u/CharlieFaulkner

I know he's not really a fan of act 2 so it makes sense if his desire to do it isn't really there, just curious if he's said anything about it or not

Right off the bat if anyone assumes I'd rather have the American system, or that I'm against free at point of service healthcare, this could not be further from the truth - conceptually and on paper I think the NHS is a fantastic beautiful thing, but in practise it's just so not fit for purpose at the moment

My friend's mum died in a completely preventable way recently, she was in A&E and the night staff did not give her required medication at the right time (despite this being a clearly communicated necessity to the day staff, it must've not been passed on) and not attempting resuscitation despite her not having any DNR

One of my friends is dropping weight like a stone, they've gone from 75kg to 45 in 2 months and can feel a lump near their ovaries, can't keep food down, and GPs are continually not taking action or referring them despite them (and me) constantly pushing the urgency and horror of this - they are not receiving care beyond GPs shuffling them around saying they don't know what's wrong

I'm a support worker for people with learning disabilities, and one of the people I support has suddenly had their supply of an SSRI stopped, we don't know why and cannot get it replaced despite asking and demanding it multiple times - they're actively suicidal and every time we're out I have to prevent them attacking objects on shop shelves and etc since their ability to regulate their anger has vanished with the medication

I was going through titration for ADHD medication after 4 years of waiting and it was going fantastic, it had felt like my life was on pause and now finally resuming

Until I missed an appointment, it was scheduled at 4pm, at 3:30pm my cat collapsed and was foaming at the mouth, I immediately had to call my vet for emergency care and then rang to reschedule the ADHD appointment - they said I can't reschedule and it would be a no-show, meaning I'd have to go back on the waiting list again

Obviously I chose my cat's life, but now I'm stuck waiting potentially even longer after a genuine emergency where I did all I could

I don't find any of this acceptable and my anxiety is spiraling because suddenly I'm scared of dying of so many things which before I would've thought "it's fine, we can treat that now" about, stuff we just take for granted can't kill us any more

My friend's mum died in a completely preventable way recently, she was in A&E and the night staff did not give her required medication at the right time (despite this being a clearly communicated necessity to the day staff, it must've not been passed on) and not attempting resuscitation despite her not having any DNR

One of my friends is dropping weight like a stone, they've gone from 75kg to 45 in 2 months and can feel a lump near their ovaries, can't keep food down, and GPs are continually not taking action or referring them despite them (and me) constantly pushing the urgency and horror of this - they are not receiving care beyond GPs shuffling them around saying they don't know what's wrong

I'm a support worker for people with learning disabilities, and one of the people I support has suddenly had their supply of an SSRI stopped, we don't know why and cannot get it replaced despite asking and demanding it multiple times - they're actively suicidal and every time we're out I have to prevent them attacking objects on shop shelves and etc since their ability to regulate their anger has vanished with the medication

I was going through titration for ADHD medication after 4 years of waiting and it was going fantastic, it had felt like my life was on pause and now finally resuming

Until I missed an appointment, it was scheduled at 4pm, at 3:30pm my cat collapsed and was foaming at the mouth, I immediately had to call my vet for emergency care and then rang to reschedule the ADHD appointment - they said I can't reschedule and it would be a no-show, meaning I'd have to go back on the waiting list again

Obviously I chose my cat's life, but now I'm stuck waiting potentially even longer after a genuine emergency where I did all I could

Please... if anyone has insider knowledge, how do we access care? We (meaning me, my friends, and people I support) all need it desperately but we cannot access it and I just don't know what to do... obviously it's too late for my friend's mum and potentially even for my very sick friend as they've already left it so long, but is there anything more that can be done for anyone else

I don't find any of this acceptable and my anxiety is spiraling because suddenly I'm scared of dying of so many things which before I would've thought "it's fine, we can treat that now" about, stuff we just take for granted can't kill us any more

And I just don't know what to do

So I'm pretty new to this kind of work, only started in January

I had a shift yesterday where the person I was supporting was talking about a family member they'd lost, and they started crying showing me photos

Thankfully I kept a lid on it, my voice didn't go shaky and they weren't looking at me so they wouldn't have noticed, but I did get very misty as we were talking

It's knocked my confidence a bit I'm not gunna lie, wasn't expecting it and I am a bit worried now because that can't be happening whenever things get challenging, that won't be good for people I'm supporting at all

I'm sorta hoping it's a one off since a family member of mine had a health scare last month so maybe it was just this situation, but yeah - anyone else here dealt with this? What did you do?

So I'm pretty new to this kind of work, only started in January

I had a shift yesterday where the person I was supporting was talking about a family member they'd lost, and they started crying showing me photos

Thankfully I kept a lid on it, my voice didn't go shaky and they weren't looking at me so they wouldn't have noticed, but I did get very misty as we were talking

It's knocked my confidence a bit I'm not gunna lie, wasn't expecting it and I am a bit worried now because that can't be happening whenever things get challenging, that won't be good for people I'm supporting at all

I'm sorta hoping it's a one off since a family member of mine had a health scare last month so maybe it was just this situation, but yeah - anyone else here dealt with this? What did you do?