Why only clap on a Thursday?: youtu.be/HqoNjQGYrII - Headway
Why only clap on a Thursday?
Well said Andy. The NHS can't be praised highly enough where I'm concerned. But might it lose its impact if we did it nightly ?
For the first weeks, we had a young lady playing beautiful soulful music on her flute, along with the applause. Now another neighbour insists on accompanying her (badly) on her violin, completely drowning out the flute, and taking a bow afterwards …….😖 So inappropriate.
No, I agree. I wasn't suggesting we clap every night, or even every week.
Personally I think there is room for doing it annually, just so long as we never, ever take it for granted. Sadly, I think many do including those at the top of the food chain, some of whom look like they've been feasting on that chain for years
I hope the whole nation now accepts it's the jewel in our post war Welfare State crown and that would hopefully put the necessary pressure to get appropriate funding, not a vast shortage of medical staff.
I could've let it go but I'm curious about your last sentence :-
"Sadly, I think many...…….." etc ??
I'm intrigued (or dim). 🤔 x
I think that many people in the UK probably take the NHS for granted. They treat it as a divine right rather than an absolute miracle, quite frankly. And successive governments have used the NHS as some sort of economic failsafe that takes the fall every time something else needs bailing out.
Absolutely ; and 'he' has the gall to praise them whilst depriving them of essential needs. I'll say no more on that ...….
I've been 'unlucky' in needing many admittances and surgeries in my life ; each time coming away feeling 'lucky' after the NHS heroes have performed their magic. 😏
I hope the said person never reads your post
If you watched Panorama, clapping can be seen in a very different light and personally I suspect I may feel quite queezy.
You have to consider how we're being manipulated, it's probably Cummings playing 5 dimensional chess again.
Yes indeed Seali ; our modern day Rasputin. 😠
The first clap for the NHS was a heartfelt thank you by the nation, more than likely the 2nd and 3rd, was in the same spirit. Then it came out the crisis in social care.
In the government briefing Matt Hancock stood there and corrected the nation "it's not a clap for the NHS, but a clap for all carer's". I don't think the "nation" discriminated against carer's of any kind, the clap for the NHS was already all encompassing.
The government had hyjacked the national sentiment, and now every Thursday decree that we clap for carers. As I heard the words of Matt Hancock, I felt like I'd been kicked in the gut. For me it lost its sentiment, and we were now clapping for the government incompetence, and the last ten years of destruction to the NHS and to social care.
I worked for 25 years for the NHS, I saw first hand what destruction had taken place. Seven staff, at least three were registered nurses or experienced enrolled nurse for twenty patients. The NHS had given me a lot, and helped me climb to a lead nurse, an expert. But those same ward's, now struggled to get one registered nurse per shift, day shift had reduced to less than night cover three staff per day shift for now twenty-two patients.
Yes I have great appreciation for the NHS for saving my life on more than one occasion, from the free antibiotics, stitching me up and cleaning wounds, to emergency surgery, that would have lead to certain death fifty years ago. And they were there to catch me when my brain was damaged.
I believe with a passion for the NHS and its founding principles in the NHS and Social Care Act. Nye Bevan's view of cradle to the grave, free at the point of need. The man that set up a system of care for the Welsh miner that dreamed, and succeeded in spreading that model to the nation, despite of being voted down 22 time's in parliament by the Tory Party.
It galls me that for the modern day equivalent of the Tories that up to now only wanted profit from sorry, now have the cheek to praise what they have for so long tried to destroy, stand there clapping, when they should hang their heads in shame.
Do you think that when this is over, they will have an epiphany, support, and build up the NHS and Social Care, like heck.
Yes we should all rejoice for those that care, that have answered the call, and never ever allow anyone to take this National Treasure away from us!
The NHS is hugely under-resourced and has suffered unprecedented cut backs in it's services. Most people don't fully realise the extent of this. My dad complained about waiting 8 hours in A&E to be seen by anyone. I said welcome to the NHS dad. I think people just can't process it all. That is without brain injury never mind when you actually do. Sometimes I feel lived experience is a powerful learning tool! But the NHS and social care are doing a fantastic job despite it all. There is not enough PPE to protect NHS staff and that is a real tragedy as the risk their life's for us all
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