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gennepher said:

I cannot do this again.
Attending this appointment is beyond my capabilities in many ways.

It has already broken the bank getting a decent hotel room for one night with secure parking, and a very long stay in my room. I still have more than 10 hours I can rest in this room. And I still need all of that.

I wish I were back at home where I have more stuff like analgesic cream, and a massager whick would help my swollen leg and ankle. But I could not have brought that massager, it lives on my bed.

I am so glad I don't live here any more, it would have been an horrendous impossibility to get out of the road where I used to live, into the main road, and especially because of the bus lane. It was bad enough 20 years ago.

Back to the hospital, there was no provision for a taxi rank outside. It is difficult to describe the site, With the old hospital, there was a massive taxi rank on the main road outside the hospital. With this new hospital it was a very long way into the site before you got to the main entrance. And the pavements/walkways were chock-a-block full of people struggling to get to that entrance, they weren't wide enough.

There were security guards saying, oh you can't come in this entrance, you have to go further up. And then at the next entrance, the next security guard, said, this is not the main entrance, you have to go up there and round the corner, And I get to that one, and that security guard says you can't come in here, you have to go up there and then blah blah until you get to the main entrance. There were many other people totally bewildered and flummoxed on how to enter the hospital.

I was ready for collapse at this point and the security guard took pity on me, she said come in this way and I'll get you in here, the other way is a long way...

The security guard had to ask directions which corridors and lifts to use. I think she took me through 3 lots of lifts.

There was no WRVS any more anywhere.They used to run main reception, and the tea and food places. Starbucks ran the food and drinks in this new hospital. And there was no available wheelchairs to get you to far flung departments. So, the WRVS are now an outmoded institution, relics from WW2.

I hadn't been able to use my mobility scooter because it had been pouring with rain.

I did notice in the waiting room, that everyone was able bodied. In the old hospital waiting room, there were loads of people who had difficulties walking. None of that at this new hospital. Everyone in that waiting room was able bodied.

Also where were any of the original staff? I have seen the original staff for years. All gone. Totally new teams of staff, many of them wearing a new uniform of red.

It was a longer trek between departments in the new eye hospital. The nurse apologized to me, saying she wished the designers of the new hospital had got together with the actual hospital staff and asked them what they actually needed..

Back to sleep...

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lindisfel said:

The signage is not the responsibility of medical staff it's likely the responsibility of the probably privately owned estates department.
D.

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lindisfel said:

The signage is not the responsibility of medical staff it's likely the responsibility of the probably privately owned estates department.
D.

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ianpspurs said:

Our 4 year old granddaughter has had scarlet fever then tonsillitis then chicken pox and is now in hospital with pneumonia. Her parents were told there would be a 15 hour wait for an ambulance despite the East of England area not taking industrial action. Goodness knows what the rest of the country is like. He parents took her to Addenbrookes themselves.

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alf_Josiah said:

Good Morening Ladies and Gentlemen.

Blood sugars this morning were 5.1

Me, me’s and myself alway look for something positive in most situations, but reading @gennepher ’s posts leaves me wondering how I would cope in your situation. Probably spending the night in the local police station.

Buying a present for my much written about wife Mrs J is always a challenge, but this year was easyish.

Mrs J has secretly been looking for a specific book, sadly out of print now, but being the caring, much maligned, put upon husband that I am I have found a 2nd edition good condition copy and it should arrive next week.

What book you ask?

“ 100 mathematical equations “ .

Don’t panic the book uses the old Imperial units, not the modern SI units.

Stay safe, stay warm and don’t shoot the carol singers, I’m told tasers are quite effective.

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Annb said:

Oh gennepher, how dreadful for you. The hospital management, or the Trust must be totally inadequate for the jobs they are supposed to do. Surely they must realise how difficult access to their hospital is for anyone with a disability. I'm sure the staff would be trying to do their best in difficult circumstances but the difficulties placed in everyone's way must be infuriating for staff and patients. Is it ignorance, incompetence, lack of compassion or disinterest? It sounds worse than any hospital I have come across, but I have little to compare living on the Islands and with the only major hospital on the mainland. Raigmore can be difficult to access, but nowhere near as bad as your one.

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gennepher said:

I cannot do this again.
Attending this appointment is beyond my capabilities in many ways.

It has already broken the bank getting a decent hotel room for one night with secure parking, and a very long stay in my room. I still have more than 10 hours I can rest in this room. And I still need all of that.

I wish I were back at home where I have more stuff like analgesic cream, and a massager whick would help my swollen leg and ankle. But I could not have brought that massager, it lives on my bed.

I am so glad I don't live here any more, it would have been an horrendous impossibility to get out of the road where I used to live, into the main road, and especially because of the bus lane. It was bad enough 20 years ago.

Back to the hospital, there was no provision for a taxi rank outside. It is difficult to describe the site, With the old hospital, there was a massive taxi rank on the main road outside the hospital. With this new hospital it was a very long way into the site before you got to the main entrance. And the pavements/walkways were chock-a-block full of people struggling to get to that entrance, they weren't wide enough.

There were security guards saying, oh you can't come in this entrance, you have to go further up. And then at the next entrance, the next security guard, said, this is not the main entrance, you have to go up there and round the corner, And I get to that one, and that security guard says you can't come in here, you have to go up there and then blah blah until you get to the main entrance. There were many other people totally bewildered and flummoxed on how to enter the hospital.

