As Unison prepares to take this heartless goverment to the High Court, the National Health Service becomes a battleground.
But we know that the dedicated health professionals and other staff will continue to treat and care for those who need their care. Patients will continue to turn up at the doors of the many Outpatient Departments across the country. Pathology/Chemistry Laboratories will continue to undertake the much needed tests to assist the medics in reaching a diagnosis and in monitoring their patients' conditions; X-rays and other more detailed examinations will still be undertaken; Nurses will go about their duties as though nothing is happening that affects them; Doctors will ponder, consider what to do next and decide on what the best treatments are for their patients; Porters will transport patients from one area of the hospital to the other; Physiotherapists will manipulate the bits and pieces of our bodies that require manipulation.
Further behind the scenes other staff will arrange transport for those patients who need it, lunches and dinners will be prepared, wards will be cleaned, beds will be changed, medicines will be ordered, appointments will be made, letters and reports will be prepared... these latter staff are the one's that the government is really targeting... the one's who are likely to lose their jobs. They are the real battleground for the NHS. The former staff mentioned are likely to be those targeted later as the Tory government strips apart the hospitals, the clinics, the GP surgeries that we know and expect to care for us when we need
them ! What *is going to happen in the months to come.. ?
The rhetoric will start and the battle will commence. And all the above will continue such is the professionalism of staff in our beloved NHS !
But we know that the dedicated health professionals and other staff will continue to treat and care for those who need their care. Patients will continue to turn up at the doors of the many Outpatient Departments across the country. Pathology/Chemistry Laboratories will continue to undertake the much needed tests to assist the medics in reaching a diagnosis and in monitoring their patients' conditions; X-rays and other more detailed examinations will still be undertaken; Nurses will go about their duties as though nothing is happening that affects them; Doctors will ponder, consider what to do next and decide on what the best treatments are for their patients; Porters will transport patients from one area of the hospital to the other; Physiotherapists will manipulate the bits and pieces of our bodies that require manipulation.
Further behind the scenes other staff will arrange transport for those patients who need it, lunches and dinners will be prepared, wards will be cleaned, beds will be changed, medicines will be ordered, appointments will be made, letters and reports will be prepared... these latter staff are the one's that the government is really targeting... the one's who are likely to lose their jobs. They are the real battleground for the NHS. The former staff mentioned are likely to be those targeted later as the Tory government strips apart the hospitals, the clinics, the GP surgeries that we know and expect to care for us when we need
them ! What *is going to happen in the months to come.. ?
The rhetoric will start and the battle will commence. And all the above will continue such is the professionalism of staff in our beloved NHS !
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