Maintain pressure on reforms to protect NHS
Jacqueline Hickman
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Comment on: Midwifery leader expresses concern at 'foetus parties' trend
Anonymous | 13-Jan-2012 12:29 pm You are obviously not a midwife. What an inane comment! It all appears to be exploitation of pregnant women to me, but only well-off pregnant women. No-one else could afford it. I agree that all this celebration prior to the event (delivery) xould lead to more trauma if events don't turn out as expected.
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Comment on: Should consultants carve the turkey on wards on Christmas day?
Your husband can carve the turkey at the hospital first. They always eat quite early on Christmas day in all hospitals. If ward managers feel that they must be on duty on Christmas day, why not consultants?
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Comment on: Is it acceptable to refer to patients as bed blockers?
No it is not! The bed blockers are the poor managers who do not allocate sufficient staff to the tasks of form-filling to enable discharge to a suitable care environment, and to doctors who cannot be bothered to institute aftercare. The elderly are victims of these hightly inefficient systems. They cannot wait to be discharged and to get back to some sort of normal life, not the institutionallisation of hospital care.
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Comment on: Whistleblowers need support to deal with after effects
Hear, hear Mike Stone! Is anyone SURPRISED at the results of this study? It should have been glaringly obvious that the results of whistleblowing are victimisation, ostracism, exclusionary behaviour, hostility and bullying leading to substance abuse, nightmares, insomnia, paranoia etc. Defensive behaviour by organisations and employers almost always result in serious psychological damage to whistleblowers. If nurses, or any other workers are to be encouraged to behave ethically and report abuse, they must be guaranteed complete protection and confidentiality.
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Comment on: Older women 'unaware of breast cancer risk'
Most women having their last 'routine' mammogram are not made aware that they can request the continuation of this procedure. They are either not told or it is not sufficiently emphasised when they go for what they believe is their final mammogram that they can request 3 yearly screening. They erroneously believe that the mammograms would continue rouinely if they were at higher risk of developing breast cancer. If more money was allocated to breast cancer screening it could continue every 3 years throughout a woman's life after the age of 50. If women do not get 3 yearly invitations as reminders, they will simply forget to ask for the screening.
