JoeRoberts
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950 less screenings will happen between jan 2026 and jan 2036 (pick any future date) than if there wss no strike. Same goes for every cancelled procedure.
Lost.950 are re-scheduled.
Yip and thankfully there are many other easy options to get a weather forecastWhat about the lives of fishers who go out to sea? Their lives can depend on accurate weather forecasts!
Yip and thankfully there are many other easy options to get a weather forecast
You might be surprised by the number of non-urgent screenings that pick up life threatening conditions. The majority of cancer screenings are not classed as urgent. My father was diagnosed via a routine screening some years back, and was in the OR within hours undergoing life-saving surgery.950 are re-scheduled. The point being, no-one has died as a consequence of the strike as is claimed in some quarters.
Yes. That is how numbers work when a system is at capacity. You are trying to defy maths.Or that all future x-rays for similar ailments are to be pushed forward by one day indefinitely?
Yes. That is how numbers work when a system is at capacity. You are trying to defy maths.
No idea. I just know we lost 1 day of screenings.Wait a second. My mother is due a screening for this Friday, are you saying her appointment is to be re-scheduled to facilitate all the 14th Oct screenings
No idea. I just know we lost 1 day of screenings.
Yes. That is how numbers work when a system is at capacity. You are trying to defy maths.
There is no contradiction. If your mother still has the same appointment it is clear that the cancelled appointments are now further down the list .Which is it?
There is X amount of capacity for screening each day. If there is no screening on a particular day on which it normally takes place then that capacity is lost forever. Ergo those tests don't take place. If they are rescheduled for a later date then other tests which would have taken place on those days do not happen. The net result is an overall lengthening of waiting times and delays in tests and the corresponding delays in diagnosis and treatment. That in turn leads to worse outcomes.You are the only one suggesting that screening is not taking place. Screening for routine, elective and non-urgent is being re-scheduled, that is all. The screening is taking place.
Yes, there are 950 added to the queue and the other tests and screenings are delayed by the amount of time required to do those 950 rescheduled tests and screenings.950 are re-scheduled. The point being, no-one has died as a consequence of the strike as is claimed in some quarters.
Tu Quoque (Appeal to Hypocrisy): Instead of addressing the merits of an argument (such as working conditions, pay, or school schedules), the speaker attacks the critic's personal career path or choices. It assumes that because you didn't choose the profession yourself, you have no right to comment on it.And Purple could do a teacher training degree !
Sounds like a remuneration nightmare created by HR with decisions made for non-business reasons over time and then a constant scramble to rectify the anomalies. Sounds like the guvvermint to me.
It's also linked to whether or not your employer is making a profit. The other factor in the private sector, particularly in the SME sector, is "I have to work hard so that my employer stays in business and I have a job".
In the SME Sector? (which is what I was referring to)
Is it still in operation here and still making losses?
Is that in the State sector or a Unionised sector which is not open to real competition?
To you think that the viability of the business is part of the business environment?
Yes, it is the delay to the subsequent screening, caused by the cancellation of the initial appointment due to the industrial action, which then leads to a delay in diagnosis and in turn leads to worse outcomes including death.. If that appointment was cancelled on account of the industrial action then you can re-schedule at a time of your choosing. If that subsequent screening (typically blood, urine tests, physical exam) shows or detects readings of a negative kind you will be asked to return for further screenings in time, depending on the assessment and referral of the GP - at this point, you are now 'time-constrained' patient. Depending on the assessment or referral of GP it could be hours/days/ weeks/months before there is a need to carry out further screening, or even immediate referral to A&E.
That is factually incorrect.The only way you will be referred to A&E on the same day as a scheduled screening is either you are clearly showing symptoms of a serious nature, eg, vomiting, bleeding, fainting etc...or following intensive screening a period following blood, urine, scan, biopsy (over a period of time because it takes time for the labratory to diagnose ailments).
Sure, but not having to worry about the viability of the business you work in is a big plus.You were referring to the SME sector in particular but the private sector in general. In any case, SME operations lack the size and organisational complexity which makes industrial relations comparisons largely redundant.
Okay, it was a loss making business which was bought and, I'm sure, restructured. That means it doesn't exist and/or lots of the people who worked there lost their job. That's the private sector for ya.It was a publicly traded US MNC. Looks like it was acquired in Feb 26. 15 year stock performance of CAGR -20.8%. <20 quarters out of 40+ with positive Net Income. Huge cumulative losses.
No, viability is a equation.I said 'business environment' to capture the externalities and internalities that affect a business and hence pay. 'Viability' is narrow and nebulous.
That's a very strange thing to say. Businesses should be aware of impending changes to their market or trading conditions and should act accordingly in order to remain viable.A business is viable until it isn't.
I didn't train to work in or for Amazon, Microsoft, Apple, Neff, Samsung, Sony, Zanussi, Karcher, or Normende for example, but they constantly seek my feedback/commentary in terms of how useful or otherwise I find their products and services. They don't seek to outright deny me the right to comment or dismiss my input out of hand.It assumes that because you didn't choose the profession yourself, you have no right to comment on it.
As @Purple noted above, that is not correct. Outpatient screenings that require admission aren't routed through A&E, they are escalated for admission or transfer to a site offering the procedure required. Presentations that give rise to sufficient concern skip the queue in the on-site labs too and don't go though outsourcing to the private sector as a lot of low priority testing does.The only way you will be referred to A&E on the same day as a scheduled screening is either you are clearly showing symptoms of a serious nature, eg, vomiting, bleeding, fainting etc...or following intensive screening a period following blood, urine, scan, biopsy (over a period of time because it takes time for the labratory to diagnose ailments).
All in-patient appointments were cancelled that day, there was a skeleton staff in place to cover any emergencies that arose during the day, but emergencies don't make appointments.If you were scheduled an appointment on the 14th Oct as a patient already undergoing screening with urgent time-constraint you appointment would not have been cancelled.