Dispatches Channel 4 - the Lost NHS Millions

FANTASTIC PROGRAMME.

I and others in suffolk coastal area have started signing on in desperation to various documentary channels - the subject, the cover up of dangerous GP care, complaints are not handled properly and the public and NHS fear complaint, I and others do not wish for compensation, just a fair service, evidence of this failure can be found on various documents, the scale of this is huge, lack of reporting to DoH for infectious diseases, lack of referral for cancers to hospital, near misses with children and worse. The complaint system all the way up to government level is a farce as i the fitness to practice sector of the GMC, we are left forwarding all mail to NHS exposed and GIllian Bean of Sin, our only support, thank heavens sights like abolish the GMC are starting to surface. By the way I have been a fan of the NHS my entire life and prior to a house move have never had the need for any form of complaint, only plenty of praise.

Posted by mary foord brown

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Times 14th April 2008 - One Ailment at a Time

Some parts of the UK have a less than satisfactory arrangement with their local healthcare provider, resulting in long, long expensive journeys to alternative GP practices or walk in clinics miles away, some not able to have house visits even for emergencies, so there must be some flexibility to take in some cases more than one ailment at a time, however it is a terrible shame that neither the DoH or other regulatory bodies move to put these situations on fairer footings which would enable well performing, smooth running GP surgeries to get on with their own work load, rather than mopping up patients from other areas, and would surely stem some of the vital money draining out .Patients and GP's want the best service, nobody want to complain, especially as complaining about the NHS is so dangerous for patients and medics alike.

mary foord-brown, suffolk coastal,

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/health/article3736238.ece

Daily Mail 15th April

Most GPs work under huge pressure and do a good all round job. However, there are particular little areas(post code lottery), where patients are not allowed to move practice. There seems to be a high level of patients being diagnosed either in out of hours, or last minute with terrible cancers in casualty or walk in clinics. With the climate of NHS being allowed to go through the motions of patient complaint investigation,(state money wasting) in a stalling manor alongside executive salary guarding - this is what needs addressing. What about those areas highlighted by the H C Commission for warning letters, having a poor record for years on patient complaint, and the the bulling thereafter of staff or members of the public trying to make a service customer friendly and not wasting money? Whitehall issues its hot air spin for whistle-blowing safeguards but who actually believes it? Often those complained about investigate the wide spread complaint. Is box ticking taught at chief executive school?

- Mary Foord Brown, Suffolk


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