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Central Government
Plus NHS 2012

NHS Reforms.

Cameron and Lansley promised there would be NO top down NHS reorganisation.

What has happened is that Andrew Lansley is trying to introduce a massive Topdown reform.

The country DOES NOT want these reforms.  Major medical organisations are against these reforms:

• The BMA is against.
• The Royal College of GPs is against.
• The Chartered Society of Physiotherapy is against.
• The Royal College of Nursing is against.
• The Royal College of Midwives is against.
• Over 97% of the public is against.

Lansley’s intentions may be laudable, but he is a total failure when it comes to communicating his ideas.

Cameron and Lansley MUST LISTEN to those who know best.  IE those on the front line.

ALL the professional bodies say that patient care will suffer.

REASON:  Lansley’s reforms are money lead NOT patient lead.

Cameron and Lansley are blinded by dogma and do not listen.

£15 Billion Lawyers’ Bill For NHS Blunders.

The bill to the taxpayers of Doctors’ medical blunders has reached £15 Billion.

There were 7,000 complaints about Doctors’ medical errors with ONLY 11 Doctors being struck off.

Lansley needs to look at the causes of these errors and take corrective action.

Patients Denied Cancer Drug.

Abiraterone, an advanced cancer drug that will extend the lives of men with advanced prostate cancer has been rejected for use on the NHS.

REASON:  It is too expensive.  This despite Cameron and Lansley’s promises that cancer drugs will be available for all sufferers.

You Are More Likely To Die At Week-Ends In NHS Hospitals.

Patients are more likely to die if admitted to hospital over a week-end, a recent survey has shown.

Recovery is jeopardised because senior doctors are absent and tests and scans are not available.

The study of over 14 Million NHS admissions found that:

• SUNDAY PATIENTS ARE 16% MORE LIKELY TO DIE.
• SATURDAY PATIENTS ARE 11% MORE AT RISK.

What say you Lansley?

Dereliction Of Duty Shames NHS Hospitals.

Every day 4 patients die on our wards from thirst and starvation.

Last year alone 1,316 patients who lost their lives wanted a glass of water, a nutritious meal or proper medical care.

• Desperate doctors are forced to prescribe “Drinking water” to ensure nurses remember to give the sick enough fluids.
• Meals are dumped by beds while the ill are sleeping, then taken away untouched.
• Emergency call buttons left out of reach.
• Nurses having to be called 7 times before they respond.

YET,  Instead of focusing efforts on fixing these scandals that would appal many Third World countries, Lansley and Cameron are embroiled in a series of rows over pay, perks and management structures.

Is it too much to ask Lansley to ensure that our sick and vulnerable patients are looked after with caring and understanding.

NHS Lawyer Who Told Doctor To Cover Up Death Given £100,000.

Kate Levy, an NHS lawyer at scandal hit Stafford Hospital told a doctor to cover up the details of the death of John Moore-Robinson a patient at the hospital.

When the cover up was exposed Levy was fired from her job.

Levy took her dismissal to an industrial court claiming “Wrongful and unfair dismissal”.

Levy was awarded £103,000.  This is a case of LAWYERS PROTECTING THEIR OWN.

The family of John Moore-Robinson were awarded £13,000.

A life appears to be nearly 10 times less value than a case of unfair dismissal.

In 2009 the NHS Regulator said the appalling standards of care at the Stafford Hospital contributed to the deaths of 400 patients.

Articles Updated 07 February 2012

Lottery Winner Still Receives Benefits.

Mick and Jean O’Shea won £10.2 Million on the lottery in 2005.

Mick is still receiving £500 EACH MONTH in disability allowances.

WHY?  At present these allowances are not means tested. THEY SHOULD BE.

Over 80% On Benefits Can Work.

Recent figures issued by the Department For Works And Pensions reveal that 80% of people claiming incapacity benefits CAN WORK.

Terrorist Freed To Roam British Streets.

The European Court of Human Rights has freed hate cleric extremist Abu Qatada to roam British streets at will.

Cameron MUST ignore Europe and deport this evil Muslim to Jordan.

Cameron Must act for Britain and follow Italy’s example.

PUT HIM ON A PLANE AND GET RID OF HIM.

The first duty of any Government is TO PROTECT IT’S CITIZENS.  In this Cameron is an ABJECT FAILURE.

India Mocks British Aid.

India’s Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee stated that India does NOT want British aid.

Cameron gives India £1.2 Billion.

We have always stated that India as a nuclear nation should not receive aid from Britain.

India spends £ TENS OF BILLIONS ON DEFENCE and £ HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS ON SPACE PROGRAMES.

This is just a vanity project for Cameron when he faces world leaders.

Foreign Killer Returns Through Our Open Borders.

Rimvydas Liorancas charged with killing a retired couple had already been kicked out of Britain only to return again through our OPEN BORDERS.

This evil Lithuanian was known to be a violent killer who had twice made his way into the UK illegally without a passport.

He was found hanged in his prison cell.

