My mother collapsed at home and was in hospital for 5 months. It wasn't for several months that they figured out she had spinal cancer. I'm not sure exactly when as they never told us and I don't think they told her either. The way we found out was when a Macmillan nurse appeared.

Initially they thought it was a heart problem and safter a week sent her to Oxford. When she got there they found she had impacted constipation which it took them over a week to shift before they could do the tests which then showed she had no heart problem at all and she was returned. She had an abysmal time there as the pain meant she spent most of the time in a chair rather than the bed. I'm uncertain why but she had problems swallowing but they just dumped food on her tray which was out of her reach and she wouldn't have been able to eat most of it anyway.

There was a lot more. After she died a couple of days after she got to the nursing home and the first time I'd seen her smile in months I wrote a lengthy complaint. I got a reply right at the end of the window for them to resolve complaints, It was to say that they needed more time. When it did arrive it was a complete whitewash. I know when I'm beaten and gave up.

A friend's son suffered severe brain damage, Periodically he has to go to the hospital and just about every time he ends up with sepsis.

Now for some personal experiencs..

After my first operation by the NHS for a broken Achilles tendon where it was an emergency (they have to be fixed within 24 hours or the operation fails for some reason or so I was told)  I have made sure my other surgery which was all elective has been with a local private hospital using Patient Choice. You get the consultants from  your local hospital doing the operation and they actually spend time discussing it with you. I don't think I even saw the NHS surgeon for the tendon op. Aftercare was terrible. When the plaster was eventually removed not all the stitching was taken out and I got some out myself at home.

You need to be fit to survive Northampton General. This was the one where some nurses were  disciplined for flashing their tits on Facebook. The problem was apparently that some patients in the background could be identified. Another claim to fame was that a patient shot and killed  himself on a ward with a pistol that had been smuggled in.

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/facebook-banned-in-hospital-after-nurse-343672

https://hospitalhealthcare.com/news/ward-reopens-after-gun-suicide/

I have heard numerous stories about the place from others.

I love them, Raven.  Well done.
I have thought many times of trying that myself,  but never got round it.

In my gardening magazine someone sent a picture up recently of painted stones they used instead of labels for their garden plants.   They had painted a little picture of the plant and written the name,  and I thought it was a really good idea.

Not very good but as I said, you can tell what their meant to be.

*Expectations have risen about what the NHS should provide
*It's not just about 'health' now - want to change gender? 
*Some of our newer arrivals block up A&E in groups rather than go to a GP singly
*Our mental health provision only seems to kick in when there's a crisis 

I have to give 10/10 for my recent surgery, my new knee has been great!  👍🏽 

Paint is malicious and clever. On the can it says wash out brushes in water. So you do and it works but that wash brushes in water lulled you into a false sense of security and you weren't that fussed getting paint on your hands. 

Hey ho - guess I'll look like a heavy smoker for a while. The thing is how does the damned paint know what a brush is and come out like it says on the tin?

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You will have to post some pictures 🙂

I love that Muddy. I paint flat stones when the mood takes me. I'm not good but you can usually see what it's meant to he.
I got into it during Covid, painting the stones and hiding them in plain sight for the kids to find when I was out walking Dageus.
I kept about a half dozen that I liked for the garden. Keep meaning to start again, but need to do a beach reckie first to find some good stones to use.

Gosh these are getting lewd
We'll have complaints they are too rude
Of course that is following tradition
To keep them clean would be sedition 
Now off I go, to get some food.

A lovely morning so far,  but supposed to be dropping back down to around 11 degs. over the next few days again.   
Enjoy it while we can, ey.