11/12/2009: "MRSA targets and the NHS wasting money"

its fair to say, i am absolutely bouncing off the walls at the complete failure and money wasting procedures of the NHS today!

sprog 1 has a lump on his forehead, nothing major, its just a small build up of fat under his skin, he is given the option to have it removed by the doctor, and an appointment is made one month later at our local hospital, where they have a department that deals with bumps and lumps.

it is a minor procedure involving freezing the area and "draining off the fat under the skin"

so today is the day for sprog 1, he is nervous and worried about having it done. "dont worry son, by dinnertime it will be sorted out" i reassured him... how wrong i was
after rearranging the wife's day (with baby sprog 2) my day (driving to and from work) wifey borrows a family members car to drop off sprog 1 for his appointment.
sprog 1 himself has had to take the day off his college course to allow time for this "simple procedure to be done"

thats three adults changing their days around to fit everything in.

I returned home today to find that his lump still remains!
what is the problem? complications? staff shortage? really busy? none of these
the brilliant government's targets for MRSA have to be met.
after worrying about his procedure for days, he gets there to be greeted with a swab up his nose and a sample taken from his groin!
his samples are to be sent off (at taxpayers expense) to a lab for testing (at more cost to the taxpayer)... "once we have the results back, we shall send out another appointment for you" (at more expense for the taxpayer)
where we can all change around our days again to accomodate a complete failure of the NHS and a money wasting exercise to hit the government's targets!

how many times have we heard about the NHS being short of money?
"front line services" are paramount
"waiting lists are down"

by the time this simple procedure will have been done money spent will be on a doctor, nurses, postage, lab tests, more nurses, some over paid consultant, not to mention the two days off and car parking charges placed on us... what a farce!

this all comes on a day when the government release a report stating they are "winning the war on MRSA" - now we know how - instead of CLEANING HOSPITALS PROPERLY, they are increasing waiting list by running pointless tests before any treatment is given.
and the taxpayer is paying for this crass wastage!

you really couldnt make this incompetant stuff up!