NHS assurances after Mid Staffs hospital scandal

Sorry, not able to join in with the "St Marys Bashing Brigade". I have first hand experience of the Cardiac and Respitorary Departments and family experience of the Audiology and the Neo Natal Departments and have nothing but praise for them ALL.

I can say the same for the Porstmouth and the Southampton Hospitals. Only ONE slacking with regards to staff in any of the three hospitals. I thik it was a contract staff cleaner didn't want to be working on a Sunday and whilst leaning on the mop, let everybody know in no uncertain terms.

Quadruple Heart By Pass by a German Surgeon I believe it was.

Who am I to complain?

As far as the name of "PUGH" is concerned, i was merely saying that another person of that surname has not exactly endeared himself to the majority of Island residents, by his enforcing the governments/EU orders

If everyone could read properly, i did say "True BRITISH" and as Scotland ,N.Ireland, Wales and England make up the nation of Great Britain, obviously indigenous people of those countries ARE True British, here we go again, marxists name calling again with their rediculous catchphrases "Neo ****" Silly names they give to anyone who dosnt agree with the brainwashing, anyone who is a realist and can see what the Government/EU agenda is, i have had a GP who is of Asian stock for the past 17 years, and i too think he is the best doctor around, but there is a difference in controlled immigration, and the utter madness that is being enforced on us since 1997, just to fit in with a marxist experiment of multi-cultural destruction of our own culture, yes James i am of Irish/Welsh stock but born in England, so i know i am British, its time you all woke up to what is heading your way, thanks to your QUISLING government and the EU

There certainly are problems at St Mary's, and most of them relate to cost cutting.

Staff forced to work more unsociable hours, take forced pay/grade cuts and generally treated like garbage by the management end up tired and dissatisfied by their work.

They then make mistakes.

The trouble is, it isn't the pen-pushing stuffed shirts who end up suffering the consequences, it is the poor patients (and the staff who made the error after being pushed to the limits by the pointless desk-jockeys), who suffer.

Having trained at St Marys myself back in the when we had Matrons I was proud to work there and Matron White was an amazing woman who visited every ward twice a day.
I would bring back Matron & Deputy Matron
I would bring back Strict Soap & Water Hand Washing
I would go back to the rule, that no uniform be worn outside the hospital grounds.
Im sorry to say I have no respect for St Marys now, though I do accept there are some great members of staff there, who seem to be fighting a loosing battle, in my day they were all great staff apart from the ocasional slacker, who got dealt with very quickly.
I feel privilaged to have been part of the team for Matron White.

Ah Mr Geoffrey Clynch who stood for the BNP in the 2010 General Election, by your logic would you think that an NHS worker with a name like Evans, Jones or Davies was also "worrying" ? My GP is german and I'm very pleased to have such a good GP despite him not being,in your words "true British".

Pugh is of Welsh, Irish or German origin, what of it? You have no idea how long someone's ancestor has been here based on their surname. Why not try to be a more positive person rather than a hateful racist? People might be more inclined to read and think about your concerns if your messages weren't so full of racist bile.

I was hospitalised for a week in Whippingham ward last year and in ageist terms I guess I was an elderly patient, although I do not agree.
I was not mollycoddled but I was looked after very well in all respects. We are indeed fortunate to have such a well run hospital in St Marys - However, for car parking space I would not sing St Mays praises.

Dr.Pugh, "I would encourage all Islanders and users of NHS services on the Island to SIGN up as Trust members," Why should anyone have to sign up to anything, we have all paid National Insurance so we are entitled to free care, we dont have to become fancy CLUB members, the only criteria should be that you are True British, not Immigrants, Dr.Mark PUGH, that surname rings a worrying bell does it not?

Absolutely Peter, as ever St Mary's is much better with the whitewash than the hand wash.

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