First of all, ten days to go!
I had a leaving do on Friday. It was a bit strange as I do not leave for another ten days. But the partners were all there, something that will not be the case in the next ten days as due to the summer holidays, they will be taking it in turns to be away. And it was nice. I am going to miss a lot of people there. Anyway, I am knackered. I hope someone likes and reads this joke!
I was chatting-up this young nurse when I asked, "Well, how do you like your eggs in the morning?"
"Unfertilised," she giggled.
Then she handed me the results of my sperm count.
Tuesday, 20 July 2010
Thursday, 15 July 2010
Lies and half truths about the NHS by the right in the USA
First of all, 15 days to go.
Second, the kids are well. Driving my wife mad, but well. Yesterday, she was tired, and they, sensing weakness, were full of energy. So she took them to Go Bananas. Which they loved. Wednesday is normally my paper work day, but I had to go in and help out due to illness at work (others, not mine). Which meant that I could not do the things with the kids that I would normally do to tire them out, such as take them for a walk to buy the Morning Star (while they get M&M's).
Anyway, time to talk about why I am making this post. As some of you know, I am active on Yahoo Answers. I started to post there as I saw some outright lies, as well as half truths being told by members and supporters of the BNP. Well one of the other things I noted, was the debate on healthcare in the USA. I saw some terrible things being said about healthcare in the UK, and of course, working in the NHS, I could not let such things go without being challenged.
Well, now, there are a few posters who are regurgitating the same facts. And to be fair, some are right, but loads are blatant distortions. So this post is dedicated to pointing out the truth with these statements.
Question a doctor and lose your child - This article in the Times is one on child protection. In the vast majority of cases, parents know better than doctors when it comes to their children. I am a parent after all and we in the health professions respect that. But there are cases there parents do not know. And in cases, where a child is at risk of harm or abuse, then we as healthcare workers have to act in the best interests of the child. The many cases where such actions help children is not reported in the news, but the very few stories where healthcare workers get it wrong, or where it makes good headlines do.
'Doctors told me it was against the rules to save my premature baby' - this article (in a paper known to have supported Hitler in the past) refers to a baby born at a gestation of 21 weeks and five days. The youngest child to have survived was born at 21 weeks and six days, that being a very rare occurence. Yes, there are guidelines by the UK that state that resuscitation should not be carried out on babies born before 22 weeks but the thing that makes it even more interesting, is that these posts made by Americans make no mention that in the USA, babies born before 23 weeks are considered non-viable!
Daughter claims father wrongly placed on controversial NHS end of life scheme - This refers to a claim, not a fact and the Liverpool Care Pathway which it refers to is not controversial really. Yes, like with all things, there are people who disagree with it, but then there are those who think that the earth is flat. Is it controversial to say it is round, or that the sun is a ball of hydrogen within which nuclear fusion is taking place? Some would say such statements are completely wrong!
NHS is paying millions to gag whistleblowers - I am not going to claim that some authorities do the best they can to hide things, but the NHS as a whole encourages people to speak up in order to help patient care. Those from abroad forget that, or never bothered to listen when told otherwise. Or never knew about it and did not find out more.
Patients forced to live in agony after NHS refuses to pay for painkilling injections - an interesting headline. But if you look at the article, "A spokesman for NICE said its guidance did not recommend that injections were stopped for all patients, but only for those who had been in pain for less than a year, where the cause was not known." Something that our American cousins seem to miss when they quote this on Yahoo! Answers.
People in the UK face longer waits for non-emergency surgery and struggle to see GPs out-of-hours compared with other western countries, a survey says - again an interesting article, because in the comparisons, the US fails big time. But the BBC link while it reports some of the findings in the Commonwealth Fund article, does not mention those that US posters fail to realise! These of course refer to medical error rates and those who skip healthcare due to costs. Click on the link above if you want more on that story!
Anyway, time for that joke...
In Norfolk, they are thinking of decreasing the VAT to 11%.
At least then they can work it out on their fingers.
Second, the kids are well. Driving my wife mad, but well. Yesterday, she was tired, and they, sensing weakness, were full of energy. So she took them to Go Bananas. Which they loved. Wednesday is normally my paper work day, but I had to go in and help out due to illness at work (others, not mine). Which meant that I could not do the things with the kids that I would normally do to tire them out, such as take them for a walk to buy the Morning Star (while they get M&M's).
