Maintain pressure on reforms to protect NHS
Doug Langdon
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Comment on: Terry Pratchett calls for war on dementia
Society and governments have never really cared about Mental health in any shape or form in the 45 years that l have been involved with it, so why will they start now. Dementia has been challenging society for the last 50 years and yet the information given shows that we do not really give a damn about the misery this disease has caused to countless people over that time. Perhaps it is because the majority of care provided, is by unpaid and unsupported caring relatives! I wonder what would happen to the £23 billion costs if the goverment had to pay for that support? Anon 11.22pm identifies what has happened with stroke and cardiac units, however we are already way over the 30 years, when it comes to dementia. Let the Government take the lead, and ensure that the balance in research money allocation if proportionate. in the long run it wilkl save them much more money!!
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Comment on: Unions tell Mid Staffs inquiry of mangement intimidation
How can Unisons National Officer Karen Jennings use Psychiatric Hospitals to wxplain the word "Stagnant"? Just goes to show how out of touch she is with reality, if she doesn't realise or appreciate that for many years Psychiatric patients have been an intregal part of local communities. I would accept that in the early days of the "asylums", her analogy may have some credence, but please don't project such a misconception as l feel it does not do justice to those nursing and other staff who work in psychiatry. Neither does it reflect the advances made in the care of people with mental health problems.
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Comment on: Evidence of Mid Staffs care failures vanished
Whilst we have to be careful not to make unfounded accusations, l am certainly not surprised to hear that these documents have gone missing. Over the two decades, it seems to me that employers are now more concerned with protecting themselves from criticism (damage limitation) than they are getting to the root of the problem and finding a solution. Unfortunately, l believe that they have only followed the lead of their political masters!!
