoons being used as supersonic private jets for the rich and wealthy?.....In this basket case of a country it wouldn't surprise me.
    Always be yourself, unless you can be Aaron Rodgers....Then always be Aaron Rodgers.
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,301
    @mrfpb.

    I have been the recipient of 35units of blood and 25+ units of platelets, i am grateful to everybody who donated blood, without which I would be dead. In the 90's when i was in the Hammersmith, some of the units of blood I got were from France, (now that explains everything and why I have been feeling un petit mal pour vingtieme ans with a tendancy for Brie and Garlic) because there was a shortage of blood in the UK at the time.

    Back to the topic: mrfpb - Blood still has to be transported, distributed, screened, stored and sometimes split into various consituents. It is also filtered of white blood cells to prevent reactions. This whole process was undertaken by the National Blood Transfusion Service but is soon going to be run by a private company.
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!

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