A recent poll shows that 97.2% of British citizens want the reintroduction of strict border controls.

Another British Citizen Abandoned By Cameron.

You all remember Gary McKinnon, the man accused by the USA of hacking into their defence computers looking for men from Mars?

Gary faces 60 years in a maximum security jail.

We now have another British citizen, Richard O’Dwyer accused by the USA of illegal downloads.

Such downloads is not a crime in the UK.

The USA want Richard to stand trial in the US where he faces 10 years jail.

GUTLESS CAMERON REFUSES TO TELL PRESIDENT OBAMA THAT BOTH THESE BRITISH CITIZENS WILL NOT BE DEPORTED TO THE USA.

Airmiles Still Scrounging Off The Taxpayers.

Prince Andrew, known as AIRMILES ANDY who was removed from his post as Britain’s Trade Ambassador is still jetting around the world at our expense.

Airmiles trips include:

• DAVOS for the World Economic Forum.
• QATAR AND THE UAE for talks.
• MALAYSIA for talks.
• CHINA for business meetings.
• HONG KONG for talks.
• SINGAPORE for visit and talks.
• SAUDI ARABIA to meet ruling royal family.

The cost of these “JOLLIES” is a carefully guarded secret.

NHS Neglect Kills Patient.

Dean Beresford died from NHS neglect when 3 medical opportunities Failed to save his life.

Dean complained of chest and arm pains.

• Dean phoned nurse Beatrice Makonyols at NHS Direct.  Makonyola FAILED to call an ambulance.
• Dean called the out-of-hours doctor, Dr Richard Smith who told Dean to call his own doctor.
• Dean then saw Dr Kevin Lee at the John Coupland Hospital in Gainsborough. Lee diagnosed “Chesty cough”, prescribed antibiotics and sent Dean home.

DEAN DIED A FEW DAYS LATER AS A RESULT OF THESE MEDICAL ERRORS.

Articles Updated 09 February 2012.

Abu Qatada Freed.

Muslim hate preacher Abu Qatada has been freed by a BRITISH COURT in line with the EU ruling that to deport him would breach his 69human rights.

Qatada will now receive round the clock protection 24/7 at a cost of £10,000 each week.

He will also draw full State benefits of £1,000 each week.

All this paid for by you and me, the British taxpayers.

He should be put on a plane and deported to Jordan where he is wanted to stand trial. S*D  the European Courts.

Cameron should copy Italy and France who ignore Europe and deport terrorists.

US  UK  Extradition Rules One Sided.

The rules governing extradition between the US and UK are weighted heavily in favour of the USA.

The US requirement for a “Prima Facie” case is a lower test, that of “Reasonable Suspicion”.

GUTLESS CAMERON is only too eager to hand over Gary McKinnon and now Richard O’Dwyer to the US authorities bases on “Reasonable Suspicion” NOT on PROOF.

Both Gary and Richard stand to be jailed for 60 years and 10 years for “Crimes” that have no substance.

British Countryside At Risk.

Cameron’s desire to tear up planning regulations to favour developers takes another step forward.

There will now be a PRESUMPTION FOR DEVELOPMENT, which means that local people will have little or no say where development takes place.

Areas under threat are:

• North England.  73%.
• East England.  69%.
• South England. 47%.
• West England. 54%.

Some area such as Cambridgeshire, the amount of land at risk to developers is as high as 91%.

So much for Cameron’s “LOCALISATION” WHERE LOCAL PEOPLE MAKE DECISIONS THAT AFFECT THEM.

Articles Updated 14 February 2012.

Queen’s Hospital Negligent.

Violet Stephens died at the Queen’s Hospital in Romford through sheer negligence.

Violet age 35 yrs waited 3 DAYS before being given a Caesarean section and then suffered multiple organ failure at the Queen’s Hospital.

Violet received a blood transfusion too late.

Consultants FAILED to hand over notes about her past pregnancy problems.

Violet would have lived if negligence had not occurred.

NHS Help Line.

When you have reason to phone the NHS help line, remember the operators are NOT experts.  All they do is go by what some computer programme suggests.

Hospital Won’t Build A Helipad For Years.

World famous hospital, Addenbrooke’s in Cambridge is in need of a helipad to allow emergency admissions.

BUT:

The Hospital administrators are REFUSING to build this much needed helipad until a new A&E department is created.

This means that Air Ambulances must continue to land 3 MILES away, then patients must be transferred by road.

We have visited Addenbrooke’s hospital. THERE IS PLENTY OF ROOM FOR A HELIPAD --- NOW.

Cameron And Lansley’s Yes Men Meeting.

Cameron held a meting at 10 Downing Street to thrash out problems with Lansley’s Health reforms.

ALAS:

This meeting included ONLY those who agreed with the reforms as they currently stand.

The professionals who opposed the reforms were EXCLUDED from the meeting.

THIS SAYS IT ALL.

However a 75 year old lady managed to coral Lansley and gave him a piece of her mind, telling him “CODSWALLOP, DON’T LIE TO ME”.

