does anyone on here work at the northern general hospital?

I used to work at NGH

parcher wat wat ur job role?

not me personally but do know 3 peeps who do.

not me, but i once met 5 people who did

Why are you asking?:confused: :confused:

I havent seen many people actually WORKING at NGH. I have been many times, both as a patient and to accompany my late father on his many out- patient visits. I found the standards of care generally poor compared to Barnsley General where my dad spent the last 8 weeks of his life.

My neice is a nurse she works at the Northern.

I havent seen many people actually WORKING at NGH. I have been many times, both as a patient and to accompany my late father on his many out- patient visits. I found the standards of care generally poor compared to Barnsley General where my dad spent the last 8 weeks of his life.

Your not alone in your observations Nimrod. Generally the care at the NGH isn't that great and the only reason it managed three stars was because of the Hallamshire propping it up.

You try working there and see if you can do any better then *yawn*

I work for the hallamshire, and i hear stories all the time about the poor care of the hospitals inpatient wards. especially the wards for the elderly (of which you would think they were the most important)

Originally posted by antics
You try working there and see if you can do any better then *yawn*

I did, didn't like it, went to the Hallamshire.:)

I started work at NGH when I first came to Sheffield in '98. It was a dirty, depressing hovel staffed by people who on the whole were a bunch of "job's worths". The overall philosophy of management there is an authoritarian "thou shalt not" (...innovate, be creative, express dissatisfaction with the status quo, attempt to change or improve standards, better yourself).

I moved to the Hallamshire in 2000 where the exact opposite pertains and had a great time until the merger, getting promoted, supported, developed and even graduating a Post Grad. Diploma in teaching. Then my boss sent me back to NGH in November last year to "fix" some problems. It wasn't any better.

I have now left the NHS for for a career in academia.

I'm sorry your old man had a bad time there but good on BDGH for getting good press from you! Not enough people sing the praises of the smaller hospitals around Sheffield despite the fact they do a fine job of giving honest to goodness good care to patients. They may not be world leaders in research and new health treatments, but people leave there happy and satisfied.

I worked on the spinal injury unit from 1990 to last month

I can only speak for the spinal injury unit, which is only one of eleven in Britain.

it was a hard,stressfull and amazing place in which to work.Most of the staff including the consultant medical staff are dedicated, hard working and talented specialists

I left because I wanted a lifestyle in the country without the stresses of an city hospital ( i live in wales) but the main stress in hospital ( and any hospital!!!!!) especially for a ward manager (as I was) is the constant red tape and targets the trust inforces on you.oh and the occassional staff problem

i was lucky enough to love the job i did for 16 years and not many people can say that

before anyone bashes hospital and hospital staff, please take a deep breath

Its just that i am going to be working there soon and just wondered what it was like.:)

I dont really think the nurses and support workers etc should be totally held to ransom because the pays **** and the hours are shizer!

My friend used to be a support worker at the hallamshire. Working hours like 10pm til 8 am with only 30 mins break. Also having to work weekends:( (not the job for me)

Spending all her time, wiping up excrement, urine, sick, blood, puss. Being abused by patients, changing dressings, having to watch people die, screaming in pains etc etc.


All for just £700 a month, if you ask me i would have told them to stick it up thier arse!

They need more indians and less chiefs in the nhs. to many people trying to implement new "target schemes" and meeting "patient deadlines" fire some of them, spend more money on patient care. i.e more nursing staff!!!!!!!!

I am not in the habit of bashing hospital staff- but the difference in care between Barnsley and NGH is so vast. Dad was a miner with "the dust", when he had a spell as an in-patient at NGH it was in the old Vickers Ward. What an appalling place that is, its like something out of a Dickens novel. He could be in there a week without seeing a doctor. Oxygen was obviously rationed even though he was fighting to breathe and in pain. He was admitted to Barnsley Hospital one Sunday, simply because the emergency ambulance came from there and what a difference we saw. It was as good as you would expect if you "went private". Oxygen given to make him relax, pain killers given to help him sleep, and the kindest people on Gods earth looking after him. A city like Sheffield deserves better than wards like Vickers.

Yeah but thats what the goverment wants now, more super hospitals like ngh.

The hallamshire is quite confined for growth as there is no room to expand, so you will see more things move over to the ngh in the years to come.

What i think will happen is, that the hallamshire will end up as an out patient based hospital, where as the ngh will be all in-patient based.

any thoughts?

my ex boyfriends mum works there shes a domestic nurse on huntmans building nr accident and emergency.whenever i had an accident or became ill i went there and see her.

I work across both the Hallamshire and Northern and I think the environment and the buildings have a lot to do with perceptions. The newer bits of the Northern are great - up there with the best in the NHS - but it's like a load of small hospitals on one site and the older bits are not conducive to the best care. The hospital also deals with so much emergency work it's untrue. The other hospitals in SY have nothing like the pressure that the Northern comes under and all the complex work from across South Yorks is sent to Sheffield. The Hallamshire, (despite being a bit of an eyesore on the skyline!) is in the main a pretty good design for a hospital.

The old Vickers Wards at the Northern are being replaced at the moment - I think people will see a huge improvement once the new wards open and other older bits are being rebuilt at the moment as well.

In response to Steve's point - I reckon the Royal Hallamshire will continue to do a lot of the specialist surgical and medical work and things won't change too much - but you're right that there's no room at all left to expand there. As with all the posts about hospitals, there's so much great stuff going on that often gets forgotten and wonderful - often life-saving - work going on every minute of every single day as well.

I work in Medical Records at the northern! People dont realise just how hard we work!
Where you going to work Wardy?

i will be working in catering huntsmen dinning room

Huntsman dining room = best fried breakfast in Sheffield!

See you around Wardy!

Thanks, looking forward to working there might see you around.

I started off working in the Ultrasound Department as a secretary, then became a float secretary and finally ended up as a Cardiology secretary. I left 3 years ago after about 15 years

My boyfriend's sister works there, doing some kind of research.

Originally posted by crowefan
before anyone bashes hospital and hospital staff, please take a deep breath

I don't "bash" hospitals, or their staff. Wardy asked what it was like and I told him my personal experience. It stirkes me that the fact that I got along just fine in 6 differnet hospitals around the country but found my development seriously arrested at NGH speaks volumes about the way the hospital is run.

Did I miss out cronyism at the middle management level? I think I did.

What did you do at the NGH/RHH dirty?

where do you work stoofa?

Originally posted by wardy
does anyone on here work at the northern general hospital? wardy why are you asking

just wondering thats all why?