Tuesday 23 February 2010

This is nothing whatsoever to do with the police

Just thought it would make you smile.

On Friday 12 Feb I became aware of a bit of a "Poorly" feeling. Ignoring it, like us good girls do, I carried on. Sat 13 felt worse, by Val's day felt complete shite and had stopped eating (not in protest, just felt very ill) Thinkin it was my MS troubling me, I saw GP on Monday 15 - gave me some medicine. Started throwing up. Threw up all evening, during the night, all day Tuesday. Admitted to hospital on Tuesday evening. Was told that I'd be sent home on the Wed morning and I'd be ok once I'd been to the toilet!!

The hygiene in that ward and the lack of cross infection skills were piss poor but as I lay there, smelling like I'd just crawled from the bear pit, I didn't actually care.

By Wednesday evening (when I clearly should have been at home according to them) they'd started to panic and run around taking blood tests etc.

Throughout this time I was still throwing up every few minutes. On Thursday I demanded to be moved on my private health scheme, but guess what? I was too ill to be moved by then.

Anyway, it turns out guys, that I have had blood poisoining, kidney infection, ecoli, the scans revealed shading to my kidneys. To be fair I think I am lucky - a girl in the same ward as me is just about to make a decision whether to have both her feet amputated having had the same infection.

The disgusting standard of hygiene were something else - I shall be writing to the necessary people.

By Saturday (considering I'd not eaten for a week) I was told I could have something to eat. I opted for tuna salad sarnie and fruit salad. (I'm not a dietician, I had no idea what was suitable a week after spending every waking moment vomiting) The sandwich was prepacked and with more additives than I could count or pronounce, the fruit salad was an apple, a rotten on at that.

Dear Mr Oliver,

I wonder if you would like to take on the NHS, in a similar way you did to the school lunch problem?

Saturday 6 February 2010

The response....

Thank you for your recent e-mail. I am very sorry for the long delay in this reply. As you might understand, David Cameron has received an unusually large number of e-mails recently, and I am afraid it has taken longer than normal to reply to everyone. However, I would like to assure you that all correspondence is carefully read and noted, and David is most grateful to you for taking the time and trouble to get in touch with him.

I am so sorry to hear about your family’s situation. Too little has been done to tackle this sort of crime in the past decade. Under a Conservative Government that will change. Anti-social behaviour will be punished and the payback will be fast and tough. We have set out a number of policy proposals to deter young troublemakers: Grounding orders, which would allow police and the authorities to ground troublemakers for up to a month (except to go to school) Simple community punishments, like picking up litter Giving police the power to temporarily confiscate mobile phones or other items, like bikes, for a fortnight or a month We have also stressed that dealing with anti-social behaviour isn't simply a law and order challenge; it goes right to the heart of the Conservative plan to fix our Broken Society. It's about trying to rebuild the family, recreate a sense of responsibility inside and outside the home, and create pride in communities. For your interest, I have attached the crime section of the 'Mending our Broken Society' chapter of the Conservative Party’s draft manifesto. The section outlines plans to: Fight booze-fuelled antisocial behaviour in our towns and cities Stop retailers selling alcohol at below cost price Change the rules so that anyone acting reasonably to stop a crime or apprehend a criminal is not arrested or prosecuted. Thank you, once again, for writing to David.