Crazy nhs rule

[tex]

As grandparents our new born twins arrived with us just 4 months ago. A little girl first Eleanor and followed by her brother Elijah. Soon afterwards we discovered she had 2 holes in the heart and have been waiting for her weight to get to 10lb so they can operate. Time has come round now and initially we were told the 2 parents and the twins were being housed temporarily together in hospital accommodation during the 2-3wk stay.. Now they've said they will not accept the little boy due to infection rules! what the devil, he moves around and touches less things than anything else atm just lays on his back... More chances of nurses being unclean. Causing a lot of stress I tell ya.. 

[Rory's Dad]

That is an absolute disgrace. A piece of paper being waived in your face and common sense blown out of the window. What a shocker... 

[tex]

It's causing problems mostly due to he's never been away from mum since birth yet and is still hard work to settle. Not giving up yet

[Jim RS]

Keep going at them I'm sure they will see sense, just pure hysteria taking over at the moment, our best wishes are with you.

[tex]

Thanks guys 

[Exitus]

I'm sorry, and I realise that it's not what you want to hear, but the infection controls are there for a very good reason. You're right that the nurses might be contaminated, same with the cleaners and the people delivering the food. The baby may not move around, but his parents will. Common sense may suggest that it's best to keep the family together, however overwhelming evidence shows that it is best to keep vulnerable people well away from hospitals if at all possible. At the moment, that's even more important.

 

The NHS aren't telling you this to be difficult or to make life harder for you all, they are doing it because it is absolutely in your best interest.

 

[TAFKARM]

100% agree.. I did draft a reply, but decided not to post it due my usually lack of sensitivity and tact.

 

Hope everything goes well Tex.

[Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Chairman]

I see both sides, and the NHS is in an impossible situation; my sister is currently one round into three rounds of chemo, prior to radiotherapy. The consultants have just told her that on balance, her prognosis is better if the stop the chemo before the second round next week, and keep her in isolation at home, than if they bring her in, weaken her immune system more, and frankly expose her to all the awkward, irresponsible nunneys she's likely to meet between home and the hospital.

 

My sister is 71 and already in a vulnerable category on two counts. I can't visit her,  for the above reasons and if I'm honest, like many of us,I've no idea what the future will bring, and whether I'll even see her face to face again. (We nearly lost her Christmas 2018), So I'm sorry, but my sympathy is limited.

 

It's that old difference between what would be nice to have, what you must have and what would be critical to have.

 

And I do hope everything goes well for your family Tex. It's an apaling time for them to live through.

 

 

[stephenh]

It is all very sad, and these are unique circumstances. We just have to live with it somehow.

My grandson was due to do his A levels this summer. All of a sudden, he leaves six form college today, loosing half his last year, because I have no doubt that there will be no summer term for most school and college children.

[Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Chairman]

1 minute ago, stephenh said:

It is all very sad, and these are unique circumstances. We just have to live with it somehow.

 

 

Indeed, even for war time, these are unprecedented times.

[tex]

There is an upside, we have him here for a while... Yea... Nappies... Crying.. But he's a cute guy... 

[Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Chairman]

Awwww, gorgeous!

[jeff oakley]

There is unfortunately going to be a lot of difficult choices to be made in the next few weeks. Infection control in hospital is never good enough, if you have multiple people coming in and out.

 

They are trying to keep the outbreak curve lower which will mean that the NHS will cope, sort of. There are lots of plans and scenarios being played out at the moment. My wife is reasonably high in the NHS and started calls at 6.00am this morning running "what if's". getting supplies where they are needed will need work as everything is moving keeping cash flowing and yes looking at alternative where mass numbers could be treated as most will not need ventilators but need attention to stop that happening.

 

My Daughter is a Dr in ITU and I do fear for her not only the chance of getting it herself, ver high, but also the stress of dealing with this. Seeing people split from loved ones sometimes at the end will be crushing inside.

 

So for every time we feel that the NHS hide behind paper, sometimes there has been a lot going on to get that paper agreed by all. Your Grandkids will be fine just let the experts do their job and don't add to their load.

[Terry Everall]

One of my daughters is an ACP in the front line of hospital admissions and her and her colleagues are heroes (in my opinion) putting their own lives at risk and isolating herself, at home when off shift, from her daughters and us to try and avoid passing on the virus to others. What an awful situation we are all in. Stay safe and keep well 

[tex]

Yes, my wife works senior staff nurse at North tees, Hartlepool and Peterlee. The nurses have been drafted in from other departments to help where they can...