14000
Thanks
Thank you for ticking up 14000 page views for this little
Blog.
Some thousands, like this one have been easy because so many
people checked out the flood pictures. Normally it’s a painful struggle.
Here is why I do it – this is one of my poster’s from early
2013. That was such a tough spring
for me – I was ill, medication failing fast, being a carer and running a campaign. In fact I didn’t realise it at the time but
I was a lot rougher and tougher then than I am now.
As I discovered later, it was a ‘consultant’, who was
incompetent, not a junior Doctor.
St. Peter’s Accident and Emergency has recently appointed one
more consultant but it’s still understaffed.
The Blog Battles on!
I need your help!
I’ve started
a campaign to improve the level of staffing and competence at the Accident and
Emergency department at St Peter’s Hospital, Chertsey.
I had a bad
experience and I fear this is being repeated – people are at risk.
Check out my Blog; 2000 hits and still
hitting!
Helpmesortoutstpeters.blogspot.com
I had a blackout in the
summer – I have cancer and these things happen. In fact, I’d broken my ankle
but when the ambulance got me to St Peter’s Hospital, Chertsey, the doctors
were young and inexperienced; it was august bank holiday and there was no one
for them to ask. I was sent home with treatment for a sprain.
When I went back for my
appointment a week later it was a real emergency – an untreated displaced
fracture. I spent 6 days in hospital and needed two operations. I was very
lucky; the orthopaedics/trauma team’s hard work saved my leg.
Now, I’m rough and tough and
I was just about able to cope. If you’re 80 years old and frail you can’t. St
Peter’s is sending people home without proper treatment and some are going home
to die
• There are only 4 Accident and Emergency
consultants for 90,000 patients a year.
• Operations, holidays and sickness mean
that 4 consultants are not enough; sometimes a junior just won’t do.
• Last year complaints against A and E rose
by 23%.
• We need at least 10 consultants and a
commitment to give us proper cover, 24/7.
Neil Harris
(a don’t stop till you drop production)
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