[joeysteele]

[QUOTE=the truth;8630155]You are plain wrong

Labour are a disgrace. the nhs had world record levels of filth and mrsa , the tories have wiped that out
the labour nhs in wales is behind on everything, light years behind the tory nhs in England....hip operations take 2 years in wales, its 4 months maximum in England

I am against this strike. Innocent people will suffer and possibly die. Both sides should be ashamed its come to this. This macho posturing will not move anything forward either. A huge part of the problem undiscussed is the 2004 contract that allos 90% of gp's to not work out of hours at all, evenings or weekends. Thus putting so much more pressure on hospital doctors.

Another issue in wales we seem very complacent and a little smug over this imo....the reality is, in wales our waiting times are behind England on almost all areas, in some cases a long way behind...Behind in diagnosis and in treatment and operations... from heart surgery, to cancer overall, head injuries, pneumonia, hernias. We are marginally quicker dealing with kidney transplants and we have free prescriptions, everything else we are behind. Hip operations average 3 times as long waiting as in England, the wait can be between 9 months and up to 2 years in some cases, Our ambulance waiting times are also behind.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-35364644

You can also choose a hospital in England online which is a brilliant way to make the system more flexible to the needs of the patients....why on earth don't we have that in wales? why on earth aren't we even talking about it? This system looks brilliant

http://www.nhs.uk/chq/Pages/902.aspx...CategoryID=162


We have a very rigid out of date booking system. this is the same for ambulances. I recall one ambulance driver collected me to go to hospital one day. I told him Id rung to cancel. he came back the next week I told him again id cancelled I don't need any ambulance any more. he said it was easier for the ambulance driver to turn up at the addresses rather than try and cancel it as the cancellation process was so complex?
INSANE


You were not there with the junior Doctors as I was today and thankfully your view is not shared by the public in England overall.
You are the one that is wrong here in my view as to this contract as indeed with respect,you are as to some other issues on the NHS.

I appreciate actually that you have had bad experiences with the NHS however so see it from a different perspective to myself..