Comments on: leaving Worthing

By: wendy

wendy — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 09:24:29 +0000

Indigo, Scarlet, I suspect that if you’d been stood by my side then there would have been a lotr less crying and things would have been more efficient. I need an NHS advocate – and I’m healthy and opinionated. It must be aweful for people with chronic illnesses or inferiority complexes. Luckily I am passed the worst – but this story isn’t….

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By: Scarlet

Scarlet — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 08:49:39 +0000

Would you like me to come and yell at someone?
Sx

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By: Indigo Roth

Indigo Roth — Sun, 09 Sep 2012 14:59:09 +0000

Hey Wendy, I think they just don’t WANT to interract! A DISK?! How bloody primitive and insecure is that? A physical thing that can be lost or stolen? Or CHANGED?! Good grief, an encrypted e-mail, cloud storage, or even Royal Mail is so much better than that! Stupid. Glad you;re home and that you’re on the mend. Keep at it =) Indigo

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By: wendy

wendy — Sun, 09 Sep 2012 07:58:12 +0000

Kay, Oh yes! The loveliness of home and tea was emphasised so much by having been without it’s simple comforts for a couple of days

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By: Kay G.

Kay G. — Sat, 08 Sep 2012 15:23:42 +0000

That cup of tea sounds really nice. Tea is life-giving to me and I hope it is for you!

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By: wendy

wendy — Sat, 08 Sep 2012 09:29:29 +0000

James – interesting! They may be onto something with giving the notes to the patient to carry! The NHS lost my notes when I moved to the USA so they only have files on me since 2007 when I returned. Judging by the size of the paper folder in the RBH (about 4 inches thick for one incident – and they left it open, near me, so I’ve read it) the folder they have lost was HUGE!

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By: James Sutherland

James Sutherland — Sat, 08 Sep 2012 09:01:49 +0000

The NHS has always struggled with complicated processes like “move some pieces of paper/computer files from A to B”; back in the 90s, I happened to attend a briefing on their planned new electronic file exchange. Each night, sites would be polled by modem for outgoing file transfers and receive incoming ones, provided by an outside contractor and charged by the kilobyte. Each file would go to the central server one night, then on to the destination the next. I pointed out afterwards that the proposed system was both slower and more expensive than sending floppy disks by next-day courier.

When I moved back from Cambridge to Perth, I re-registered with my original Perth GP. They had to open a new temporary patient file, because it took THREE MONTHS for my paper records to make the 500 mile journey (with a detour via Aberdeen for no discernible reason). My suggestion they investigate this new-fangled technology known as “a stamp” fell on deaf ears; as for doing anything electronically, forget it.

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