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Mass Lobby at Westminster
Posted: Sat May 06, 2006 2:38 am
by joanne chapman
The Royal College of Nursing has a campaign 'Keep Nurses Working, Keep Patients Safe'.
http://www.rcn.org.uk/news/campaigns/deficits/ we all plan to lobby Westminster on 11 May
You can sign the petition here
http://www.rcn.org.uk/news/campaigns...s/petition.php
Looking forward to hearing what our MP's are gonna do to protect Nurses and Patients.
Re: Mass Lobby at Westminster
Posted: Sat May 06, 2006 3:40 am
by Louis P. Burns aka Lugh
Nice one Jo and thanks for posting into the
Activism on SENSITIZE © thread. This is exactly what it's intended for...
Best of luck to you and your colleague's in this campaign...
Slanté
Posted: Wed May 10, 2006 11:02 pm
by joanne chapman
I will let you know how we get on.
Posted: Wed May 10, 2006 11:08 pm
by Louis P. Burns aka Lugh
I look forward to reading their replies.
Thanks Jo.
Posted: Thu May 11, 2006 12:09 am
by the_leander
As do I.
Though one question that was asked on Question Time a few weeks back seems appropriate:
How is it that Doctors, fully qualified and payed for by this country, are increasingly having to go to Australia in order to find work?
I'm guessing it costs a fair bit to train a Doctor, though I suspect that this trend of being trained here but only having jobs available to them in other countries is also true (and equally perverse) for Nurses.
Posted: Thu May 11, 2006 10:18 pm
by joanne chapman
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4758435.stm
http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,3 ... 98,00.html
Well it went quite well today, apart from planned job losses in the car industry being more important to 'News 24' than our actual job losses.
We had a lot of support from the public, which we all really appreciated. We popped into a pub on the way home and strangers came up and paid for our drinks, and gave us their support, it was really nice to see so many people backing us.
Lets just hope that they listen to us.
Jox
Posted: Fri May 12, 2006 12:21 am
by Louis P. Burns aka Lugh
Hi ya Jo
Firstly, may I say that I think what your colleagues and you did today is simply excellent. It takes people gathering together to over-throw corrupt powers or bring about change. Rebellion is the action of people who will not be talked down to. So, yer all rebels and that's very, very cool in my books mate...
I have a friend who works in a hospital and frequently I've heard him full of praise for the exhausting work that nurses perform daily - 24/7/365.
At 39 years old I have also been on the receiving end of their professionalism on more than one occasion (lol - am fallin' to bits ere) and know from these experiences that they quite literally have saved my life numerous times.
It's a crying shame that you and your colleagues are being treated this way. My only hope is that the politicians delegating your careers become sick and need your help someday. My advice (though unorthodox) would be to make the feckers wait as long as possible for treatment and then administer it slowly while complaining about government cut-backs. I know that's not feasible, but wouldn't it be lovely?
Keep On Keepin' On - Jo & colleagues... Keep putting the boot in. Keep on asking why. If anything, it will make everyone aware of the slow theft to your dignity by a few, elite politicians...
More power to yer elbow Jo
Posted: Fri May 12, 2006 6:58 am
by joanne chapman
cheers lugh, none of us are quitters, if we were then we would go into other professions and earn more money.
Posted: Fri May 12, 2006 10:42 am
by Louis P. Burns aka Lugh
jo wrote:cheers lugh, none of us are quitters, if we were then we would go into other professions and earn more money.
I hear that Jo
Posted: Fri May 12, 2006 2:05 pm
by joanne chapman
I should have sent in my pictures, I would have flattered us more than they did.
Posted: Fri May 12, 2006 2:37 pm
by Louis P. Burns aka Lugh
jo wrote:I should have sent in my pictures, I would have flattered us more than they did.
John Prescott scares the shit out of me.
How can his face look so much like my arse..?
Concerned & Equally Confused.
DERRY...
Posted: Fri May 12, 2006 4:15 pm
by joanne chapman
Lugh wrote:jo wrote:I should have sent in my pictures, I would have flattered us more than they did.
John Prescott scares the shit out of me.
How can his face look so much like my arse..?
Concerned & Equally Confused.
DERRY...
I know, u couldn't give him one in the dark after a bottle of JD, ewe just got a shudder down my spine.
He would win an ugly competition.
Posted: Fri May 12, 2006 4:37 pm
by Louis P. Burns aka Lugh
jo wrote:I know, u couldn't give him one in the dark after a bottle of JD, ewe just got a shudder down my spine.
He would win an ugly competition.
Are you calling my arse 'ugly'..?
Right..! That's it..!
Lock the doors..!
How dare you missus..!
I'll phone my MP..!
Feckin' cheek..!
Posted: Fri May 12, 2006 4:43 pm
by joanne chapman
Lugh wrote:jo wrote:I know, u couldn't give him one in the dark after a bottle of JD, ewe just got a shudder down my spine.
He would win an ugly competition.
Are you calling my arse 'ugly'..?
Right..! That's it..!
Lock the doors..!
How dare you missus..!
I'll phone my MP..!
Feckin' cheek..!
Lugh, if you have a nice arse then hats off to ya mate. Mines a bit bigger than I would like.
I have wiped many, old, young, big, small, firm and saggy. When the proverbial hits the fan they are all the same, an area best avoided.
Posted: Fri May 12, 2006 4:47 pm
by Louis P. Burns aka Lugh
jo wrote:
Lugh, if you have a nice arse then hats off to ya mate. Mines a bit bigger than I would like.
I have wiped many, old, young, big, small, firm and saggy. When the proverbial hits the fan they are all the same, an area best avoided.
Aye. Fair do's Jo. Bit like John Prescott's face then..?
You know? Best avoided, in case violent crimes get committed on it
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