Comments on: Day 98 – Thursday 4th August 2005

By: David Pollard

David Pollard — Sun, 07 Aug 2005 08:39:00 +0000

I don’t know who you are anonymous, but I hope anyone who reads this blog will understand that we think NHS staff (as a whole) are awesome.

I have no intention of putting NHS staff down, and simply stated the facts of the day in my original blog entry.

I only singled out a specific nurse (in reply to your comment) to DEFEND NHS staff as a whole.

I could elaborate further on the specifics of the actions of the nurse in question (to justify my argument), but this wouldn’t help the situation and would only rake over old ground, ground which Karen and I feel is now nice and level.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 06 Aug 2005 23:36:00 +0000

24 hour care is there 7 days a week re-gardless of familys or visitors;there is no need to put down n h s staff [specific nurse]
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By: David Pollard

David Pollard — Sat, 06 Aug 2005 13:34:00 +0000

I hope anyone who reads the blog will realise that both Karen and I believe that the care we have received at the Q.E. has been superb with only a couple of exceptions. I have no doubt that the Q.E.’s staff are among the best in the area if not the best.

The hospital truly deserves its 3 stars and we think Ward 22 is generally awesome and I know we would rather she be where she is than at any other hospital in the area.

I am assuming the blog entry refers to the day’s blog entry that I posted. If it doesn’t, then please ignore the following :-

I have NEVER demanded anything from any staff member at the Q.E. In fact, I (as good as) preface everything I ask of the staff with “when you have time”, because I know only TOO well how busy the staff are with all the patients.

The care and attention Karen’s family provide her mean that we try and do as much as we can for her, leaving the nurses to tend to other patients wherever possible.

This blog entry relates to a specific nurse who on both of the occasions I have written about never “jumped at every possible request”, in fact, she never took any action at all relating to our requests.

This is not indicative of the other staff on Ward 22 whatsoever.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 06 Aug 2005 11:07:00 +0000

we nurses hope people understand we do have very’very’poorly patients on wards throughtout the nhs’we cannot jump at every possible request demanded from the public; if possible we would love to give one to one care to each patient in our care