NHS

A few weeks ago my wife was rushed into hospital and when I went up to see her A&E looked like a war zone. There were people sat on the floor leaning on walls and stood out side, Three corridors where full of patients on trollies waiting to be seen to. Now we hear about the winter crisis of the combination of Covid and Flu and how are the NHS going to cope If they are snowed under in August they will be queuing down Wigan Lane to get into hospital by the time winter comes

How is your wife doing Peterp?

peter p Hope your wife is on the mend...

Kath/Peter she was sent home last Weds and she has been moved from the bed to her chair by the carers. She got a visit from the District Nurse last Thurs to take a photo of a bed sore. Phoned our Doctors on Weds to enquire what was happening and he did not have any discharge papers The community reaction team phoned later in the day but nothing happening since. It looks like she does not exist out of sight out of mind

Peter,if you don't mind me asking..what have they done to ease her pressure sore.

I don't know your wife's ailments my mother in law 95 had a fall early in the year and cracked a disk in her back and spent a week in hospital then she poised herself on the meds "pain killers" messing with her liver and making her hold water in her legs
could not walk for a while ..... The hospital sent her a physiotherapist once a week to get her to move/walk then she would practice and it was very painful for her ... Do they do the same service in the UK also there was a Nurse what came to Take her blood once a week.. can you get this service in the UK?? i hope she feels better soon.....

District Nurses visit in the home

Momac the carers are putting an ointment on the sore but no health professionals have been to see her since she came home except the district nurse on day one who took a photo of the sore Its like I have said it is has though she does not exist now she is home.I read the other day about a lady who lasted for 3 months after being discharged due to alleged lack of home support

The reason the district nurse took a photo of the sore is so that it will be shared among the other district nurses who may attend you wife. That way they can see if it is getting better or worse.

Peter,I hate to comment on anyone else's treatment but she should be seated on a sponge ring and have gentle massage around the area of the sore to keep the blood circulated.

"District Nurses visit in the home"

If they can be bothered, laaaaike!

They might think twice about visiting you for a head wound. They haven't got bandages long enough .