The lady, June Hautot said to Lansley when he tried to push through the crowd, “I’VE HAD ENOUGH OF YOU. YOU CAN WAIT”.

Later she said “He is gutless, he is a coward, he has no conscience”.

A recent poll has revealed that 77% of the public do not understand Lansley’s Health Reforms.

How This Government Spends Our Money In Bonus Payments.

The BIG SPENDER is the MOD.

MOD Civil Servants have been given £40 MILLION in bonuses. This is at a time when 20,000 Servicemen/women are being made redundant while the rest are suffering a 2 year pay freeze.

Veteran’s pensions have also been frozen.

Out of 83,000 MOD officials, 55,000 have been given bonuses each averaging £85,831.

OTHER DEPARTMENTS’ BONUSES:

• Transport.  £9.2 MILLION.
• Works & Pensions.  £5.1 MILLION.
• Foreign Office.  £6.4 MILLION.
• Environment.  £2.3 MILLION.
• Education.  £1.9 MILLION.
• Health.  £1.7 MILLION.
• Cabinet Office.  £1.3 MILLION.
• Innovation.  £1.1 MILLION.

We ask yet again. Why should Civil Servants receive bonuses for just doing their job?

This public sector bonus culture must stop.

MPs Still Spend Our Money.

MPs have spent £400,000 of our money to RENT 12 fig trees to shade themselves in the glass roofed atrium of their office block Portcullis House.

So much for “We are all in this together and tightening our belts”.

Britain’s Mickey Mouse Border Controls.

Britain’s shambolic Border Agency routinely dropped major immigration controls for the past 5 YEARS,

Over 500,000 people were allowed to enter the UK without any form of checks.

How many Muslim terrorists, Hate preachers, foreign killers, rapists and burglars were let in?

NOBODY KNOWS.

Muslims 1 - Christians 0.

Celestina, a Christian lady was threatened with disciplinary action after telling her employer that her church duties came first on Sundays.

BUT:

Celestina’s manager at the Brightwell Children’s Home in Morden, South London allowed a Muslim employee time off to attend a mosque.

A Christian has been penalised . This is discrimination.

Christian Rights Trampled Over By Homosexual Equality.

Remember the case of Peter and Hazelmary Bull, two devout Christians?

They ran a B&B and refused to allow 2 homosexuals to share a room, believing as Christians that homosexuality is a sin.

Now Peter and Hazelmary, having lost an appeal against paying compensation to the two homosexuals concerned have been told by the Appeal Court that GAY RIGHTS HOLD SUPREMACY OVER CHRISTIAN BELIEFS.

There is something wrong with British law when honest upstanding Christians fall foul of laws that protest unnatural sexual practices.

Beware Of Loan Sharks.

Cameron MUST do more to protect our vulnerable people who through desperation go to loan sharks for money.

We have listed in our Crime and Punishment section, section 3,  eight companies that charge massive interest rates. The highest being 16,000% interest.

Articles Updated 21 February 2012.

Health Reforms Poll.

A recent poll shows that just over 70% of those asked DO NOT support Lansley’s Health Reform.

Lansley needs to ask WHY?

Secret NHS Risk Report.

Lansley and Cameron still refuse to release the secret “RISK ASSESSMENT” report identifying the risks to patients should the NHS reforms be implemented.

WHY?  What has Lansley got to hide?

GPs Make £162 Million Out Of Ghost Patients.

A recent audit has revealed that some GPs are making £162 Million from GHOST PATIENTS.

These Ghost patients, some 2.5 Million are non existent. Patients have died, moved house or left the country.

There are 56 Million patients registered with GPs, but the population is 52.5 Million

This is a money spinner for GPs. They receive £65 for each patient on their books.

New Cancer Unit Stays Shut.

A new £1.5 Million NHS cancer unit has stayed shut for 2 and a half years at the Oxford’s Churchill Hospital.

In the meantime cancer sufferers must travel between 6 Units in 2 Hospitals.

So much for Cameron and Lansley’s promises that cancer sufferers will have everything that they need.

Cancer Patient Dies Alone.

Cancer patient, Ian Curtis age 39 died 200 yards away from University College Hospital, London after being sent “Home”.

In this case “Home” was a hotel room that the hospital rents for patients who would otherwise stay in overnight.

This is the SECOND patient to die in this manner.

The hospital had removed all panic alarms from the rented rooms.

We understand the family are taking legal action.

Nottingham University Say That Doctors Don’t Know How To Treat Dementia Patients.

Nottingham University published research which shows that Doctors and Nurses have no idea how to treat dementia patients.

• Consultants blame these patients for “Being a huge drain on resources”.
• Others say that they have had no teaching in how to look after dementia patients.
• Nurses have no patience with dementia sufferers and tell them off for losing weight.

WELL DONE LANSLEY AND CAMERON.  YOUR CARING NHS AT WORK.

Articles Updated 28 February 2012.

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