this hospital is useless my auntie who has a brain tumor has had her operation cancelled three time's now she was due to go in last friday but it got cancelled :rant: we are now really worried about her and have decided that if it gets cancelled again we are going to the papers about this what do other people think we should do

That is absolutly terrible and I hope your auntie gets her operation soon.

I would not wait much longer I would have gone to the papers or GMTV, when people with the same sort of complaints go on there the hospital usually responds.

Good Luck and best wishes

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Bloody typical of the NHS.

Just shows how unfair our society is, if people could afford to go first class they'd get the opperation instantly.

A friend of a friend has had her operation cancelled twice now. There was also someone in the Star who has had their op cancelled several times at the Hallamshire.

Does this happen as much at other hospitals?

This was mentioned on Look North or Calendar a few days ago wasn't it? If I understood the story correctly the operation had to be cancelled because there was no intensive care beds available, this seems really unfair but the hospital can't reserve intensiv care beds or any beds for that matter and so if there is a bad car crash or something what are they suposed to do, say 'sorry we can't admit you because we have only got one bed and that's reserved'.
I once ent in for an operation and was in my jim jams and had been given the pre-med injection when it was cancelled, the reason being that there had been three severly injured people brought in from a car crash who needed attention immediately.

I went to the Northern the other day for my broken finger to be checked and they were upset that Id had breakfast as after waiting an hour for a returns appt, they wanted to admit me for surgery right away! they couldnt believe id eaten. I couldnt believe they were going to do it right away. They didnt let me down though. I had to sit in a smelly dayroom for 6 hours with just a telly with no aerial watching a programme about someone in the woods dying of cancer to then be told theyd thought about it a bit more and to come back on friday to see the specialist, but with pyjamas etc as i may be admitted then. so i booked time off work and turned up, waited 2 hours in teh same room to be told that it wasnt really that bad and teh op would do more harm than good. Complete waste of time. Suppose its not the hospitals fault though, its lack of money, lack of staff, all caused by Govt. Same with all public services nowadays

Originally posted by craigmason
this hospital is useless my auntie who has a brain tumor has had her operation cancelled three time's now she was due to go in last friday but it got cancelled :rant: we are now really worried about her and have decided that if it gets cancelled again we are going to the papers about this what do other people think we should do

If your aunt is the person I am thinking of, according to an article The Star tonight, she's had the operaton...?

it is unfair,and worrying, that she has had to wait, but, as the intensive care bed(s) that were necessary to care for her after the surgery were taken up with other people, it would have been dangerous for them to operate, and then not have an ICU bed for her, afterwards...

The operation took place last friday, two days before your post...

According to the old "Iron-Bar", she is making good progress, which is good news to know. I hope she recovers, speedily, and well. I also hope her stay in hospital is not too long, either.

seeing as how you weren't aware that she had even gone into hospital, I thought you might appreciate an update on how she is doing...?

PT

As said, they cancelled it because there weren't enough ICU beds, and i don't think anyone would want to have brain surgury and not be in ICU.

I can understand it is frustrating and worrying if you have to go through the delays, but at least we get brain surgury in this country, and for basically nothing! There is always the option of private health care for those who don't wish to wait too... although then it is like most other countries in the world, you have to pay!

It is easy for people to make a political case out of stories like this, but just to even up the picture a bit... My father required brian surgury, and because it was an emergency we was diognosed and operated on within a week. This saved his life and he is completely recovered. Luckily for him he lives here, in many other countries he may have died.

Having said all that, of course there is a need to always be improving and updating the NHS, but it isn't helpful when stories like this come up.

Originally posted by craigmason
this hospital is useless my auntie who has a brain tumor has had her operation cancelled three time's now she was due to go in last friday but it got cancelled :rant: we are now really worried about her and have decided that if it gets cancelled again we are going to the papers about this what do other people think we should do

I am really sorry for your auntie I really am but please try to see it from the NHS point of view. I work in the NHS and we really do try our best. There is only so much we can do, and when we do do things we do it pretty well. There is only so many trained professionals in the NHS. It isn't really a very attractive profession to be in when most students go for so called trendy courses such as IT or media studies. There is a huge shortage of staff. Your auntie could have come in but how would you feel if she would have fallen severely ill but there wasn't enough nurses or consultants on duty to care for her and potentially save her life.

There are also only a certain amount of ICU beds, there might have been other emergencies in at those times that needed our resources just as much.

Please, please try to understand the amount of good work that the NHS does all the other times that never ever get the same amount of coverage as all the bad stories. The amount of lives saved every day or the amount of lives that are made better as a result of the NHS. These far outweigh the bad things that people seem to hear about all the time.

Again, I feel really sorry for your auntie, but please try to see our point of view. I know it must be hard when its a member of your own family but believe me if she had have been admitted she would have recieved the best care in the world.

I've had two ops this year at the hallamshire and have nothing but praise for the place.

I had half my thyroid removed and as I had a young baby (then 7 months old) my consultant arranged for us to have the family unit for our stay. Me, my baby and husband had a room with en suite, tv, toys for kids, books etc for our whole stay, and we had it again when I had the remainder of my thyroid out in October.
This facility enabled my baby to stay with me and I will always be grateful for that.

The hospitals in Sheffield are good overall and the staff are fantastic. I've experienced them as both a worker and a patient. Sure, they come under pressure at times and have to prioritise but we're lucky compared to a lot of major cities.

The Hallamshire diagnosed my cancer 3 years ago, because I was only 19 and it wasn't looking too good they actually moved other peoples operations so they could fit me in that week. I'm sorry if you were one of the people who's operations were moved because of me. Becuase I had the op straight away i'm still here and I have nothing but praise for the Hallamshire. :clap: :clap: :clap:

The NHS lost 10000 beds over the past 25 years including some in intensive care.
The MRSA epidemic means that wards and theatres are often closed without notice...this also impacts on ops. The very basics of hand wash training and enfocrcement has been allowed to wither. Couple this with the Tories mania for privatising hospital cleaning and its devastating effect on cleanliness and this Governments obsession with PFIs and foundation hospitals, they've missed the fact that 5000 a year die from being infected in hospital.... not to mention several times that number being made seriously ill for weeks/months. Then there's this effect on ward closures, cancelled ops ect.
It's not the NHS at fault, its the b****y politicians.
I hope your Aunt has had the op by now, when the NHS works its superb.
If she hasn't try erecting a tent on a hospital lawn and say you aren't moving 'til she's had the op! Call Look North and blame Blair and things will probably happen quickly.
Good Luck