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<blockquote data-quote="zand" data-source="post: 751101" data-attributes="member: 85197"><p>On the whole the NHS is brilliant. My only real gripes about it have been:-</p><p></p><p>I'm not sure we always train the right people to do the jobs. In my own experience, the attitudes of some doctors and nurses has been callous, not caring. Surely being 'kind' should be a pre-requisite of the job? When my mother went to her GP complaining about excruciating pains in her chest she was told it was impossible to have pains there as it was her breastbone! When she was finally diagnosed with multiple myeloma, they found that was where the biggest hole in her bones was located. When she was in hospital with this I asked if they could help her at meal times because she couldn't manage to feed herself. I was told she would never eat again as she was dying. I took food in and she lived another two and a half years. One wonderful male nurse promised me he would feed her himself and gave me a list of his shifts so that I could be there to do it when he wasn't. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>I have had 4 minor heart procedures done on the NHS. No complaints at all, except that I keep the condition under control now with a dose of a magnesium supplement when I feel I need it. No NHS HCP has ever told me about this, I went to a naturopath to find out. I wish the NHS would consider the effects of diet/supplements/complementary medicines instead of the two normal choices of drugs or surgery. It would have saved the NHS thousands if they had done this with me. </p><p></p><p>Having said all that I was recently referred for counselling through my GP's surgery and was given 8 sessions at a cheap 'voluntary contribution' rate. My GP has been very supportive here. I think things are changing, but slowly.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="zand, post: 751101, member: 85197"] On the whole the NHS is brilliant. My only real gripes about it have been:- I'm not sure we always train the right people to do the jobs. In my own experience, the attitudes of some doctors and nurses has been callous, not caring. Surely being 'kind' should be a pre-requisite of the job? When my mother went to her GP complaining about excruciating pains in her chest she was told it was impossible to have pains there as it was her breastbone! When she was finally diagnosed with multiple myeloma, they found that was where the biggest hole in her bones was located. When she was in hospital with this I asked if they could help her at meal times because she couldn't manage to feed herself. I was told she would never eat again as she was dying. I took food in and she lived another two and a half years. One wonderful male nurse promised me he would feed her himself and gave me a list of his shifts so that I could be there to do it when he wasn't. :) I have had 4 minor heart procedures done on the NHS. No complaints at all, except that I keep the condition under control now with a dose of a magnesium supplement when I feel I need it. No NHS HCP has ever told me about this, I went to a naturopath to find out. I wish the NHS would consider the effects of diet/supplements/complementary medicines instead of the two normal choices of drugs or surgery. It would have saved the NHS thousands if they had done this with me. Having said all that I was recently referred for counselling through my GP's surgery and was given 8 sessions at a cheap 'voluntary contribution' rate. My GP has been very supportive here. I think things are changing, but slowly. [/QUOTE]
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