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22-11-2011, 11:38
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Yet another politician who doesn't realize that 1984 was written as a warning, not an instruction manual.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/20...ey-televisions
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Andrew Lansley isn't most people's idea of bedside entertainment, so pity the patients in NHS hospitals across the country who are having to watch the health secretary addressing them every three or four minutes on monitors above their beds.
The Conservative cabinet minister's face appears on bedside entertainment systems on a continuous loop saying that their care "really matters to me" and asking them to thank NHS staff.
If they want to turn him off, they have to register under a system which sees patients charged more than £5 a day to access TV, email and phone services. In some wards with multiple beds, the screens have the effect of a television showroom, reports the Independent.
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22-11-2011, 11:49
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Wait - he can see the patients too 
I think we should be told!
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22-11-2011, 11:52
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Wait - he can see the patients too
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Have you been reading the Daily Mash this morning?
http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/h...-201111224575/
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22-11-2011, 12:57
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The Conservative cabinet minister's face appears on bedside entertainment systems on a continuous loop saying that their care "really matters to me" and asking them to thank NHS staff.
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Sounds like indoctrination to me.
Wouldn't patients prefer some Art of Landscape stuff instead? Even that testcard with the girl with the chalk would be an improvement.
Test card music
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22-11-2011, 13:35
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Hahaha.......Talk about subliminal messaging!!!...I had no idea who Mr Lansley was until I read this thread.....I hope to god, I don't have to go to hospital for whatever reason!...lol
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22-11-2011, 16:11
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Many thanks for the link.I had not heard of this site.Very funny indeed !!
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22-11-2011, 16:41
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There's a song about Andrew Lansley.
I won't link it because of forum rules. But it's on Youtube.
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22-11-2011, 16:50
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You really couldn't make it up could you - why aren't people protesting?
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22-11-2011, 16:59
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You really couldn't make it up could you - why aren't people protesting?
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Probably because mainstream newspapers other than the guardian are more interested in telling us what's happening with Z-list celebs.
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22-11-2011, 21:09
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you also cannot turn off these tvs, they default back to on and showing adverts /wasting electricity 24-7 even if you have no intention of purchasing a card.
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22-11-2011, 22:41
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"Your well-being is our concern.....please relax and don't complain. Your well-being is our concern.....please relax and don't complain.Your well-being is our concern.....please relax and don't complain.Your well-being is our concern.....please relax and don't complain.Your well-being is our concern.....please relax and don't complain.Your well-being is our concern.....please relax and don't complain.Shut up! Do as you're told! Your well-being is our concern.....please relax and don't complain.Your well-being is our concern.....please relax and don't complain.Your well-being is our concern.....please relax and don't complain. Your failure to co-operate has been noted. Your feed will be withdrawn for 24 hrs.Your well-being is our concern.....please relax and don't complain. Your well-being is our concern.....please relax and don't complain. Your well-being is our concern.....please relax and don't complain. Your well-being is our concern.....please relax and don't complain. Your continued un-cooperation has been noted. You will no longer be treated. Thank you for staying with us. Your next of kin will be notified."
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22-11-2011, 23:16
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What a completely stupid and exagerated guardian article and thread this is.
Did you all miss the key point that was repeated twice in the article.
all patients had to do is press the off button on the TV.
It no different than be housebound and being "forced" to watch adverts from claims companies or debt management all day.
Guess what........ The same simple fix applies. Switch off the set.
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23-11-2011, 11:28
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Originally Posted by ECCOnoob
What a completely stupid and exagerated guardian article and thread this is.
Did you all miss the key point that was repeated twice in the article.
all patients had to do is press the off button on the TV.
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We have a contradictory account from earlier in the thread
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Originally Posted by ChrisT70
you also cannot turn off these tvs, they default back to on and showing adverts /wasting electricity 24-7 even if you have no intention of purchasing a card.
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As I have no intention of ending up in a hospital bed anytime soon I can't say for myself. I cannot however see the need to have TV's above hospital bed's. Bit of a waste of public money if you ask me.
And I'm sure it classes as torture to show an endless loop of any politician mouthing insincerities.
Last edited by Stoatwobbler; 23-11-2011 at 11:29.
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23-11-2011, 11:39
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I was in the NGH two weeks ago, unused screens were off and showing nothing.
Turn it on and you get a generic welcome screen with adverts.
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23-11-2011, 15:40
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ECCOnoob
What a completely stupid and exagerated guardian article and thread this is.
Did you all miss the key point that was repeated twice in the article.
all patients had to do is press the off button on the TV.
It no different than be housebound and being "forced" to watch adverts from claims companies or debt management all day.
Guess what........ The same simple fix applies. Switch off the set.
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So once again the Guardian comes up with a Tory-bashing scare story that turns out to be made up.
I'm amazed anyone believes any of the right-on PC claptrap it comes out with.
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23-11-2011, 15:45
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Originally Posted by rickiethecat
So once again the Guardian comes up with a Tory-bashing scare story that turns out to be made up.
I'm amazed anyone believes any of the right-on PC claptrap it comes out with.
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They've infected the Daily Mail with their right-on PC claptrap too 
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23-11-2011, 15:45
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Quote:
Originally Posted by rickiethecat
So once again the Guardian comes up with a Tory-bashing scare story that turns out to be made up.
I'm amazed anyone believes any of the right-on PC claptrap it comes out with.
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It seems the Daily Mail are into Tory bashing as well.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/ar...=feeds-newsxml
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23-11-2011, 22:00
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ECCOnoob
What a completely stupid and exagerated guardian article and thread this is.
Did you all miss the key point that was repeated twice in the article.
all patients had to do is press the off button on the TV.
It no different than be housebound and being "forced" to watch adverts from claims companies or debt management all day.
Guess what........ The same simple fix applies. Switch off the set.
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the ones in weston park come back on after they have been turned off, we asked why it was constantly on when my mum hadnt bought any card and we'd turned it off.
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