And.... with the Brits who left Switzerland and drove to France.... How the fuck did they get in.... I thought the EU were not welcoming British holiday makers? I would have thought the French border police would have got Max fun from being the biggest PITAs.
But why not move the hospital staff to nightingales and create a covid hospital? just thinking outside the box here and clearly it’s not aimed at you mate. Just seems like a no brainer. maybe we are seriously low on medical professionals? That I can believe. But staff are staff... it just seems sensible to centralise and separate the covid patients to me. a very sorry situation. well done on your works by the way my friend
Throughout all of this I’m convinced the media are talking shite mate. I have countless friends and acquaintances that have been in and out of the U.K. throughout this (and at times when you weren’t supposed to be allowed to). Right or wrong my point being it wasn’t exactly difficult in the slightest. It wasn’t enforced. Just like to say by the way I’m not a denier and I’m very grateful to our nhs. I’m just stating it doesn’t make any sense to me all things considered. It’s been a right shit show.
Nearly 1,000 people died from Covid today, and the additional increase in deaths expected from the increased mixing during Xmas hasn't kicked in yet. Some very tough weeks ahead.
I asked why don’t we make Nightingales Covid hospitals, bring in military medics etc, and keep the normal hospitals treating cancer etc etc. Answer I was given is many military medics are reservists who normally work in the NHS full time already. Ofcourse this excludes a small full time forces medical service. So it seems to be the case that if you fill the Nightingales with patients and staff then there is not enough staff left for the normal hospitals. I’m not saying what or who is right or wrong, just the answers I got from NHS management when I asked that question.
Begs the question why on Earth did they bother with the nightingale hospitals in the first place. I heard a few weeks back they were debating another bigger one! I don’t understand how they couldn’t figure out they couldn’t staff them ages ago. The guys on the data want stringing up. I do a lot of data for a living and took one look at the gov and nhs data at the start of all this and knew it was a waste of text. You can’t put dat together in the fashion it has been and expect anything other than a fiasco. it really is like they don’t know what they’re doing. thanks for posting mate.
Now don’t quote me... But the London Nightingale boasted of having a capacity of 2000 was it. Well they did not put in all the beds and equipment, it was to be done in stages as and when necessary. So they put in I think about 500 beds and equipment, yes this has mostly been taken out now.
From Wiki The Armed Forces no longer run dedicated Military hospitals, the last of such hospitals closing or turned over to the local NHS trust in 1995, (though the hospital at RAF Akrotiri, Cyprus, stayed open until 2013). MDHUs operate under the direction of Defence Medical Services, who operate seven MDHUs in the UK. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry_of_Defence_Hospital_Units
I have a friend who in heavily involved with the excel nightingale and reckons the 40 odd stat of persons (which is still a joke) is still too many. he reckons there was never anymore than 18 people in total in it and the whole thing was an exercise Either way it’s a joke
Actually I think the Nightingales were there for a different reason than curing patients. My thoughts are along the lines of Covid patients being in severe pain & problems, infectious and beyond the scope of their families ability to cope; these units would have been a mercy stop prior to their passing. Remember the government had little information at the time of their creation and wanted to cover the possible eventuality of mass deaths & infection control/ reduction. I think the Mail & Sun coverage were more likely a government sponsored soap story.
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Well, sadly, it appears that the French police has been kept busy by more urging matters than a few British holiday makers running away from... Switzerland.
i'm sure your nightingale hospitals are being used in the same way our temporary hospital the Louisa Jordon is. it has seen 12,000 patients in orthopaedics, dermatology, diagnostic imaging, breast clinics and more & provided a COVID-19 safe space to train over 4500 health care staff & students.
And tonight ex NHS nurse friends of mine now living in Ireland sent me a copy of messages they have received from an NHS trust asking if they know anyone who could come over to UK and help out medically.
There’s talk of cv19 patients being sent to Yorkshire to be treated as we have loads of capacity and fewer cases to contend with, apparently.
