“I used to work in both RCH Treliske and RCH City, and the standard of care over the years has gone through the floor, mostly because of attitudes of various governments and mostly of managers, everything now there is led by money pure and simple. On a brighter note, I have just been an in patient in Derriford, the staff from the cleaners, catering staff, nurse to consultants, were excellent, cheerful, had time for you , the food was excellent, thecare was superb, and the hospital was CLEAN, this unfortunately canot be said for Treliske.”

“Further to my last. I agree with most, if not all, of the comments made about the NHS and the Nursing care provided within that environment.
I trained in Edinburgh and for 25 years worked within the NHS, in Oxford and London, but became disillusioned with the manner in which the hospitals were managed and the changes in the nurses attitude toward the provision of essential palliative care: a significant number being more interested in their own careers than in patient care.
Later, I worked in teaching/medical research hospitals in the USA and Canada. And the difference in attitude of both the management and nursing staff was easily observed: the patient being placed firmly at the centre of all operating procedures.
Yes, they too had bean-counters (although not on my guest list), but at least they consulted fully with the medically trained staff, and were willing to accept compromise if the patient were to benefit. Additionally, Trades Unions were far less in evidence than they are here!”

“My low opinion of hospital services in Cornwall was decisive in my rejecting (going home when I retired.
Now resident in the Wirral I spent a month in Arrow Park teaching hospital last year. The advance in technology is impressive and the standard of nursing is appalling.
The nurses are controlled by computer notes and non medical staff.Political correctness has supplanted competence.
YES! reform is required, but would we place law enforcement into the hands of the Mafia? THAT is what we are doing, placing reform of the NHS into the hands of the Westminster Mafia.
Sadly a strike will cause casualties but there has never been a war without casualties this is a war about the survival of the NHS.”

“The nurses should be glad their jobs are safe, even if they may change roles. Staff who don't work on wards face the actual threat of redundancy.

They need to remember that we are all in this together.”

“It would be a great pity if Nurses/Midwives voted for strike action.
The NHS has many internal problems, including the over-abundance of non-medically qualified managers (including bean counters), and the problems they cause are self-explanatory and well documented.
In the past 25 years the Nursing profession has undergone considerable change; which has resulted in an increase in highly qualified/trained Nursing staff - this has not served the NHS well.
When the Nursing staff comprised SRN's and SEN's, and worked according to their qualification standard and ability, the system worked efficiently and effectively - and the patients (remember them?) benefited enormously. Perhaps the time has now come to review the required nursing standards, and to determine what is best for the patient and not just what benefits the Nursing profession.”

“GO FOR IT GIRLS AND GUYS.
ABOUT TIME THEY STOP TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THESE HARD WORKING PEOPLE.”