KingOfTheDBs
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Pete McTighe is a good genre writer, someone should give him a run at it 🤞
December 29, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Pete McTighe is a good genre writer, someone should give him a run at it 🤞
Somebody’s been hitting the mistletoe margaritas..
December 27, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Somebody’s been hitting the mistletoe margaritas..
I know. But that is still how it should be when people’s lives are at stake. And that is what needs to be targeted first, not increased levels of “oversight”. Get the staff on the floor back to acceptable levels FIRST.
December 24, 2025 at 1:19 PM
I know. But that is still how it should be when people’s lives are at stake. And that is what needs to be targeted first, not increased levels of “oversight”. Get the staff on the floor back to acceptable levels FIRST.
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December 24, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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I disagree. In a job like medicine you need two people working together at all times so they can check and cross check each other. It’s common sense in a high-risk high stress environment. When staff levels are reduced, management bring in “oversight” to compensate. But it’s just not the same thing.
December 24, 2025 at 12:56 PM
I disagree. In a job like medicine you need two people working together at all times so they can check and cross check each other. It’s common sense in a high-risk high stress environment. When staff levels are reduced, management bring in “oversight” to compensate. But it’s just not the same thing.
I can live with their ingrained bias against T*mmy Robins*n 😂
December 23, 2025 at 10:14 PM
I can live with their ingrained bias against T*mmy Robins*n 😂
Ah ok, so just to follow up on my earlier question, as a Patient Safety Manager surely your job is currently compromised if staff shortages & absenteeism are at record highs. Every report you make must begin & end with staff levels not at the minimum complement?
December 23, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Ah ok, so just to follow up on my earlier question, as a Patient Safety Manager surely your job is currently compromised if staff shortages & absenteeism are at record highs. Every report you make must begin & end with staff levels not at the minimum complement?
Your experience of this case is better than mine.
December 23, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Your experience of this case is better than mine.
Sure, but ‘consistent’ is not the right word. That implies they go out of their way to mislead. They are an investigative paper and I’m glad they’re there exposing the grifters. Of course they will get things wrong, but they’re not like the Daily Express who just make sh*t up
December 23, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Sure, but ‘consistent’ is not the right word. That implies they go out of their way to mislead. They are an investigative paper and I’m glad they’re there exposing the grifters. Of course they will get things wrong, but they’re not like the Daily Express who just make sh*t up
Sure. Merry Christmas!
December 23, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Sure. Merry Christmas!
I think Private Eye have thoughts on your first point… to your 2nd, metrics assessing a workforce with a terrible record of stress-related sick leave can only be adding to the stress and skewing the results, not just documenting it. Or maybe it’s a self perpetuating loop of cause & effect
December 23, 2025 at 7:41 PM
I think Private Eye have thoughts on your first point… to your 2nd, metrics assessing a workforce with a terrible record of stress-related sick leave can only be adding to the stress and skewing the results, not just documenting it. Or maybe it’s a self perpetuating loop of cause & effect
No, there’s too much admin & oversight, all those ‘performance metrics’ just add to the stress levels. And I don’t think increasing placements for doctors post FY2 can be classed as ‘absurd’, it’s a solid practical fix. Sweeping statements won’t help, it needs targeted action in the right places
December 23, 2025 at 6:46 PM
No, there’s too much admin & oversight, all those ‘performance metrics’ just add to the stress levels. And I don’t think increasing placements for doctors post FY2 can be classed as ‘absurd’, it’s a solid practical fix. Sweeping statements won’t help, it needs targeted action in the right places
Of course it is, but just throwing more money at the NHS won’t solve a thing. You need to root out these admin errors & inconsistencies and plug the training holes. And the last thing we should be doing is dividing the unions & Labour and opening the doors to the return of the Right.
December 23, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Of course it is, but just throwing more money at the NHS won’t solve a thing. You need to root out these admin errors & inconsistencies and plug the training holes. And the last thing we should be doing is dividing the unions & Labour and opening the doors to the return of the Right.
