Doctors Surgeries

[sleeping giant]

I calibrate medical equipment in various Doctors surgeries over Scotland and i see some things that would make you petrified to go to the Doctors.

Here are some examples as i am at a loose end......

I was inspecting a Defib and noted that the battery was only producing enough power to take it through 1 shock rather than 3 and was turning off after the first shock. I failed this unit and advised that it be taken out of service straight away as it was not functioning.
I turned up at the other practice in the same building some weeks later to find the same defib still hanging up to be shared between both practices:bitchy:

Defib pads should be within a sell by date as the conductive gel dissapears over time and the defib can burn instead of shock if pads are out of date.
I tested one on Monday that had pads that were 11 years out of date:bitchy:

I have had height measures 14 cm too high and when reported the Doctor said he had been using it for over a year:confused:

Mirage Pro pulse Ear Syringing machines should only produce 3.45bar max pressure as this is the limit you can put in the ear.
19 bar is the higest i have had. Its enough to make your hand kick back when you turn it on:bitchy:

I've had a pulse oximeter (sp02) which was recording sp02 of 80% wheni was putting 98% in. This is really really bad:agree: and the Doctor refused to throw it out.
I have had Doctors angrily asking me where their failed Sphygmamonometer (blood pressure monitor) is as they "like" it and are keeping it:bitchy:

Vaccine fridges should be kept between 2 and 8 degrees to keep vaccines live. I have came across units at an average of -6 or even 16:bitchy:

Crazy stuff

[Jack]

1,024 surgeries in Scotland, over 4,500 doctors. :agree:

Surely there's good, positive, stories too? :greengrin

[sleeping giant]

1,024 surgeries in Scotland, over 4,500 doctors. :agree:

Surely there's good, positive, stories too? :greengrin

:greengrin

There are.

I find ,in my experience , its the Practice Managers that have the control in the surgeries and some are spot on with their Health and Safety etc but quite a few leave you feeling a little bemused:greengrin

All these new builds are superb.
Its the one's in the old towns that have been there for huners of years that are minging. Centre of Edinburgh is about the worst i have done:bitchy:

[Jack]

:greengrin

There are.

I find ,in my experience , its the Practice Managers that have the control in the surgeries and some are spot on with their Health and Safety etc but quite a few leave you feeling a little bemused:greengrin

All these new builds are superb.
Its the one's in the old towns that have been there for huners of years that are minging. Centre of Edinburgh is about the worst i have done:bitchy:

Aye don’t they just!

I’ve just been to a Practice Managers conference, again, and may I take this opportunity, just in case any are looking in, to say what wonderful, wonderful people they are.

… and if there are any looking in, you, Mr sleeping giant, are in trouble :faf:

[Jay]

Budgets budgets budgets. :agree:

I have never been so close to going private in all my life. I wish I had the dosh. I have taken my 8 year old to a private foot clinic which is costing me a fortune but he was in agony with a huge verrucca. I have spent a fortune trying to get rid of it over the last couple of years and my local HC has managed 3 appointments in 8 months for him! The books are now closed apparently. Even then it was treated by a nurse not a chiropodist. Now going to a private clinic weekly at £15 a pop (for bulk bookings) in the hope he can get some relief from it soon. Been waiting since November for a biomechanics appointment for another child, can see me ending up going down the same route soon.

Braces - while I am on a rant!! Does anybody know how much is it to go private to get braces done very quickly? Not that I am complaining this time just the teeth need removed in the next few weeks while there is no footy :greengrin

[Betty Boop]

Budgets budgets budgets. :agree:

I have never been so close to going private in all my life. I wish I had the dosh. I have taken my 8 year old to a private foot clinic which is costing me a fortune but he was in agony with a huge verrucca. I have spent a fortune trying to get rid of it over the last couple of years and my local HC has managed 3 appointments in 8 months for him! The books are now closed apparently. Even then it was treated by a nurse not a chiropodist. Now going to a private clinic weekly at £15 a pop (for bulk bookings) in the hope he can get some relief from it soon. Been waiting since November for a biomechanics appointment for another child, can see me ending up going down the same route soon.

Braces - while I am on a rant!! Does anybody know how much is it to go private to get braces done very quickly? Not that I am complaining this time just the teeth need removed in the next few weeks while there is no footy :greengrin Tell me about it, my daughter was on the waiting list for two years to see an orthodontist.

[EskbankHibby]

:greengrin

There are.

I find ,in my experience , its the Practice Managers that have the control in the surgeries and some are spot on with their Health and Safety etc but quite a few leave you feeling a little bemused:greengrin

All these new builds are superb.
Its the one's in the old towns that have been there for huners of years that are minging. Centre of Edinburgh is about the worst i have done:bitchy:

Gatekeepers, some good some bad.

As a clinician working in the private sector i find them immensely frustrating to deal with on the whole.

No excuse for outdated equipment/procedures imo, everything should be fit for purpose.

[Phil D. Rolls]

How many self employed people work a 30 hour week, and have their premises paid for by the government? Good job, GPs are good at their job, because they make a fair wedge out of it.

[Darth Hibbie]

I calibrate medical equipment in various Doctors surgeries over Scotland and i see some things that would make you petrified to go to the Doctors.

Here are some examples as i am at a loose end......

I was inspecting a Defib and noted that the battery was only producing enough power to take it through 1 shock rather than 3 and was turning off after the first shock. I failed this unit and advised that it be taken out of service straight away as it was not functioning.
I turned up at the other practice in the same building some weeks later to find the same defib still hanging up to be shared between both practices:bitchy:

Defib pads should be within a sell by date as the conductive gel dissapears over time and the defib can burn instead of shock if pads are out of date.
I tested one on Monday that had pads that were 11 years out of date:bitchy:

I have had height measures 14 cm too high and when reported the Doctor said he had been using it for over a year:confused:

Mirage Pro pulse Ear Syringing machines should only produce 3.45bar max pressure as this is the limit you can put in the ear.
19 bar is the higest i have had. Its enough to make your hand kick back when you turn it on:bitchy:

I've had a pulse oximeter (sp02) which was recording sp02 of 80% wheni was putting 98% in. This is really really bad:agree: and the Doctor refused to throw it out.
I have had Doctors angrily asking me where their failed Sphygmamonometer (blood pressure monitor) is as they "like" it and are keeping it:bitchy:

Vaccine fridges should be kept between 2 and 8 degrees to keep vaccines live. I have came across units at an average of -6 or even 16:bitchy:

Crazy stuff

Sounds about right.

Out of interest are any of these in say, the Hamilton area. Just curious :greengrin

[sleeping giant]

Sounds about right.

Out of interest are any of these in say, the Hamilton area. Just curious :greengrin
I do Miller St , Mill Rd and Douglas st among others in Hamilton.
The PM in Douglas st is a honey:agree:

[goosano]

How many self employed people work a 30 hour week, and have their premises paid for by the government? Good job, GPs are good at their job, because they make a fair wedge out of it.

Can you be a bit more explicit? Who are you saying works a 30 hr week?

"GPs are good at their job, because they make a fair wedge out of it"-that's the reason they are good at their job? Care to back that that up with evidence?

[sleeping giant]

Can you be a bit more explicit? Who are you saying works a 30 hr week?

"GPs are good at their job, because they make a fair wedge out of it"-that's the reason they are good at their job? Care to back that that up with evidence?
I've walked in on Doctors sleeping on their couches as they had been working such long hours.


They pay their dues :agree:
Respect