“We’re on our knees” says ICU Nurse

[Deleted member 6694]

It’s as if 10 years of austerity cuts and lack of government preparation hasn’t had an effect.

I don't think she said that in her video It was more like "stay at home" (the laughing is in no way laughing at her or the video but rather at my pedantic post before someone goes on a political rant!)

 

[SAFCOldie]

They are the party responsible. I’d hammer any other party just the same.

if you voted for them you are also partly responsible

32,000 NHS beds have been lost under Labour, say Tories

The number of NHS hospital beds has fallen by 32,000 since Labour came to power.

www.standard.co.uk

 

[Hank Scorpio]

What do you expect?
They have caused the stretching of the NHS with 10 years of cuts and privatisation. The only thing they have done competently is starve public services for ten years.
Oh and ignored the findings of a report on how prepared or not we are for a pandemic.

I’m getting sick of normal people defending these incompetent corporate lapdogs. They are actually defending the indefensible almost.

A lot of Tory voters, who had previously been delighted with the cuts to public services, are now either extremely quiet or trying to claim they didn’t support the massacre of our services.

 

[kingmonkey]

My wife is an nhs nurse with 10 years experience in itu and hdu.
She's not been moved there yet but it won't be long.
Dreading it. As is she obviously.

 

[daventry cat]

What do you expect?
They have caused the stretching of the NHS with 10 years of cuts and privatisation. The only thing they have done competently is starve public services for ten years.
Oh and ignored the findings of a report on how prepared or not we are for a pandemic.

I’m getting sick of normal people defending these incompetent corporate lapdogs. They are actually defending the indefensible almost.

i honestly think some of them would rather die(or at least see others die) rather than admit the tory truth

 

[mcq10]

32,000 NHS beds have been lost under Labour, say Tories

The number of NHS hospital beds has fallen by 32,000 since Labour came to power.

www.standard.co.uk

Shocking.

And continued with glee by the tories

We now have approx 127,000 from the 145,000 in 2010

 

[DoctorMick]

Interesting bit of homework if anyone can be arsed...it’s pretty easy. How many beds per 100k people did we have at the start and the end of the last labour government?

This isn’t defending the Tory cuts but people need to realise how long the nhs has been underfunded.

It seems critical care bed numbers have actually increased over the last 10 years which would be surprising if true.

Disclaimer: if my research is wrong, soz!

 

[daventry cat]

A lot of Tory voters, who had previously been delighted with the cuts to public services, are now either extremely quiet or trying to claim they didn’t support the massacre of our services.

the best ones are those that are suddenly facing the shock of unemployment and having to rely on benefits. Its like they were just beamed down from another planet

 

[Hank Scorpio]

i honestly think some of them would rather die(or at least see others die) rather than admit the tory truth

A lot are flapping because only 4 months ago they jumped into bed with the Tories because of Brexit. It now makes them uncomfortable that they support a party that happily slashed public services.

 

[daventry cat]

This isn’t defending the Tory cuts but people need to realise how long the nhs has been underfunded.

Disclaimer: if my research is wrong, soz!

schoolboy error dont you know its peer review before publication

 

[DoctorMick]

schoolboy error dont you know its peer review before publication

Straight in at the deep end with no prior verification, that’s how I role. I aspire to be a politician!

 

[kingmonkey]

Interesting bit of homework if anyone can be arsed...it’s pretty easy. How many beds per 100k people did we have at the start and the end of the last labour government?

This isn’t defending the Tory cuts but people need to realise how long the nhs has been underfunded.

It seems critical care bed numbers have actually increased over the last 10 years which would be surprising if true.

Disclaimer: if my research is wrong, soz!

It's not just the direct cuts to bed numbers, by slashing social care budgets, it just puts more pressure on the nhs.

 

[daventry cat]

Straight in at the deep end with no prior verification, that’s how I role. I aspire to be a politician!

just repeat it often enough in a soundbitey way and youll be PM in no time

oh and 'roll'

 

[Shambo]

I'd like to know why we had less ICU beds per capita than any other other country in Europe including the poorer former Eastern Bloc countries.

Many people in the UK repeatedly voted over the last 10 years for that. They knew their votes were leading to further and further cuts to the NHS but they were very happy to keep pushing the country that way. This is literally what they wanted.

 

[MackemBob]

The Italians tried to warn us what was coming. We chose to delay any action.

Less of the we. There’s only one bunch of fuckwits responsible for the delay and ensuing deaths.

 

[Hank Scorpio]

Many people in the UK repeatedly voted over the last 10 years for that. They knew their votes were leading to further and further cuts to the NHS but they were very happy to keep pushing the country that way.

lets not forget the fact that many of them wanted the junior doctors sacked only a few years ago

 

[scott934]

Less of the we. There’s only one bunch of fuckwits responsible for the delay and ensuing deaths.

Aye, the Chinese.

 

[MackemBob]

Aye, the Chinese.

That’s bollocks. They’ve delayed nowt.

 

[scott934]

That’s bollocks. They’ve delayed nowt.

Well based off their evidence the WHO were still saying there's no evidence Covid-19 could transmit between humans around the middle of January. They also didn't wanna know when that Dr warned them of the new coronavirus, who later died of it.

 

[rudd]

32,000 NHS beds have been lost under Labour, say Tories

The number of NHS hospital beds has fallen by 32,000 since Labour came to power.

www.standard.co.uk

Less beds can easily be seen as bad but when you continue with it and accompany it with services being downgraded, community hospitals, day services and rehab places shut, alongside the closure of walk in centres and social services being decimated then it's scandalous.

Anyone with half a brain would think about the big picture rather than a stat in isolation.