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My eldest is a hospital pre-reg pharmacist and she is still expecting to sit her GPhC assessment in June (how can they let 100s of students sit in a hall to do an exam). They haven’t cancelled it yet, nor registered them as fully fledged pharmacists. They have a masters degree and have spent 4 years at university.
She’s on the wards in the vicinity of a lot of patients who have tested +ive, and commuting on public transport.
She’s on the wards in the vicinity of a lot of patients who have tested +ive, and commuting on public transport.
Thanks everyone
Patients are coming thick and fast now with ?Covid-19 or confirmed Covid-19. Todays formal press release from the hospital is two deaths from confirmed Covid-19 cases so far and this is a semi-rural acute hospital.
Please urge everyone to stay at home and keep to the new measures. This virus is killing young and old alike, it doesn't discrminate between age or what conditions people have, but those with underlying conditions are more likely to succumb to how it attacks the body.
The World Health Organisation are now setting up clinical trials and our hospital is one of them to offer 4 possible interventions for those who need treatment -reassuring to know that some good will come out of this.
One nurse is already fighting for her life on intensive care, so please take note about staying at home.
I read the report on the Spanish CH, I have since read the Spanish police/authorities will be investigating this as natural disasters are no excuse for criminal negligence.
I'm back tomorrow for two days and then my hours will be increased. I haven't worked in intensive care for 9 years, but it may get to the point I have to.
Stay calm and stay safe everyone
Patients are coming thick and fast now with ?Covid-19 or confirmed Covid-19. Todays formal press release from the hospital is two deaths from confirmed Covid-19 cases so far and this is a semi-rural acute hospital.
Please urge everyone to stay at home and keep to the new measures. This virus is killing young and old alike, it doesn't discrminate between age or what conditions people have, but those with underlying conditions are more likely to succumb to how it attacks the body.
The World Health Organisation are now setting up clinical trials and our hospital is one of them to offer 4 possible interventions for those who need treatment -reassuring to know that some good will come out of this.
One nurse is already fighting for her life on intensive care, so please take note about staying at home.
I read the report on the Spanish CH, I have since read the Spanish police/authorities will be investigating this as natural disasters are no excuse for criminal negligence.
I'm back tomorrow for two days and then my hours will be increased. I haven't worked in intensive care for 9 years, but it may get to the point I have to.
Stay calm and stay safe everyone
So sad to read all this but also so familiar and unless you're in this situation no one can appreciate all the mixed emotions you go through. I'm my mums carer,I do have a brother living near by who's extremely selfish but of course is wonderful!!? And luckily for me I have friends who help with mum as I work 3 days and also support my husband who had 3 spinal ops, now with depression. But still I feel the guilt no matter what I do for mum who's been diagnosed with vascular dementia for 6 years , recently not sure who I was. I have twin daughters 22 ,who support me but I do feel life is passing me by,and there's the guilt again
We can only do our best, and the world shouldn't be put on our shoulders @Nor65 . My invisible brother hasn't visited mum since 17th January and now he can't go anyway -this is the first born, the child my parents based all of their hopes on ?? Meanwhile the third born is picking all the pieces up, working full-time and worrying about CH issues -I feel for you as I do myself, its just hard work, demisary and as things are now even more pressure. Guilt -yes, but there is only so much we should wrap ourselves up in and the rest someone else needs to take on
I just flipped out at the governments appeal for volunteers to help the vulnerable and posted this to my MP just now:
Dear Esther,
Now may not be the time to raise this, but I argue now is the time. I cannot believe that in a country so well placed in the world as the UK that 250, 000 volunteers are being asked to help the vulnerable -I am speechless at the lack of the morality of progressive governments. These mechanisms should have been already in place by a well funded social care system, and how dare this government ask for volunteers when these issues have been raised over and over and over again. There is only so much good will, and how are volunteers supposed to help those more challenging in need of care??
Things have to change for the future and I sincerely hope lessons are learned from this
Regards
Simon XXXXXXXXXXX
Dear Esther,
Now may not be the time to raise this, but I argue now is the time. I cannot believe that in a country so well placed in the world as the UK that 250, 000 volunteers are being asked to help the vulnerable -I am speechless at the lack of the morality of progressive governments. These mechanisms should have been already in place by a well funded social care system, and how dare this government ask for volunteers when these issues have been raised over and over and over again. There is only so much good will, and how are volunteers supposed to help those more challenging in need of care??
Things have to change for the future and I sincerely hope lessons are learned from this
Regards
Simon XXXXXXXXXXX
Well said, you are preaching to the converted @Palerider. A wrecking ball has been at the social care system for the last 10 years...Dilnot 2010 damning but, nothing really happened. Report July 2019 to the House of Lords, exactly the same story with the cumulative effect of 9 years inaction since the Dilnot to compound it. All there have ever been is empty words and platitudes. Who does it affect? All the good people on this forum, it's shameful.
I am literally furious over it and am close to screaming frankly. I hope todays politicians suffer in their thoughts of what now will unfold, because they deserve to. I am absolutely agrieved with this plea for volunteers who will have no idea of how to manage those living alone with various difficulties including dementia.
GIVE ME STRENGTH!!!
Exactly what will these 250,000 volunteers be able to do? They are not trained nurses or carers and would need someone to take the focus off caring for ill people to train them. Having worked with volunteers, not all will actually be capable of doing the job, willing though they may be.
The government now seems to want to blame Transport for London for crowded trains, when they've been told a third of the workforce is sick and that non-essential workers should stay home. I surprised my son's company is still working, but he says it's pretty much business as usual. They are far from an essential service, but because it is industry they can't work from home. My husband's work (television) has got most people working from home, and though he is going in tomorrow and Thursday at least he can use his bike.
The government now seems to want to blame Transport for London for crowded trains, when they've been told a third of the workforce is sick and that non-essential workers should stay home. I surprised my son's company is still working, but he says it's pretty much business as usual. They are far from an essential service, but because it is industry they can't work from home. My husband's work (television) has got most people working from home, and though he is going in tomorrow and Thursday at least he can use his bike.
Is anyone going to vet these volunteers? They will be working with the vulnerable.
Most people who volunteer are genuine, but unfortunately there are a minority who are not.
Most people who volunteer are genuine, but unfortunately there are a minority who are not.
Before criticising this initiative have a look at what is proposed.
https://www.goodsamapp.org/NHS .
https://www.goodsamapp.org/NHS .
Nitram these are not all volunteers for the NHS they are for social care, also realising NHS England has now taken over CCG's as an interim measure. What this means is that the point of contact may well be a well meaning volunteer with no idea of how to respond!
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