NHS - The Tories are revolting.

[howoldboy]

Dr Dan Poulter, the MP for Central Suffolk and North Ipswich, who works part-time as a mental health doctor in an NHS hospital, announced he was resigning as a Tory MP.

He said he would not seek re-election to the House of Commons at the next general election. But, he says he envisages a role advising the Labour party on its policies on mental health while focusing more on his NHS work.

Poulter said his experiences on more than 20 night shifts over the last year in a severely overstretched accident and emergency department had been “truly life-changing” and persuaded him to defect to the only party he believed was now really committed to investing in improving the NHS.

He said: “I could not go on as part of that. I have to be able to look my NHS colleagues in the eye, my patients in the eye and my constituents in the eye. And I know that the Conservative government has been failing on the thing I care about most, which is the NHS and its patients.”

https://www.theguardian.com/politics...-at-nhs-crisis

[chaincey.ncfc]

Oi Dr. Poulter,if you really are bothered about the nhs then stop playing at being a politican and get your arse down to the hospital and help out

[griff]

He does both Chalky.

[chaincey.ncfc]

Aye I know,he should be doing one or the other,he’s probably spent 7 years at medical school (or whatever it’s called) and wastes half of his time plsying at being a politician instead of doing 16 hour shifts at his local hospital the shirker

[Blackdogblue]

Maybe it’s a shortage of Porters? Get off your lazy ass & give them a lift yousen.. 😎

[chaincey.ncfc]

My official title was Patient Escort so ram it with your “porter”

40 odd years working various places is enough for anyone,that’s 40 years of paying into a system that gets me a doctors appointment 10 days after I requested one

The trouble with working in a hospital is that you get to see both great joy and love then unimaginable horror within five minutes of each other,I’ve done my bit,I wouldn’t go back

[postmanpete]

3 weeks ago i spent 5 nights in hospital,took 9 hours til i got to lay down on a trolly and 21 hours to get a proper bed,the staff and treatment i got were first class but if the could magic another 20 beds overnight in the Cumberland infirmary overnight it still wouldn't be enough,was reading about HS2 yesterday and the cost per mile has risen to a staggering £394m,imagine if that money was spent on building new hospitals and dental practices.

[Blackdogblue]

I’ve been working over 40 years now… one day I will do the same.. got to support my boy through Uni first

[chaincey.ncfc]

You will be buried with your work phone and laptop bdb,you will be working when you are pushing up the daisies and refusing to log off for the final time,it’s not even because you need the money but because you can’t even leave work alone at weekends instead of relaxing,when your lad leaves university there will be another reason to stop on

[Blackdogblue]

3 weeks ago i spent 5 nights in hospital,took 9 hours til i got to lay down on a trolly and 21 hours to get a proper bed,the staff and treatment i got were first class but if the could magic another 20 beds overnight in the Cumberland infirmary overnight it still wouldn't be enough,was reading about HS2 yesterday and the cost per mile has risen to a staggering £394m,imagine if that money was spent on building new hospitals and dental practices.

Can’t argue with that Pete.. I have private healthcare but it’s not A&E in an emergency..