Forces Hospitals Petition

Chuffin Fuming

Flag Officer, thanks for highlighting this, I like the rest of you think this is disgusting (id like to use slightly more colourful words but I think the mods might get upset 😀 ) As you all know my dad stayed there, and ok dad lived in Croydon and me in Crawley so really the travelling wasnt too far but other troops who were there must had family hundreds of miles away so something like this house would be a Godsend. Ok the £1.7 Mil could have been spent on other troops but, as we all know, theyre poorly looked after as it is when theyre fighting fit, let alone when injured in any way shape or form so I think the house would be a great idea.

I cant believe some of the comments I read in that article, I mean saying “a wheelchair poses a fire risk” what planet is that person on? I hope they never have a family member in one, God help the poor soul. Putting it bluntly, the attitude of those residents makes me sick.

Ok toys back in pram now. Bex

I haven’t posted on here for quite a while, but this thread certainly caught my eye. I served at RNH Haslar back in 1978-1980. I have signed the petition and have passed the link on to my husband, who is currently serving at Shrivenham.

I noticed the link that bexWH773 posted and wondered if people were aware of another side to this story – http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=468619&in_page_id=1770

Looks u & I have something in common Mike, distrust of politicians LoL For those that know this name, Colin “Mad Mitch” Mitchell of Argyle & Sutherland Highlanders fame, was a family friend and he lasted 6 months in politics “They (politicians) have no honour”.

Now, as mentioned before, Headley Court, near Epsom, now in the news and I must a say a lovely piccy of part of the building. Theyve had a 30 bed ward opened, better than nothing, but more needs doing. Bex

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/6904915.stm

Can I help, I’ll even pay for the ammunition? I wouldn’t trust a politician as far as I could throw the houses of parliament with the wind behind me.

TY for the vote of confidence, I doubt a politician would listen to me, I trust them about as far as I could throw them and Id probably end up telling them that too LoL Personally, with what has been done to the Armed Forces and all their support by successive politicians we should shoot the lot of em!!!

Bex

Bex, your last post should be required reading for politicians of all parties and the MOD bean counters. Perhaps then they might realise that closing military hospitals does no one any favours.
It puts more pressure on an already overstretched NHS.
It puts forces personnel in an environment which is unhelpful to them and delays their (hopeful) return to full fitness and the continued service of their country. This puts more pressure on the forces at a itme when they are already losing people faster than they are recruiting them because they are so short of their established manning that those who are left are spending ever increasing ammounts of time on detachments and hardly ever see their families.
I did have some other reasons figured out but I was interrupted and forgot what they were. Blame the ageing grey matter for that.

Firstly, I hope Ian doesnt mind me borrowing his thread, although, the ongoing discussion does however highlight the need for Forces Specific Hospitals:

My mother was an NHS A&E nurse and also highly qualified in spinal orthipedics, I remember having a discussion with my parents when Military Hospitals started being closed or handed over to the NHS. Dad described various scenarios of injuries & psycological problems, that he himself had seen over the years (Borneo, Northern Ireland etc) and apart from the basics my mother hadnt got a clue apart from the basics.

Something else that needs to be taken in consideration is access to records, some of our troops medical histories can not be accessed by the NHS.

Finally, our troops dont need to be subjected to the appalling state of NHS hospitals, theyve suffered enough. They need to be supported by suitably experienced & trained staff close (ish) to their families. Bex

Like you, I sincerely hope this facility is not closed. I just wish there were more such establishments so that the patients coould receive treatment closer to their loved ones. Mind you the same goes for hospital treatment of any kind. Forces hospitals are far more appropraite for the treatment of service personnel if only because they are more geared up to deal with the kind of injuries service people are lkely to suffer.

I hope not Mike, this place has a top of the range rehab centre. I’ll give u all a clue, my dad came out of an NHS hospital after 7 months, went to Headly Court a month later for 5 months and went from being unable to do anything other than grunt, groan and the occasional ******* O** to being able to talk properly, walk with a stick, use his left hand for writing (he was right handed) ok so his right side still dont work properly and his short term memory is a bit iffy but what they did was short of a bl00dy miracle. Bex

Oh well, glad to be proved wrong. I’d never heard of the place probably because it was RAF. Wonder when the government will decide to sell it off as a cost cutting exercise?

I’m in. As an ex squaddie it’s a matter close to my heart. As far as I am aware, we now have no forces hospitals at all

Off the top of my head only one, Headly Court, Epsom, was RAF is now Tri Service, me dad was in there after his stroke in 04. Bex

I’m in. As an ex squaddie it’s a matter close to my heart. As far as I am aware, we now have no forces hospitals at all

Worthwhile cause and duly signed. Bex

Hear hear, and likewise signed.

It shouldn’t even be up for debate, in my opinion.

Worthwhile cause and duly signed. Bex