Anyway, time to talk about why I am making this post. As some of you know, I am active on Yahoo Answers. I started to post there as I saw some outright lies, as well as half truths being told by members and supporters of the BNP. Well one of the other things I noted, was the debate on healthcare in the USA. I saw some terrible things being said about healthcare in the UK, and of course, working in the NHS, I could not let such things go without being challenged.
Well, now, there are a few posters who are regurgitating the same facts. And to be fair, some are right, but loads are blatant distortions. So this post is dedicated to pointing out the truth with these statements.
Question a doctor and lose your child - This article in the Times is one on child protection. In the vast majority of cases, parents know better than doctors when it comes to their children. I am a parent after all and we in the health professions respect that. But there are cases there parents do not know. And in cases, where a child is at risk of harm or abuse, then we as healthcare workers have to act in the best interests of the child. The many cases where such actions help children is not reported in the news, but the very few stories where healthcare workers get it wrong, or where it makes good headlines do.
'Doctors told me it was against the rules to save my premature baby' - this article (in a paper known to have supported Hitler in the past) refers to a baby born at a gestation of 21 weeks and five days. The youngest child to have survived was born at 21 weeks and six days, that being a very rare occurence. Yes, there are guidelines by the UK that state that resuscitation should not be carried out on babies born before 22 weeks but the thing that makes it even more interesting, is that these posts made by Americans make no mention that in the USA, babies born before 23 weeks are considered non-viable!
Daughter claims father wrongly placed on controversial NHS end of life scheme - This refers to a claim, not a fact and the Liverpool Care Pathway which it refers to is not controversial really. Yes, like with all things, there are people who disagree with it, but then there are those who think that the earth is flat. Is it controversial to say it is round, or that the sun is a ball of hydrogen within which nuclear fusion is taking place? Some would say such statements are completely wrong!
NHS is paying millions to gag whistleblowers - I am not going to claim that some authorities do the best they can to hide things, but the NHS as a whole encourages people to speak up in order to help patient care. Those from abroad forget that, or never bothered to listen when told otherwise. Or never knew about it and did not find out more.
Patients forced to live in agony after NHS refuses to pay for painkilling injections - an interesting headline. But if you look at the article, "A spokesman for NICE said its guidance did not recommend that injections were stopped for all patients, but only for those who had been in pain for less than a year, where the cause was not known." Something that our American cousins seem to miss when they quote this on Yahoo! Answers.
People in the UK face longer waits for non-emergency surgery and struggle to see GPs out-of-hours compared with other western countries, a survey says - again an interesting article, because in the comparisons, the US fails big time. But the BBC link while it reports some of the findings in the Commonwealth Fund article, does not mention those that US posters fail to realise! These of course refer to medical error rates and those who skip healthcare due to costs. Click on the link above if you want more on that story!
Anyway, time for that joke...
In Norfolk, they are thinking of decreasing the VAT to 11%.
At least then they can work it out on their fingers.
Monday, 12 July 2010
Sunday, 11 July 2010
A weekend with the family for a change
Today has been lovely. And yesterday was relaxing as well. And there are only nineteen days to go till I leave my job!
In case you are not in the UK, we have had a heatwave these past few days. And in order to let the kids make the most of this, we put out the paddling pools yesterday. One is fairly small and we stick a slide onto the side of it, which does make it unstable, but so far, they have yet to get it to fall over. So they climb up the ladder and slide down into the pool making a huge splash when they hit the water. We used it like this last week when we had friends round. And like last week, the other much bigger pool was used. Though not as full as it was last Sunday! During this time, which has been the first weekend (when we were not on holiday) in ages that I have not been working at least one day, my wife and I relaxed while doing a few things. She did a bit of gardening while I had to transfer all my contacts from my old mobile to my new one.
Come the end of the day, the kids were shattered, but we all relaxed. And then today we went to Mersea. Yesterday the kids had a pool, today the sea and loads of sand. I did refuse to make any castles but did take them on several trips to the water to fill up buckets for use on the beach where we sat and either watched them or the sea.
Anyway, they are in bed now. For those who are reading this from abroad, take care and I hope you like these posts.
