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Tue, 11 Dec 2007 12:46:22 +0000

[...] Primal Sneeze [...]

By: Medbh

Medbh — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 15:28:12 +0000

The pencil pushers have so much to answer for, Primal. Excellent post.

By: Bock the Robber

Bock the Robber — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 23:04:34 +0000

Anyone who ever had to deal with these jumped-up clerks will know that they are the real obstacle to efficient operation of the health service.

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Irish Breast Cancer Scandal–Bock The Robber — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 13:26:38 +0000

[...] Primal Sneeze [...]

By: fatmammycat

fatmammycat — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 14:39:33 +0000

God almighty Sneezy, that's a fucking disgrace. It really chaps my hide to read something like that. The HSE is a complete leech, sucking money in and releasing nothing in return.

By: Sugar Britches

Sugar Britches — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 14:14:25 +0000

I'm trying to think of something comforting to say-I'm at a loss. ...so I'll just send prayers.

By: Primal Sneeze

Primal Sneeze — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 09:04:48 +0000

Sniffles - The apathy in the HSE is a civil service wide problem. Do the minimum and you still get paid and no-one gets fired. Those in the HSE see themselves as civil servants. Nothing more. They can't make the connect that a civil servant in the HSE has a greater ethical and moral duty to perform than one in, say the department of agriculture dishing out subsidies or one in the department of the environment dealing with car tax. Sam - Frustration is too weak a word. I have long since been barred from making any of the phone calls - I can't suffer idiots at the best of times but these wankers make me lose the plot completely. You can guess what happens then - they just sit back a do nothing.

By: problemchildbride

problemchildbride — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 08:23:05 +0000

What a farce. It's terrible to have to battle for healthcare especially when you're as desperately ill as your relative. It's an added stressor on everyone at a time when you could well do without it. The poor man. I hope things get easier. That's an awful worry for his wife as well. Caregivers often get ill themselves through stress and not having the time to eat or rest properly. Every good wish to your family in the hopes it gets sorted soon. What a frustrating bloody situation.

By: Sniffle & Cry

Sniffle & Cry — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 12:16:09 +0000

Huge stress which is not understood until you are personally involved. There's an apathy in the HSE, an embedded cynicism. It's a uniquely Irish construction. Responsibility isn't obvious within the administration. I don't know the solution, I don't think there's a solution. The best you can do is the phone calls and the forms and the phone calls, and ingratiate yourself with a number of people why might grease the wheels for your close relation. It's a fucking awful situation Mr Sneeze.

By: Primal Sneeze

Primal Sneeze — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 12:00:23 +0000

Caro - I doubt the present sorters - Brendan Drumm and Mary Harney - will do so. Grannymar - Yes. The phone calls and the incompetence on the other end of the line is unbelievably frustrating. And yes again - do that post. Aonghus - Now you really got me going! The number of admins, managers and so on they hired, while ignoring the medical staffing needs is a disgrace. Pretty little blondes chatting on phones behind desks or swanning about with files don't cure people. (Apologies to anyone who is pretty, little and/or blond).