The Retirement Thread

[Dave7]

I really believe the whole country, including our once great NHS is totally broken and the best we can even hope for is just a very modest recovery which is going to take at least 6 years if we’re lucky.

Yep....fully agree.
We have been with this surgery since early 80s and on the few occasions we needed it, it was excellent.
Can't even speak to a Doctor now and tbh, one of them I can't understand.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Yep....fully agree.
We have been with this surgery since early 80s and on the few occasions we needed it, it was excellent.
Can't even speak to a Doctor now and tbh, one of them I can't understand.

If you go past the surgery my Good Lady uses at the time they are handing out the appointments there will be a queue snaking down the street, if you phone you're unlikely to get through, if you do it will take half to three quarters of an hour and all the appointments will be gone, most surgeries are the same, the best way to see a doctor is to have an emergency, but you'll have to wait for an ambulance and spend a lot of time in A & E.

 

[12boy]

Sorry to hear of your NHS troubles. I have always envied your system. I pay quite a bit for insurance and make appts way in advance.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

When we were out to lunch earlier I had the healthy option, jacket spud with tuna and salad, I got back from yoga a bit Hungary and wobbly legged, when my Good lady suggested going out for lunch I said, "sounds like a good idea", we ended up at Jubilee Junction in Jubilee crescent and dropped into Asda on the way back.

 

[Tenkaykev]

I tootled off to Screwfix which is on a small industrial estate. Noticed a board for a café in one of the units promising “ Bournemouth roasted coffee “ so I thought I’d give it a try. Very small with only a couple of tables, I think their main custom must be takeaways from workers in neighbouring units. Coffee was good and I spotted a bicycle sales / service/ repair business a couple of units down. Wandered back before the rain returned. Legs are weak still so I’ll take it easy for a few more days.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

If you go past the surgery my Good Lady uses at the time they are handing out the appointments there will be a queue snaking down the street, if you phone you're unlikely to get through, if you do it will take half to three quarters of an hour and all the appointments will be gone, most surgeries are the same, the best way to see a doctor is to have an emergency, but you'll have to wait for an ambulance and spend a lot of time in A & E.

and as a result the ambulances and A&E are over loaded
and social services ar over loaded and underfunded to the extent that people ready to come out of hospital can;t because the care is not available
which over loads the hospital bed system

On top of that the new Royal in Liverpool has opened with less beds than the old one because not as many are needed anymore as people go home earlier
or they did when the hospital was designed

wonderful!!!
(stopping there before I get sent out and told to go to 'the other place')

 

[classic33]

and as a result the ambulances and A&E are over loaded
and social services ar over loaded and underfunded to the extent that people ready to come out of hospital can;t because the care is not available
which over loads the hospital bed system

On top of that the new Royal in Liverpool has opened with less beds than the old one because not as many are needed anymore as people go home earlier
or they did when the hospital was designed

wonderful!!!
(stopping there before I get sent out and told to go to 'the other place')

And if they'd specified narrower beds, they'd have had more space on the wards.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

And if they'd specified narrower beds, they'd have had more space on the wards.

But then they'd have problems with patients that the beds don't fit.

 

[classic33]

But then they'd have problems with patients that the beds don't fit.

True.
I was thinking more of the local hospital where they went from four foot wide to three foot six wide. Saving space.

 

[Paulus]

But then they'd have problems with patients that the beds don't fit.

Do you mean people who might need to go on a bit of a diet

 

[BoldonLad]

and as a result the ambulances and A&E are over loaded
and social services ar over loaded and underfunded to the extent that people ready to come out of hospital can;t because the care is not available
which over loads the hospital bed system

On top of that the new Royal in Liverpool has opened with less beds than the old one because not as many are needed anymore as people go home earlier
or they did when the hospital was designed

wonderful!!!
(stopping there before I get sent out and told to go to 'the other place')

Very true. That happened with my (late) Mother, well over 20 years ago, in the late 1990s.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

I looked outside when I locked up and its . According to the forecast Its supposed to be in for the rest of the night and all day tomorrow.

 

[classic33]

I looked outside when I locked up and its . According to the forecast Its supposed to be in for the rest of the night and all day tomorrow.

The fog is coming back here. Clear night forecast.

 

[Mo1959]

Very true. That happened with my (late) Mother, well over 20 years ago, in the late 1990s.

Same here. I popped out at 8 for a 20 minute leg stretch and the first spits were just starting. Supposed to rain most of tomorrow and Friday

 

[Mo1959]

Over an inch of rain the next 2 days