As some of you will know, I have been vocal in my criticism of the NHS in recent months, due to many cancelled apointments/operations and what I percieve to be generall mis-handling of my particular medical issue.

I am big enough to admit when I am wrong, and while I still stand by everything I have previously said, I am pleased to report my operation went ahead on Thursday and finally got sorted. I went in Thursday morning and everyone I dealt with prior to and after my operation were a credit to their profession. The surgeon, anaesthetist, nurses, doctors and even the TAU reception staff were a pleasure to meet. The atmosphere was very friendly and jolly and generally made an unpleasant reason for being there more bearable.

So I's just like to say, while the NHS clearly has problems in meeting its targets, I can now recognise this is absolutely no reflection on the staff. They deserve every bit of their pay-rise.

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I think you've hit the nail on the head.

From my recent experiences of the NHS, the staff they ahve do a brilliant job..... there's just not enough of them!

(Especially at Jessops!)


Jim:thumbsup:

I've recently had an op at Northern General that has been on the cards for a while. I was allowed to choose the date for my op, had everything explained to me really well, the doctors, nurses and auxiliary staff were all amazing and my physio and hydrotherapy that I've been doing afterwards have been great too.

I wrote to the Chief Exec of the trust and my MP to tell them how fantastic I think everything is and to point out the improvements I have seen in the 11 years since my last op.

The NHS come in for grief from a lot of the press but the people that work there and the fact that we get it free at the point of delivery are amazing, especially when you consider how much insurance would cost us if we went to American way.

I've recently had an op at Northern General that has been on the cards for a while. I was allowed to choose the date for my op, had everything explained to me really well, the doctors, nurses and auxiliary staff were all amazing and my physio and hydrotherapy that I've been doing afterwards have been great too.

I wrote to the Chief Exec of the trust and my MP to tell them how fantastic I think everything is and to point out the improvements I have seen in the 11 years since my last op.

The NHS come in for grief from a lot of the press but the people that work there and the fact that we get it free at the point of delivery are amazing, especially when you consider how much insurance would cost us if we went to American way.

Oh well said, yes the NHS do get a lot of critiscism, i only work on the admin side but my job plays a very big part on how the hospital keeps going. People are quick to criticise but dont really know the ins and outs of how hospitals run, yes it's terrible when op's get cancelled and it shouldn't happen but there are reasons why they do get cancelled.

Skala people don't realise the ins and outs, but the reason is that its never explained to them.

When I had my ops cancelled it was never explained to me why, just that I needn't have got up at 5 a.m. that morning and caught 3 busses because it had been decided before the date that mine would be cancelled.

People criticise because they are not informed!

Saw a nurse at the hallamshire today who thought I might have fractured or broken my neck and made me go to northern general. There a really nice doctor (Thankyou if your reading this your excellent at your job) quickly and relatively painlessly diagnosed me with somesort of whiplash/muscle injury.

Is that a complaint?

Skala people don't realise the ins and outs, but the reason is that its never explained to them.

When I had my ops cancelled it was never explained to me why, just that I needn't have got up at 5 a.m. that morning and caught 3 busses because it had been decided before the date that mine would be cancelled.

People criticise because they are not informed!

Well yeah i have to agree with that, sorry didn't think about that, although saying that you get people who haven't been in any position like yourself and just feel the need to crticise anyway!

Is that a complaint?

what, my post?

Yes, your post :)

I wrote to the Chief Exec of the trust and my MP to tell them how fantastic I think everything is and to point out the improvements I have seen in the 11 years since my last op.



Thank you :) People are so quick to complain, but never to praise!

Since moving to Sheffield I have a lot of praise for the NHS here even though I'd have thought it would have been the same as elsewhere in the country.

After being told a medical problem I had was not an issue and was not affecting my life, regardless of not being able to walk properly, for 4 years I moved to Sheffield to live with my boyfriend.

I got registered to a Doctor and went for a check up with the Nurse who when she saw my foot (after I mentioned I had issues with it) called a Doctor for his opinion. I was then booked in for surgery and had my problem dealt with within two months and my new Doctor wrote a letter of complaint, along with me, to my old Doctors.

Turns out my foot should have been treated a lot sooner and then I would not have needed surgery. The aftercare I got was fantasic and thankfully I can walk without pain again, which at 21 years of age I should have been able to do for those 4 years.

Yes, your post :)

No its not a complaint I was very happy with the doctor at the northern general he was nice and very good at his job so was the assessment nurse. The lady on reception at the hallamshire was a bit snappy with me in my half concussed state and the nurse at the hallamshire was so scared of me sueing her if I had a broken neck that she sent me to the northern general to have an xray but in the end the doctor at the NG settled it. Wasn't massively happy about having my blood pressure checked 7 times but I just hate having it done. Over all I was happy with what I saw but I can really sympathise with them for the horrible people they must have to put up with :( and I also sympathise with whoever had to clean up after the homeless (I assume) bloke who sh*t himself on a chair.

Glad you finally had your op navigator-it was a long time coming!

Nice to hear that us NHS staff dont always get it wrong,after all we can only work within the constraints of the system,no matter how much we wish differently :thumbsup:

Just checking - pleased you're OK :)

The lovely people who looked after me for a week at the Hallamshire were absolutely top notch.

The people at A&E at the Northern General who are going to start giving me a loyalty card if I keep going back at the same rate of frequency (5 times in 9 months!) are diamonds.

Good on 'em all!

I've recently spent a little more time with the NHS than I would like to, and have to say that they've been great.

I hate having blood taken - I really dislike needles - but the Hallamshire phlebotomists were amazing!

I'm likely to be in and out of the endocrinology department for the next 6 months, but I feel confident about the whole business so far.

Whatever 'systems' are put in place, the bottom line is that they're delieverd by people, and often the thing that matters is that the people care. :)

a very close friend of mine just spent about ten weeks in Intensive Care on the NHS. Although the nurses and staff were wonderful making sure she was comfertable when she was unconscious (which was most of the time), making sure her parents were okay etc, but the only flaw to the NHS is that after all this time they still dont know what was wrong with her. Luckily she is okay although there was a few times where it was hit and miss, it just upsets her friends and family that the doctors never established what was wrong with her in the first place.

I'm not sure you can blame that solely on the NHS. Much of the human body remains a mystery :)