Showing posts with label Social Services. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Social Services. Show all posts

Saturday, 11 November 2023

Conservative Party: 40,000 teachers left the profession. NHS is bleeding professionals that are leaving even for other countries

Conservative Party is in a crisis with MPs no longer willing to stand for re-election and even members of the Cabinet announcing that they will not be standing for re-election. In the meantime, problems are being piled up at all levels. 

In education, more than 40,000 teachers are no longer teaching. They have had more than enough. When asked, a school teacher said 'I could not take it any more. It was not just about 35 pupils in the classroom. It was also about dealing with children with mental health issues that made teaching impossible.' It is not about remuneration. It is about working conditions. Teacher are supposed to teach. They are not supposed to deal with psychiatric problems thrown in the classroom.

What has changed about the operation of Police stations in the UK. Politicians including Prime Minister Rishi Sunak make promises in the House of Commons that he really and truly knows that cannot be delivered. Police stations are not even receiving reports regarding property stolen, let alone theft of mobile phones. They are understaff and they don't have the resources to deal with that kind of crime.

How much times does a consultant in the NHS have to deal with patients? Not much. There are not enough consultants and not enough specialised staff. There is so much that can be done with lack of human resources and with lack of equipment.

And what happens in Job Centres? Unqualified staff and insufficient staff are leading to DWP staff quitting their jobs because they cannot deal with the workload they are forced to deal with. 

And what happens at the Home Office? Not enough staff to deal with mountains of applications and the natural consequence is that everything gets delayed and this has social consequences. A rising number of people are wandering around in limbo and more often than not local authorities, schools and social services have to deal with the outcome having to find non existing accommodation for families with children, many of which are facing mental health problems and situations of abuse including domestic violence.

This is a tale of massive government incompetence. Government secretaries of state and ministers spend an awful amount of time making political statements and seem absolutely oblivious to reality. What is the point of spending millions of Pound every ten years to carry out Censuses? Save the money spent on Censuses and spend it to really try to solve the myriad of problems Britain is facing. Whatever data can be gathered in censuses are completely unreliable.

You will never be able to keep up with inflation when trying to support families via the welfare state. Look at the cost of buying and look at the cost of renting. Private renting is a total waste of resources. The private market is not supposed to meet the needs of those in need. Private letting is a business. What is needed is the sort of letting that can be controlled by the state. If you have social housing, the monies can be kept by the state and re-invested in social services. Private renting should be left for those who can afford to rent without state support. The state should be both landlord and service provider.

Do you know what happens to families with children that are forced to be constantly on the move from one area to another, from one city to another? Do you know what happens when it comes to education, health, work, family cohesion and mental health? Instability, uncertainty, mental health problems, domestic violence, constant financial struggle and dependency and the list goes on.


 

Saturday, 16 February 2019

Children Services: Extorting money from vulnerable parents

The extent of what is going on with regards to Social Services outsourcing services from private companies that charge parents to see their own children is still being determined. It is indecent and against basic Human Rights to charge parents to see their own children. 

The so called Contact Centres are no more than private businesses charging vulnerable people - very often on benefits or working part-time - that often don't have enough money to pay the £120 fee. If as a parent you don't have enough money to do a bank transfer to the said Contact Centres, the answer is "Sorry, this month you haven't paid and therefore you cannot see your child." 



We have written to Members of Parliament and until now we haven't got a reply. We are going to keep trying because vulnerable people deserve to be helped against what amounts to Slavery in the Twenty-First Century. A better system could not have been designed by the Mafia, but Mafia systems are being using by the State in Britain.














Wednesday, 11 January 2017

NHS - the real cause of troubles is lack of proper management of public resources

Political parties can try and score points in the National Health Debate. It is not just about Accident and Emergency Services. Hospitals are being burdened by a reduction of Social Services that keep patients in NHS wards unnecessarily because they cannot be supported at home.

General habits of the population are also driving the National Health Service downwards. Too much alcohol consumption, too much tobacco consumption, narcotics, over eating and lack of healthy exercise habits make the situation a lot worse because are making themselves ill and everybody else pick up the tariff for their stupidity.
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We come to the point when fitness checks in workplaces should be mandatory and those who are not fit should be forced to get fit in order to keep their jobs. The Everything Goes Society can destroy the National Health Service that was meant to deal with illnesses that cannot be avoided and not the illnesses people create with idiotic behaviour.

There are times when most of those being admitted in Accident and Emergency are individuals affected by alcohol and narcotics, either directly or indirectly. Penalties against drinkers and drugs users should be a lot harsher.

There is also the issue of privacy laws that hamper the efforts of Police, Social Services and the National Health Service when mental issues linked to alcohol consumption, narcotics use and other unhealthy habits.

Financial resources is just one aspect of the whole problem.

Saturday, 31 December 2016

Jo Cox MP was killed by the British Parliament

Thomas Mair didn't kill Jo Cox MP. Jo Cox MP was killed by massive under-funding of mental health services and legislation that is not fit purpose that prevents helping those who need help.

On the eve of the attack against Jo Cox, Thomas Mair had asked for NHS help, help that was denied by telling him to come back some time later. Thomas Mair felt that he wasn't coping and asked for support. Without support, he went on to commit murder.

Today, the number of teenagers taking their lives is rising. The number of inmates in British prisons taking their lives is rising. Parliament has the ultimate responsibility to produce legislation that does not become a hurdle, that does not prevent helping those who need help and that might not be in a position to even ask for help.

Very often - the Police, Social Services, the National Health Service and NHS England are blocked by legislation passed by Parliament that is not fit for purpose. This is why Jo Cox MP was killed by the British Parliament. Thomas Mair was yet another victim of a system that is not working.

And Thomas Mair has not been the only one to be let down by the system. The mass media report the tragedies but stop short of talking about the real causes. Some time ago, a patient suffering from schizophrenia pleaded with his doctors not to let him go because he felt that he couldn't control himself. The direct consequence was that he was allowed to leave a mental facility and went on to kill an elderly man in a park.

Inmates are killing themselves in British prisons in rising numbers. The mass media talk about statistics and soon after the news is brushed under the carpet. Nothing gets done. Teenagers are taking their lives in increasing numbers. Nothing gets done.