Day: 3 October 2006

Working in out of hours at weekend was a returning eye opener.
I was working on telephone triage, phoning back people who had called the service, to ascertain their needs. Certainly busy on Saturday, especially in the morning with a backlog of punters. It was interesting though the number who were after prescriptions, either had forgotten to order their regular medication or ran out of painkillers sie recent operation, or on hoiliday and left their meds at home.. Unbelievable that they could not sort themselves out, but end up using the convenient urgent service at no cost to themselves. Then their was the parent who did not attend an appointment made for their child and hour before!
The system is complex to organise and expensive I am sure. However, it seems wasted on some people. Some do not appeciate the value. Maybe they need something to focus the mind.

Hmmmm and humphhhh.

Another item with a mention of past political heroes on someone.
As I am now allowed to work, and the availability of work is not on my doorstep I have been on my travels.
Last week saw me in Grantham overnight, the town of Councellor Roberts and his well know daughter. Also, I noted on a plaque at a school, it was also where Isaac Newton was educated.
At the weekend I had a couple of days in Bridgwater,Spomerset. Manning the phones for the Out Of Hours service. A nice spot but with an underbelly of roughness, as evidenced by the youths and older supping from tinnies and brown paper bags in the middle of the afternoon in the local bandstand. Sad.
Norman Tebbit would be proud of me. And I still pass the Cricket team test……for now.