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ivan burit

Anyone been to the new medical centre in Harwich.?
Both myself and the "boss" had to go today to have the new photographic eye test for diabetics.....ooohhh

Like many others, i have read many things about this new hospital / medical centre....

Before today, i would have thought it was a monster, or something else that was "not quite right"

What we found was a new, clean, almost empty Hospital, that was welcoming to two new patients, me and the mrs.

We was treated very well, everything was explained in much detail, and the equipment was obviously brand new and high tech...

We had the stingy eye drops, waited for it to work, went back to have photographic computer images captured, 2 for each eye, and sent on our way happily until next year for it to be done all over again.

The images are explored, checked and if ok are saved.
if not, they will recall you to discuss any problems they find.

I / we only had to wait just a few days for a booking for our tests.

If we had gone private, the service given to us both could not have been any better..

Thankyou The Fryatt Hospital & Mayflower Medical Centre.

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ivan burit · Posted: Sat May 03, 2008 11:02 am Post subject:

Eye test update.

This morning , i recieved in the post, confermation that the new style eye test was OK for now.
A yearly review is needed, unless i experiance any problems....

So, last wednesday i had it done, today (saturday) i get the letter posted 2nd class.

All in all, i`d say that was 1st class service, dont you..........

Well done Fryatt & Mayflower.
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amenity · Joined: 22 Nov 2006 Posts: 775 Location: Dovercourt

Hospital it ain't Ivan. Empty it might be.

ivan burit · Posted: Sun May 04, 2008 4:49 am Post subject:

amenity i know what you are saying, and yes it did look like a "ghost ship" while we were there, but so much better than the pushing and shoving of human cargo in my other Hospitals in London and Colchester.
I have been reading much previous posts about your "Hospital", and i agree something in not "quite right" with it all, but as patients, we were offered a choice of waiting a few months, or go to Dovercourt in 2 days, so which should we have chosen.

2 weeks ago i had yet another trip to central London to visit St. Bartholomues Hospital, its new private financed rebuilding of one end is going at a devilish pace, along with its sister Hospitals rapid rebuilding, the Royal London.
As part of its upgrading process, a new state of the art computer system is now in place.
On time i presented myself to the correct department, to be greated with the 2 lovely ladies in recieption who were obviously under pressure, who remember me for my humor and goodwill, but was met with a "dont you even start today"....
for once i was taken back, untill i realised that my and ALL the other attendees personal notes folders were all piled up upon tables in the foyer, and much shuffling was being carried out by said 2 lovely ladies.
my outptients card was looked at, and i was instructed to sit down and wait untill i was called to see the Doctor.
So after weighing in, seeing my specialist Endocrine team, the doctor wanted me to have yet another blood test in house.
this is where it all goes well wrong.
It took 10 minuets, a doctor, a nurse, an asked for hand written code, all entered into the new system on the Hospitals computer "guiding brain" just to print out 2 almost postage stamp size bar code sticky labels which then enabled myself to obtain the neccesary inhouse blood tests......BUT,
before i left my 1st department, my next appointment needed to be booked into the "guiding brain"...
..oh dear, it seems the new multi billion pound extensions upgrading included this new multi thousend £pound "guiding brain" computer on which to run it all.
The only thing being run was the staff at St. Barts who were being run ragged by a defective computer.....
My next appointment ?, well, shall we say - its in the post........somewhere...i hope.

2 weeks down the line and i`m still waiting for my next date to meet the monster that has taken over that much loved part of central London near St Pauls, we call help, or "our" Barts of London...
(which is still the only place in the country that can deal with my illness thank the Lord)

P.S. and the reason i`m up at this unearthly hour on a Sunday morning is because i get times when its impossable to sleep..........
but i do just love the peace and quiet of early mornings, it reminds me of being at work again, having my 5 am tea break walk for fresh air...
shudder at the thought of it all, i`m going back to bed again..ZZzzzzzzz
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amenity · Joined: 22 Nov 2006 Posts: 775 Location: Dovercourt

Just thought you might like to reflect on the cost of "our new hospital", whereas it was "ours" before it now costs over £1,ooo,ooo per month.

ivan burit · Posted: Sun May 04, 2008 6:34 pm Post subject:

it now costs over £1,ooo,ooo per month.
OK amenity, you win.
The costs incured by us / you / me in this Ghost Ship work out more per person using it than the log jam at St Barts.
The first question is WHY.
The second question is WHO.
The third question is WHEN.

Why was the first Hospital knocked down, under who`s direction ?
Who was it who sanctioned the building of the new facility.
When was the old taken down, and the new built, with whos money spent, what advisory group declared the go ahead was a good business case, who actually recieves this £1, lots of noughts per month...
Who gave the planning permission for exactly what, and exactly what was built to or according to plans or other.
Who gained the most from its being, monetary or otherwise, and most importantly W H Y.
And,
Why is it not being put to the use a Hospital/ specialised unit or other, as a proper bonafied N H S unit should be..
It carries a notice board at the limit of its grounds as it being a N H S centre, is this true and correct.....
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amenity · Joined: 22 Nov 2006 Posts: 775 Location: Dovercourt

Ivan, I should correct that figure it is out considerably. The cost of the unit was ITRO £13+ millions and it has been said that over the life of the lease will amount to £39millions.

If this is true it can be worked out to cost in the region of £100,000+ per month. Taking account of running costs this might rise to £150,000 per month.

However the Trust said they could not even maintain the roof on the old hospital, certain people who should have known better gained political capital out of subscribing to the seductive idea of a "new" hospital. Who would have guessed that money would be so tight that this building cannot function as a hospital but is better suited to be a clinic.

The Trust gave the responsibility for pushing the idea to very keen people who admitted they new little about economics, why should they, they were in the medical profession.

The land around the old hospital, it is widely held now, was part of the therapy and an asset when in convalescence, anyone that remembers the grounds were we met every year to raise funds for the Fryatt hospital will understand that point, so lovely was it.

One thing the CE admitted was that if the Trust could not pay the landlord then the government would step in and pay so the landlord was not at any risk.

Which point begs the question if the government is taking all the risk why did they not fund it in the time honoured way through the Treasury, it would have been a lot cheaper?

amenity · Joined: 22 Nov 2006 Posts: 775 Location: Dovercourt

Have a general look at this Ivan, this is a snippet from the page below is url.
http://www.healthdemocracy.org.uk...tegic%20Health%20Authority%20.htm

........Essex SHA has been ordered to spend £45m on independent sector schemes, despite the collapse of two ISTC projects in 2005. A paper presented to Colchester PCT's board in January said the SHA had "identified a number of concerns" with this but the scheme was going ahead anyway. A surgical scheme for Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland SHA has been halted. The SHA said that a PFI project to upgrade three hospitals and an ISTC could lead to over-capacity. ..........

amenity · Joined: 22 Nov 2006 Posts: 775 Location: Dovercourt

Heard a politician saying that in future if a comunity wants to keep it's local hospital and not invest in a multi faceted clinic then the new clinic will not be pushed. Pity it has taken so long for our leaders to realise that these clinics are expensive and are not seen as an improvement on the old local hospitals.

amenity · Joined: 22 Nov 2006 Posts: 775 Location: Dovercourt

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