By the same token, neither did current Labour win a landslide by pointing at the tories & shouting “Look at these w***ers!” There was enough there to suggest a credible alternative & the media be damned
December 23, 2025 at 6:01 PM
By the same token, neither did current Labour win a landslide by pointing at the tories & shouting “Look at these w***ers!” There was enough there to suggest a credible alternative & the media be damned
No, it’s 48-50 max after admin, that’s the UK average, & it’s agreed between GP & employer. What no one can agree on is the length of a session. If it’s 4 hours they can do 2 sessions in 1 day.. if it’s 6 hours (to include admin) then they only work half a day and don’t do 8 hours. Hence backlogs.
December 23, 2025 at 5:41 PM
No, it’s 48-50 max after admin, that’s the UK average, & it’s agreed between GP & employer. What no one can agree on is the length of a session. If it’s 4 hours they can do 2 sessions in 1 day.. if it’s 6 hours (to include admin) then they only work half a day and don’t do 8 hours. Hence backlogs.
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Yes, nobody’s perfect. But tell me you’d rather have Boris back.. with a straight face..
Yes, nobody’s perfect. But tell me you’d rather have Boris back.. with a straight face..
Let me tell you the good things the government has done in 2025 – because it certainly won’t | Polly Toynbee
It’s all there: more apprenticeships, more rights for workers and renters – and most of all, a focus on children. What a shame Labour wavers about saying so, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
www.theguardian.com
December 23, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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Yes, nobody’s perfect. But tell me you’d rather have Boris back.. with a straight face..
Yes, nobody’s perfect. But tell me you’d rather have Boris back.. with a straight face..
Look at recent history. All Michael Foot had to do was wear a donkey jacket. All Kinnock had to do was trip over on a beach. All Corbyn had to do was refuse to condemn Russia after Salisbury & sit on the fence over Brexit. Starmer has yet to get stuck on a zip wire waving a union jack..
December 23, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Look at recent history. All Michael Foot had to do was wear a donkey jacket. All Kinnock had to do was trip over on a beach. All Corbyn had to do was refuse to condemn Russia after Salisbury & sit on the fence over Brexit. Starmer has yet to get stuck on a zip wire waving a union jack..
It’s the lack of training places (post FY1 & FY2) that created the shortfall in GPs & Consultants, so any move to fix that is crucial. But then all the working GPs have started demanding shorter hours so you’ve got to make up that shortfall as well! I’m afraid Admin will just have to be streamlined.
December 23, 2025 at 8:06 AM
It’s the lack of training places (post FY1 & FY2) that created the shortfall in GPs & Consultants, so any move to fix that is crucial. But then all the working GPs have started demanding shorter hours so you’ve got to make up that shortfall as well! I’m afraid Admin will just have to be streamlined.
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Have a read of this, then tell me you’d rather have the tories back.. if you don’t understand that Britain is a conservative (small ‘c’) country, that neither Corbyn nor Farage will ever get in, then you will never appreciate the people who really put the work in
Have a read of this, then tell me you’d rather have the tories back.. if you don’t understand that Britain is a conservative (small ‘c’) country, that neither Corbyn nor Farage will ever get in, then you will never appreciate the people who really put the work in
Let me tell you the good things the government has done in 2025 – because it certainly won’t | Polly Toynbee
It’s all there: more apprenticeships, more rights for workers and renters – and most of all, a focus on children. What a shame Labour wavers about saying so, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
www.theguardian.com
December 23, 2025 at 6:56 AM
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Have a read of this, then tell me you’d rather have the tories back.. if you don’t understand that Britain is a conservative (small ‘c’) country, that neither Corbyn nor Farage will ever get in, then you will never appreciate the people who really put the work in
Have a read of this, then tell me you’d rather have the tories back.. if you don’t understand that Britain is a conservative (small ‘c’) country, that neither Corbyn nor Farage will ever get in, then you will never appreciate the people who really put the work in