In case you are not in the UK, we have had a heatwave these past few days. And in order to let the kids make the most of this, we put out the paddling pools yesterday. One is fairly small and we stick a slide onto the side of it, which does make it unstable, but so far, they have yet to get it to fall over. So they climb up the ladder and slide down into the pool making a huge splash when they hit the water. We used it like this last week when we had friends round. And like last week, the other much bigger pool was used. Though not as full as it was last Sunday! During this time, which has been the first weekend (when we were not on holiday) in ages that I have not been working at least one day, my wife and I relaxed while doing a few things. She did a bit of gardening while I had to transfer all my contacts from my old mobile to my new one.
Come the end of the day, the kids were shattered, but we all relaxed. And then today we went to Mersea. Yesterday the kids had a pool, today the sea and loads of sand. I did refuse to make any castles but did take them on several trips to the water to fill up buckets for use on the beach where we sat and either watched them or the sea.
Anyway, they are in bed now. For those who are reading this from abroad, take care and I hope you like these posts.
Tuesday, 6 July 2010
Bristol Stool Chart
There is a chart that lists the types of poo you can do.
Just thought that I would post it for you all.
My wife just called me to say I don't spend enough time at home with the kids.
I said, "We've got kids?"
Just thought that I would post it for you all.
My wife just called me to say I don't spend enough time at home with the kids.
I said, "We've got kids?"
Monday, 5 July 2010
In Norfolk, they are thinking of decreasing the VAT to 11%. At least then they can work it out on their fingers.
The picture is a great reason to continue drinking eh?
Evening all. Had a good weekend. Had to work on Saturday. And Sunday took the kids to see my mother. And in the afternoon, we had a few friends round. They came with kids and they had loads of fun in the paddling pools and on the climbing frame ages ago. Of course, it would have been better if I had got round to putting the trampoline up. Mind you, that can be a theme for another get together. A put the trampoline up afternoon...
Anyway, drinks, food and good company. The afternoon was a great one. With the kids relaxing, it was easy to sit back and relax, though of course, we had to get up and take it in turns to stop them killing each other.
Anyway, a song for my daughter when she has a look at this post.
Health and safety has gone mad. According to my wife, Ikea now send people out to ensure the furniture is correctly assembled.
This is the fifth time I've come home this week to find a man in the cupboard I bought from them. And it's every time she tries to have a lie down, too. It's getting ridiculous
Evening all. Had a good weekend. Had to work on Saturday. And Sunday took the kids to see my mother. And in the afternoon, we had a few friends round. They came with kids and they had loads of fun in the paddling pools and on the climbing frame ages ago. Of course, it would have been better if I had got round to putting the trampoline up. Mind you, that can be a theme for another get together. A put the trampoline up afternoon...
Anyway, drinks, food and good company. The afternoon was a great one. With the kids relaxing, it was easy to sit back and relax, though of course, we had to get up and take it in turns to stop them killing each other.
Anyway, a song for my daughter when she has a look at this post.
Health and safety has gone mad. According to my wife, Ikea now send people out to ensure the furniture is correctly assembled.
This is the fifth time I've come home this week to find a man in the cupboard I bought from them. And it's every time she tries to have a lie down, too. It's getting ridiculous
Saturday, 3 July 2010
If you watch The Twilight Saga backward it's the same as it is forward... Crap
Morning all. You would have thought that the kids who did not get to bed until late last night would have slept in this morning. I should have been so lucky! At 0600, our alarm clocks, i.e. the kids woke up. Mind you, after not seeing them as much as I did on holiday, it is always nice to be around them. Even if I am taking time to post on the blog. At the moment, they are being nice to each other, and, possibly because they are a bit tired, they are sitting watching the television. Or as my friend Tony calls it, the devil box!
As you can see, my last two posts have had pictures about the England game. I thought that this one will be no different.
And well, this made me smile!
Anyway, I have to mow the garden, and then I am off to work. But I hope the video and the joke below make you laugh...
I met a fairy today who granted me one wish. "I want to live forever," I said.
"Sorry," said the fairy, "I'm not allowed to grant wishes like that."
"Fine," I said, "I want to die when West Brom win the premier league."
"You crafty git!" said the fairy.
As you can see, my last two posts have had pictures about the England game. I thought that this one will be no different.
And well, this made me smile!
Anyway, I have to mow the garden, and then I am off to work. But I hope the video and the joke below make you laugh...
I met a fairy today who granted me one wish. "I want to live forever," I said.
"Sorry," said the fairy, "I'm not allowed to grant wishes like that."
"Fine," I said, "I want to die when West Brom win the premier league."
"You crafty git!" said the fairy.
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