I was ready for collapse at this point and the security guard took pity on me, she said come in this way and I'll get you in here, the other way is a long way...

The security guard had to ask directions which corridors and lifts to use. I think she took me through 3 lots of lifts.

There was no WRVS any more anywhere.They used to run main reception, and the tea and food places. Starbucks ran the food and drinks in this new hospital. And there was no available wheelchairs to get you to far flung departments. So, the WRVS are now an outmoded institution, relics from WW2.

I hadn't been able to use my mobility scooter because it had been pouring with rain.

I did notice in the waiting room, that everyone was able bodied. In the old hospital waiting room, there were loads of people who had difficulties walking. None of that at this new hospital. Everyone in that waiting room was able bodied.

Also where were any of the original staff? I have seen the original staff for years. All gone. Totally new teams of staff, many of them wearing a new uniform of red.

It was a longer trek between departments in the new eye hospital. The nurse apologized to me, saying she wished the designers of the new hospital had got together with the actual hospital staff and asked them what they actually needed..

Back to sleep...

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gennepher said:

Why I put my witch hazel in my carrier bag of medical stuff, along with all the other stuff, I will never know. But I have been using it on my left leg (knee and ankle) that was bruised and swollen with all that extra walking. And it is improving it. I still have nearly 5 more hours left in this room. And I am using every minute of that for rest...

The room behind me still has 'do not disturb' on their door, so I went to reception, and asked her to let me know when they had gone because I had a hand massager which I needed to use (I took it to reception to show her, and she had never seen one!), and I didn't want to disturb them.

The walls are paper thin here, I can hear everything with my processor on. I pity hearing people getting a good night's sleeping.

And I thanked the receptionist, but it was a different one, because she had been so helpful, and had brought me some deaf fire alarm equipment. I'll text her now she said, she'll be delighted to hear that.

The long winding approach to the new Liverpool Hospital on that site was totally abysmally inadequate in many ways. Even for the A&E department. No signage, for the general public.

As I left yesterday, there was this middle aged woman in a temper, walking in front of, leading her blind husband using a white ball on the end of a stick. "Where's this bl00dy hospital?" she was screaming, "This is a nightmare". ....


Wildlife Nighttime Trail Camera...
Cat, Jade, watching the fox...


Creative...first painting of Winter...done on my Pixel 4a...hard to do on a small screen..but I am in my hotel room...

Have a cuppa. The nice receptionist gave me extra tea bags...


I'll catch up with you later...at home, hopefully...

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Krystyna23040 said:

A truly horrible day and night @gennepher. How unbelievably incompetent of the designers of the new hospital.

Words fail me. Actually they don't but they are words I cannot post on this site without being banned.

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Krystyna23040 said:

a winner for the witch hazel and the creative @gennepher

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ianpspurs said:

Good morning all ; well it certainly was at 7.00 am ish here with a majestic Dayspring ( certainly before the 8.05 my phone app offers as sunrise here) but it is now dreary and wet as befits the shortest day and times imho. Very Greg Lake. Today is also the Feast of St Thomas the Apostle , doubting Thomas, portrayed as the caterer for the wedding at Cana in the series The Chosen. Where to start with yesterday's stories? How did we get here/what just happened is a start. There's a fine line between these two:
Presumptuous are they, selfwilled, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignities. Whereas angels, which are greater in power and might, bring not railing accusation against them before the Lord. “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” @gennepher yesterday and the after effects is a proper cluster whatsit so hugs for that. Good news on the security h=guard and the wonderful receptionist. Despite all those tribulation you still produced and shared an amazing creative. Do have a safe journey home then relax. @dunelm best wishes for the GP visit and remember your taster. Thanks for the Bud and Lou tribute or was it Phil and Grant inspired? A nice young man has delivered a few viands to keep body and soul together. Spreadsheet, smart meter and JKP agreed yesterday was a good day for laundry. Today's Advent poem, art and music seem very on point to me. The little essay from the book is short but expands in the mind when read.marked and inwardly digested. The oxygen has helped our Granddaughter and thanks for all the hugs. I'm not denigrating West Suffolk, which is where an ambulance would have taken, her but Addenbrookes is easier to access, has less chance of the roof falling n her and more facilities especially for mum who is obvioulsy staying over.. @gennepher does that hospital not use Mychart which always has a pre-appointment questionnaire, even for telephone ones, including questions on mobility? Do the nest you can with the hand you are dealt today but not every hand is a seven no trumps one some are definitely yarboroughs.

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gennepher said:

I suppose @Annb , that once the hospital has been built which has absolutely no interest in the needs of the Patients nor the Medical staff providing the care, there really is nothing that you can do that it will improve it ...

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lindisfel said:

I worked in Medical Physics for nine years and came up against these kind of problems Blair started Private Finance schemes and they haven't been funded properly since.

Would you rent a Tele?
D.

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Annb said:

There is something wrong in the remit given to the architect by the Trust buying the hospital. Comes back to incompetence, or uncaring people wanting to have their name associated with some grandiose scheme. If a chosen architect offers a design which is "beautiful" but inadequate, he/she should be shot down and go back to basics so that design follows function, not the ego of the designer.

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Annb said:

There is something wrong in the remit given to the architect by the Trust buying the hospital. Comes back to incompetence, or uncaring people wanting to have their name associated with some grandiose scheme. If a chosen architect offers a design which is "beautiful" but inadequate, he/she should be shot down and go back to basics so that design follows function, not the ego of the designer.

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