As MYHT waits for government approval of its latest reconfiguration plan we see that in the NHS Staff Survey 27% of staff surveyed complained of harassment, bullying or abuse from colleagues. 44% complained of suffering the effects of stress and the Trust was rated as the lowest in the recommend to a friend or relative table, which pretty much sums up the uneasiness that many people feel.
The grand "Grasping the Nettle" project that was championed by our MP's who obtained "promises" and said it would provide the best in modern healthcare and would be "safe in their hands" has been sliding downwards since its inception in 2003.
The disastrous 2005 PFI championed by Yvette Cooper as Junior Health Minister and then Treasury Secretary has put the Trust into an ongoing financial spin, yearly service payments to Consort the PFI Operator mean that taxpayers will have a yearly bill of over £34 million to pay for a 30 year period. We will have paid over a staggering £1.2 Billion pounds by the time we get the rights to the buildings in 2040. MYHT's own financial position has been crippled by our MP's grand plans which saw a fully functional infirmary with an A&E which provided first class critical injuries support has been replaced with a "Pontefract Hospital" where the beds are in Pinderfields or Dewsbury it has a smaller less functional set of day clinics and what is at best a minor injuries unit.
We hear of staggering levels of negligence payments, the "Gates to Wellness Fiasco" and the £1million pound new appointments and bookings system sending people to none existent appointments or wrong day, date or location options. Each time we see a new issue the Chief Executive undertakes to resolve it, but that is starting to wear thin, particularly as the fixes often come unfixed.
The NHS staff survey creates a whole new problem, I have been hearing that people in the Health Service warn each other about the perils of working at Dewsbury, Pinderfields or Pontefract and that is only going to make things worse.
In a recent newsletter Labour Activists have been trumpeting their achievements and how they are resolving the problems that their own MP's created and nervously try to blame on others.
A hypocritical response that many see through.
Time MYHT gets a grip whilst they can.
The grand "Grasping the Nettle" project that was championed by our MP's who obtained "promises" and said it would provide the best in modern healthcare and would be "safe in their hands" has been sliding downwards since its inception in 2003.
The disastrous 2005 PFI championed by Yvette Cooper as Junior Health Minister and then Treasury Secretary has put the Trust into an ongoing financial spin, yearly service payments to Consort the PFI Operator mean that taxpayers will have a yearly bill of over £34 million to pay for a 30 year period. We will have paid over a staggering £1.2 Billion pounds by the time we get the rights to the buildings in 2040. MYHT's own financial position has been crippled by our MP's grand plans which saw a fully functional infirmary with an A&E which provided first class critical injuries support has been replaced with a "Pontefract Hospital" where the beds are in Pinderfields or Dewsbury it has a smaller less functional set of day clinics and what is at best a minor injuries unit.
We hear of staggering levels of negligence payments, the "Gates to Wellness Fiasco" and the £1million pound new appointments and bookings system sending people to none existent appointments or wrong day, date or location options. Each time we see a new issue the Chief Executive undertakes to resolve it, but that is starting to wear thin, particularly as the fixes often come unfixed.
The NHS staff survey creates a whole new problem, I have been hearing that people in the Health Service warn each other about the perils of working at Dewsbury, Pinderfields or Pontefract and that is only going to make things worse.
In a recent newsletter Labour Activists have been trumpeting their achievements and how they are resolving the problems that their own MP's created and nervously try to blame on others.
A hypocritical response that many see through.
Time MYHT gets a grip whilst they can.
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