Dr Andrew Meyerson

@andrewmeyerson.uk

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Dr Andrew in uniform at the end of his A&E night shift speaks directly to the camera
Members of the SOSNHS coalition from Keep Our NHS Public hold a sign “Migrants Make Our NHS” as they march in London.
Dr Andrew Meyerson speaks to the camera about the 14th Doctor’s Strike to Sky News
Andrew speaking to camera after a night shift.
Dr Andrew speaking outside Homerton Hospital at a rally in support of the doctor’s strike. Banners from the Homerton Unison branch are seen in the background
“NHS reforms our worst mistake, Tories admit” front page of the Times from 13 Oct 2014
Andrew speaking on stage at a People’s Assembly anti-austerity rally a couple weeks ago. The banner behind him reads “End Austerity Now”
A photo of Dr Adrian Boyle, President of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, with the quote from him this week: “Yet again, we have no plan, no change and no commitment to resuscitate Urgent and Emergency Care - the service which continues to be the canary in the healthcare coalmine.”
Dr Andrew is in his work uniform on a lunch break in A&E. He is wearing blue scrubs, has a stethoscope around his neck and there is a teaching skeleton named “Skelly” behind him.
Dr Andrew Meyerson in blue scrubs with black Eko stethoscope and an orange BMA pay restoration lanyard, speaks directly to the camera.
A homeless man (pictured in police mugshot) held up and robbed a bank for $1, then sat down and waited for the police to come and arrest him so he could receive healthcare in prison.
An American man holds up a sign in front of a petrol station in Las Vegas area saying “our 19 month old baby girl was in ICU for 28 days and we got behind on rent. Looking for any extra work to get caught up. HVAC. Electrical. Plumbing. Tile. Etc. (702) 577-4372. Any work of help greatly appreciated.”
NHS reforms our worst mistake, Tories admit Times investigation reveals £5 billion wasted every year on inefficiencies Senior Tories have admitted that reorganising the NHS was the biggest mistake they have made in government. David Cameron did not understand the controversial reforms and George Osborne regrets not preventing what Downing Street officials call a "huge strategic error", it can be revealed. The prime minister and the chancellor both failed to realise the explosive extent of plans drawn up by Andrew Lansley, when he was the health secre-tary, which one insider described as "unintelligible gobbledygook". An ally of Mr Osborne said: "George kicks himself for not having spotted it and stopped it. He had the opportunity then and didn’t take it.” • At least £5billion is wasted every year on inefficiencies, such as overpaying for supplies, out-of-date drugs, agency workers and empty buildings, a study carried out for ministers said.
The Observer Jon Ungoed-Thomas UK patients going private to escape referrals 'black hole', say GPs Doctors warn of 'rationing' as latest monthly figures show no available appointments for about 400,000 cases Patients are increasingly turning to private healthcare to escape a referrals "black hole", GPs have warned, as the NHS struggles with a shortfall of available appointments. The most recent figures show GP practices make about 400,000 referrals a month to outpatient clinics that are fully booked. Some patients will be able to choose an alternative provider, some will be booked at a later date, but many end up being bounced back to their local surgery. Sun 25 Aug 2024 12.00 BST
Health Service Journal ‘Patients are choosing palliative care over cancer treatment’ due to lack of local services, CEO warns By Zoe Tidman 13 May 2024 Patients in part of the East of England are choosing to begin palliative care over cancer treatment because of prohibitive travel times and costs to get to the nearest specialist centre, a local system leader has warned.
The Telegraph. 09 May 2024. 3:00pm. “NHS waiting lists could take 685 years to clear. The official backlog is 7.5 million and falling at less than 1,000 a month at current rates” The image shows an NHS logo with a queue of people of all ages, backgrounds, and abilities, waiting for care. By Michael Searles and Ben Butcher
The Telegraph. 03 April 2024. 2:04pm Michael Searles, Health Correspondent NHS Waiting List could be two million longer than thought. ONS survey finds 9.7m waiting for an appointment, with number waiting a year likely to be closer to 1.35m. A graphic shows NHS data waiting list currently at 6.35m while ONS data says it’s 9.7m.
The Sunday Times March 17, 2024 Intensive Care Ceiling Collapsed Shaun Lintern, Tom Carver, and Ben Spencer The ceiling of an intensive care ward collapsed onto a patient on life-support and hours later a falling lift broke a doctor’s leg in a 24 hour snapshot of Britain’s crumbling NHS hospitals. Staff evacuated the 10 bed unit at the Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, Essex and the trust declared a major incident on Thursday as engineers carried out urgent safety checks. Stay a surgeon was in a lift at the Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel when the lift plummeted four floors. His leg was broken when its emergency brakes were activated. Just shut for other lifts pending a safety investigation. The previous day another lift had fallen. “The chickens are coming home to roost” after years of underinvestment in NHS facilities, Dame Meg Hillier, chairwoman of the Commons public accounts committee said.
The 2013 Commonwealth Fund Overall Healthcare Rankings. The UK’s public system was ranked 1 overall. The privatised US system where I’m from was ranked last overall.
The Observer. Government U-turn on plans to double number of medical students in England Fears for impact on NHS workforce as leaked letter reveals ministers stall on aim to increase trainee doctors to 15,000 by 2031 Toby Helm Political editor Sun 25 Feb 2024 06.00 GMT Ministers have dramatically stalled plans to double the number of doctors being trained in England by 2031 in a move that has caused dismay across the NHS, as well in medical schools and universities, the Observer can reveal.
England's NHS to trim main healthcare wait list ahead of election By Paul Sandle February 16, 20244:23 PM GMT LONDON, Feb 16 (Reuters) - England's health service will move about 40,000 pending child consultations for ADHD, autism and other conditions from its main waiting list, a person with direct knowledge of the change said, trimming the politically sensitive list ahead of an expected election. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, whose Conservative Party is trailing the Labour Party in opinion polls, has vowed to reduce wait times in the state-run National Health Service (NHS). He admitted last week he had not made enough progress, blaming strikes by healthcare workers.
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BBC NEWS. 13 February 2024. “Man dies after being told no ambulances available” Ken Burton, from Cannock, Staffordshire, died after a heart attack. He is pictured in front of a Pullman train car in a picture provided by David Burton.