Bergs back

[redmelons]

not done anything since crippling my back

You should send this to your MP, it's the sort of real world experience which should be read out in Parliament when they're telling us that investment is up, waiting lists are down, blah, blah.
Of course it's all part of deliberate underfunding of the NHS to provide an excuse for privatisation. Just look at the donations to MPs by private health companies who expect a big return for their money.

Between January 2023 and March 2025, MPs in the UK received significant financial support from individuals and companies linked to the private healthcare sector.
Total donations to MPs, over £2,700,000.

Wes Streeting as the Health Secretary, has been a prominent recipient of donations from private healthcare sources, totalling £58,000 since July 2024 alone. His overall acceptance of funds from these sources since entering Parliament in 2015 amounts to £372,000.

And dialling 999 for an ambulance can still be a trial. I called for an elderly relative who was lying on the bathroom floor bleeding and unable to get up. After a long set of questions - how much blood was there, could I stem the flow of blood, was she having a heart attack, could I stay with her, the ambulance service said an ambulance would be dispatched within 8 hours!

[berger]

redmelons my mp is useless he moved from a 45 grand mid terrace house to a 250 grand house as soon as he was voted in. my dispute with the mine workers pension after THEY had made a mistake ended up with me getting a folder full of that expensive house of commons paper and i got nowhere . nobody is listening and nobody is bothered . all THEY  do is keep taking the money. the whole lot are in it together , i can't think of one in any party that isn't climbing that dirty greasy corrupt ladder.  as fo nhs investment they keep bragging about it goes on management non jobs , the ones talk crap and tell nurses on the front line that have worked there for years " you're not doing you're job right my book says so"

[BagONails]

Dear Bergs, good job it's your back and not your front is all I can say mate, best of luck and good to hear you are on the mend now.

The NHS is in strife, no question about it but a lot seems to depend on where you are located geographically. My parents lived in Suffolk until recently and in their latter years had nothing but praise for the treatment they received from their local NHS trust hospital in Ipswich for a wide variety of issues as tends to happen in peoples 80's and 90's...Neither one of them is with us now but certainly not through a lack of care or responsiveness from Ipswich.

[berger]

mobile again,  so bergs back  been working on garages and messing about with other things , just a bit of ache now and again, might try to get the bikes started over the weekend depending on our wet weather. thanks for the comments so it's pub tomorrow black&tan medicine