Britain faces prolonged period of deaths due to lockdowns and pandemic strategies

[Amity Island]

Britain will face a 'prolonged period' of deaths due to the pandemic — but not from the Covid virus itself, Sir Chris Whitty and the Government's top virus advisers said today.

Chris Whitty warns Britain faces 'prolonged period' of excess deaths

The UK will face a 'prolonged period' of deaths due to the Covid pandemic, not from the virus itself but from missed cancer and heart disease cases, Sir Chris Whitty has warned.

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[Benny G]

You couldn't make it up.

 

[mikeyB]

The "economic turmoil, failing NHS, strikes and inflation" are all caused by Conservative rule for 12 years and Brexit. There is no other explanation for those, except for Tory Ministers questioned in parliament or the TV and Radio.

 

[Bruce Stephens]

Britain will face a 'prolonged period' of deaths due to the pandemic — but not from the Covid virus itself, Sir Chris Whitty and the Government's top virus advisers said today.

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[Bruce Stephens]

I agree, it was all the other measures plus the lockdowns that have created a backlog (which causes more pressure when we don't have the resources to clear them).

Which was largely forced by the pandemic. Once you have more patients needing help than you have capacity because of a new infectious disease, you're forced to reduce care in other areas (temporarily, you hope). In several hospitals I remember there being stories about oxygen delivery being overwhelmed (there was enough oxygen, but not enough pipes to deliver it for all the patients).

Things like telling people to stay home, even when they needed hospital care.

Yes, that's generally accepted as having been a mistake.

 

[42istheanswer]

Nurses are too busy filling out forms, instead of cracking on with nursing.

"If you haven't written it you haven’t done it". I agree that many "paperlight" medical record programmes take too long to actually complete, but completing the paperwork is still nursing, and is an NMC requirement. If those nurses get struck off because they aren't completing the paperwork promptly then that won't improve the service.

 

[42istheanswer]

I don't keep a diary, but that doesn't mean I haven't done it.

I fully understand the reasons for all the "evidencing" its rampant in other places besides nursing. Didn't used to be like that though. In times gone by, people were just grateful to see a doctor or a nurse (the days when you could walk in to a doctors surgery and just wait to be seen, or if not, the doctor would come to your home).

Unfortunately, once the money men came on the scene (where there's blame there's a claim) claims started for everything. Great in the short term (bit of cash in your pocket), but its left us all waiting hours to be seen, whilst all the paperwork gets filled in.

I was referencing one of the big quotes that was repeated during my nursing training 20 odd years ago. The requirement for nurses to document is not new. Some additional documentation has been added (actually because of coroners not private lawyers for the additional documentation in my job).

Often computerised documentation does take longer than it used to take to write up physical notes. The advantage that it offers is that no one person "holds" the records and multiple people can look at them at the same time.