Can The NHS Be Fixed or Saved – How Can WE Save The NHS

1. “The NHS Should Be Free Of Politicians”

2. “People Need To Get Their Head Out Of The Sand”

3. “Government Should Give The NHS Back To The People”

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YES IT CAN BE FIXED

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NHS Hospitals were built in 1948 for 50 million people – Today in the UK there are 68 million people… With more complex needs.

This was the Manchester Children’s Hospital entrance hall – Now the land has been used for a new housing estate.

• In the 1970s there were 420,000 Beds in the UK
• In the 1980’s there were 300,000 Beds in the UK
• In the 2020’s there are 141,000 Beds in the UK

HOW Can The NHS Be Fixed or Saved:- Yes It Can. NHS people need to look outside the box – To look outside the 4 walls of the NHS Institution.. SO, Let’s make simple changes happen and reduce costs as well.

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THE PROBLEMS:

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1.1 LACK OF BEDS & BOTTLENECKS – Governments closing Hospitals to cut costs

1.2 Nurses, doctors, managers must spend 50% of their day talking about “where to find a bed”

1.3 The NHS TREADMILL:- Nurses, doctors, managers are just working on a treadmill… day after day.…

1.4 Many People In The NHS Have NOT Worked Anywhere Else – So Don’t Have “OUT-OF-BOX” Ideas

1.5 Too Many desk bound ‘Middle Managers’ who just talk day after day – to think of “OUT-OF-BOX” Ideas

1.6 Too Many “Think Tanks and Quango’s” Who have ‘probably’ not done a proper days work in their life

1.7 Hospitals are JUST 4 WALLS – TOO MANY PEOPLE IN ONE PLACE – people will get in each others way

1.8 People get ill 24 hours per day. 7 days per week – How many hours do the NHS services run ?

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IDEAS IN THE COMMUNITY:

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2.1 BUILD IN THE COMMUNITY – NHS & SOCIAL SERVICES CENTRES

• Join NHS LOCAL HUBS:- GPs – Chemists – Minor A&E – Social Services (One Building or Shop Front For All)
• Join LOCAL HUBS:- Advice Centres – Charities – Food Banks – Job Help (One Building or Shop Front For All)

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2.2 BRING THE SOCIAL CARE SERVICES TO THE HEART OF THE COMMUNITY

At Present Social Services are office based or on the road seeing people in their home, maybe 4-8 people per day

• Move “Social Care Service offices” into the Local Town Centre Hub with GPs and Social Services
• Able bodied people could go to the Community Hub. 16 – 21 people per day could be seen and helped
• Social Care Service costs would be drastically reduced – less care workers driving from person to person

IDEAS AT HOSPITALS:

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3.1 Process “MINOR” A&E CASES IN A (Stand-alone) PORTACABIN

• Minor A&E or Frailty Units for older people could be seen in a PORTACABIN away from the main hospital
• Portacabins, are “Factory Built” Built in a short time in comparison to brick built and much cheaper…
• Portacabins, being factory built can be built by semi-skilled or unskilled people

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3.2 Process MAJOR  A&E  Cases Direct into the Hospital (front door)

• Major issues, accidents and ambulance cases should go through the (front door)

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3.3 Discharge Patients from a PORTACABIN (stand-alone Discharge Suit – back door)

• Discharging people could be done via a ‘discharge suit’ in a PORTACABIN away from the main hospital
• Discharging people from outside the main hospital will eliminate bottlenecks

THE BENEFITS:

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• 4.1 Improved Process
• 4.2 Reduced Bottlenecks
• 4.3 Reduced NHS Costs
• 4.4 Offers a Better Service
• 4.5 Increased  A&E  patient throughput
• 4.6 Reduced   A&E  patient  waiting  time
• 4.7 Reduced staff stress and absenteeism
• 4.8 Reduced pressure on social service staff
• 4.9 Eased pressures on the hospital services
• 4.10 Eased pressures on Emergency services
• 4.11 Eased pressures on Government departments
• 4.12 Reduced NHS Costs For Councils and Government…

• 5.1 A vision without action is just a day dream…
• 5.2 Action without a vision just passes the “time of day”…
• 5.3 A vision with action will turn a problem into cash-in-the-bank…

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LETS BUILD OUR WAY OUT CRISIS and REDUCE COSTS AS WELL

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“PEOPLE NEED TO GET THEIR HEAD OUT OF THE SAND“

DRIVE CHANGE THROUGH INNOVATION – IN THE COMMUNITY