“The reason care is less available, is the places are already run on skeleton staff, some wards, down one member of staff per shift already, how would cutting 10 per cent help ? Hull did this a few years ago now, got rubbish ratings, and now has again recruited !!!! managers should go, all these who are directors, we don't need that many managers, and 3 nurses for their 60 grand salaries each makes more sense does it not ? ?? Porters and ancillary staff ARE valued and needed very much so. I think that it's management who should be volunteering, but My bet is the clinical staff will, for fear of getting struck off, due to even worse staffing levels, which will in turn lead to even worse staffing, and care standards. THis 30 grand for pictures is pathetic, as is the alterations yet again to the car parking, and other unnecessary expenditure. there are more nurse specialists than ever there was, get rid of some of them on their 35 grand a year and pay 1 and a half nurses or 2 porters or more in their wake !! wake up nhs, it's not clinical staff on the wards that we need less of ! I think we all should be charged insurance, and this would stop.”

“I agree with porter the staff that get paid little are the ones that work the hardest!! for all the pen pushers who are getting band 3, 4 and even 5 for half of the work and stress as we are getting!! The staffing levels are already appaling so how can we take redundancy and the patient care won't be affected when it already is!! Staff are un able to take breaks as its sooo busy!! how's that safe for them and the patients?? And what about the waste of money the trust is spending?? £35,000 on pictures to decorate the corriders!! If we are having to say so much money maybe these should not have been purchased!!!! Jobs that are really not needed are also a waste of the money!! All the people that are behind the scenes and are getting paid a silly wage should be the ones that come forward for redundancy!!! Think of how much money we would save then!!!!!!! and let all us staff run the hospital as we are the ones that know what we need and thats more.. STAFF!!”

“Ooops. Apologies to the staff of the A & E dept for missing them from the list of those who looked after me recently.”

“It seems like various people have had different experiences at this hospital.
Personally, having suffered a heart attack a couple of weeks ago, I can't praise the care that I received highly enough.
OK, parts of the building are looking a bit tired, and not every bit of the infrastructure works as well as one has a right to expect, but the nursing staff, the auxiliaries, the cleaners, and the doctors are first class, and most of the equipment essential for my treatment worked when needed. So to the staff of C3, CCU, and C1 Kendall, thank you very much for a job well done.
To the members of admin who have been defending their jobs on here, if you are part of the support staff needed to ensure that the hospital runs smoothly then you deserve to be there. If however you are part of the N.L. army that has been recruited to do nothing other than "spy" on the hospital, reporting on how government imposed targets for throughput and spending are being met, then maybe you are a large part of the reason for the overspend.”

“I have to say that as a patient / victim of this awful place, this comes as no surprise at all. The sooner they close the place and flatten it for building land the better. I know this will probably infuriate a few locals but my family and I and have had nothing less than shocking treatment and care over the years from this hospital. My young son has been left with a lifelong disability as a result of poor care from staff at this hospital. My late mother's cancer was misdiagnosed and that's just a start. I think saving money is the least of the hospital managers problems. Perhaps if they could get the basic and fundamental elements of care right, people would stop suing them and therefore, money would be saved.”

“I agree with porter, all staff within the nhs are needed from admin, domestic, kitchen and nursing staff, who are all equally worked hard and to the limit. why doesnt GT speak to Mr North if he can get down off his pile ov money he is sat on and comment if he is willing to take a pay cut his wage would employ : 150x staff under 15,000??? even some of his money would help.”

“With medical centres springing up like mushrooms in the towns who needs hospitals?”

“Here is the sad truth most of the job cuts will come from the bottom of the pile like us the porters, domestics and kitchen staff i myself am a porter i work hard i earn less than 15 k a year i work most days am lucky if i get a day off we are so under staffed it is crazy the people they need to be giving or make take pay cut are the top dogs yes you Mr NORTH 154k a yer and other so call bosses who walk around doing nothing if it was not for the porters the place would not run would not run the wards would be dirty if it was not for the domestics they are having it bad at the moment to they are badly under staffed and no one would get fed if it was not for the kitchen staff i have had my say now and thanks for reading this. And yes the pitchers did cost over 30k when the place needs new beds wheel chairs and other major equipment its good to see we have some nice pictures to look at LOL”

“1) I speak from NHS experience.
2) All governments, past and present, have introduced so many waiting lists, targets, standards etc that admin staff have to be employed to achieve and report on these. If matron were still here she would be spending her time doing this instead of nursing.
3) Often it's these very admin staff who have ensured patients have received the next test or treatment, not medical staff, through following these standards.
4) Newly qualified nurses start at about £21000 - is that so poor? Health Care Assistants are paid far less and there are many low paid unqualified (but very hard working) staff in the NHS - admin, technical, ancillary etc.
5) The NHS is paid for by the tax payer, just as council workers, police and MPs are, it's just that we don't get a bill each year. That¿s our money!
6) There's a huge amount of waste (including expenses) in the NHS each year and often a scrabble at year end to 'spend up' instead of re-directing the money to where it's needed like medical emergency patients whose admissions cannot be controlled.
7) This hospital trust chose to become a foundation trust, giving them more autonomy from the main NHS. Perhaps this wasn¿t such a wise move.
Generally the NHS provides a very good service, but don¿t get old!”

“They should save money and get rid of some of the useless ward admin staff,”