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PhD_Pwnology t1_is261f9 wrote

If only the Business owners payed a fair wage, Ambulance drivers and paramedics would be working. Shame they are paying indentured servitude wages and causing this.

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Trugdigity t1_is27zz5 wrote

This is a breakdown in the UK’s National Health Service, which is a government ran system.

Also if you had read the article you would know that Paramedic pay is not the issue. The hospital is using ambulances as rooms because they don’t have enough beds. No reason for the lack of beds is given.

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First-Can3099 t1_is2b70r wrote

It’s a social care problem primarily because hospitals can’t discharge their medically fit geriatric patients out the back door -who need onward care packages. It causes a log jam in the system and ambulances can’t offload acute patients at the front door of hospitals, which takes them out of action, thus causing longer waits for people who need an ambulance. It’s been made much worse by a staffing crisis that the Govt has ignored and Covid lockdowns stored up health problems and has led to massive demand. It’s a perfect storm but the idea behind the NHS remains sound. Just needs a competent Govt to maintain it -and we don’t have that.

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Weak-Rip-8650 t1_is2eigs wrote

Bold of you to assume that the government could ever prioritize healthcare over the interests of individual MPs.

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First-Can3099 t1_is2fsv6 wrote

I have to meet with politicians in my NHS role from time to time. I visited the office of a local Tory MP (and cabinet minister for Johnson) once when plans for a brand new hospital were being discussed. He was very relaxed and supportive of it. A couple of years later, come the election the scheming populist tosser was campaigning on “saving” the knackered crumbling old hospital that was due to be replaced which was holding medical recruitment and infrastructure development back.

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didsomebodysaymyname t1_is3gms8 wrote

>Just needs a competent Govt to maintain it -and we don’t have that.

But they said after Brexit there would be 350M pounds to build a new hospital every week?

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3pbc t1_is4451f wrote

>read the article

You expect people on reddit to read the article? It's so much easier to parrot the latest talking point.

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anonyoudidnt t1_is2vurv wrote

You mean the antiwork crowd doesn't have it all figured out with just raise everyone's pay methodology?? /s

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Mist_Rising t1_is27c8a wrote

You realize the government is the "business owner" here?

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TheRussianCabbage t1_is2bf7e wrote

Not always friend, this is one of this 🎵"This is Americaaaa🇱🇷"🎵

Edit: fuckin woops 😂

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Mist_Rising t1_is2bi07 wrote

Huh this is clearly the UK..

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TheRussianCabbage t1_is2bq7m wrote

Sorry! Mass dystopia made me think otherwise my bad

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StrelkaTak t1_is870sw wrote

This was in the UK. Did you not read the article?

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Artanthos t1_is2g5a7 wrote

You realize that the issue is no available beds to offload the ambulances.

An ambulance picked her up as soon as it was able to offload the previous patient.

The ambulance sat parked at the hospital with her inside due to no beds available.

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shamblingman t1_is2g96r wrote

This is government NHS ambulances in the UK. Read the article before submitting copypasta responses.

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No_more_hiding t1_is363m4 wrote

Not a problem of not enough ambulances or paramedics to drive them. It's the care crisis causing bed blocking in hospitals. Unfortunately my friend's Dad had a TIA recently and it took about 12 hours to get him into a bed, after several hours in the ambulance waiting to get him into A&E 😥 Luckily he's ok and had great care and attention from the paramedics and staff.

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Mrtencalories t1_is2ci3q wrote

Paramedics are ambulance drivers! Bum bum bum Edit: I don’t mind downvotes but I literally am a paramedic so what I said is true

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not_the_fox t1_is4j58z wrote

It's a funny term. My dad would laugh about it too. "What do people think they do when the ambulance stops? Have a smoke break?"

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