tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885184849467086568.post8343588894760338999..comments2024-03-18T10:40:00.766+00:00Comments on A Kilchoan Diary: District Nurses to be WithdrawnJonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11348491898920520197noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885184849467086568.post-15807659745722443602010-12-08T12:44:01.265+00:002010-12-08T12:44:01.265+00:00As a regular visitor I have wrtten to NHS as direc...As a regular visitor I have wrtten to NHS as directed,councillor and MP.<br />ruth masonruth masonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885184849467086568.post-40115100857041416652010-12-08T11:53:23.655+00:002010-12-08T11:53:23.655+00:00Many thanks, Christine, Sue and Trevor, for writin...Many thanks, Christine, Sue and Trevor, for writing in about this. A campaign is getting underway to prevent the change happening, and we will be asking people to participate.<br /><br />JonJonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11348491898920520197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885184849467086568.post-83619247066190518812010-12-08T11:32:51.357+00:002010-12-08T11:32:51.357+00:00As very regular visitors to the area we know how v...As very regular visitors to the area we know how vital the nurses are to the community. We know this from speaking to many local people and from personal experience when members of our family have needed to see a nurse at the surgery.I recently spent a week at Ockle following some radiotherapy treatment and was assured that if I was to have any reaction to the treatment I would be able to get expert advice from a nurse- I would not have felt confident to come up there if that service was not there. It would be a disaster to loose this service.Christinenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885184849467086568.post-87587315314674006322010-12-07T12:27:38.785+00:002010-12-07T12:27:38.785+00:00Hi Jon,
What a terrible threat from NHS. Can onl...Hi Jon,<br /><br />What a terrible threat from NHS. Can only think some one sitting in a nice warm office with nothing much to do decided that thirty miles from Strontian would just take half an hour to get to Kilchoan, do they not realize we are not on a motorway and in fact have they ever been down the single track road? We are proud of our nurses and they do a fantastic job that why one of them was named as Nurse of The Year. Are the NHS going to wait till there is a death before they realize they are in the wrong, they are full of promises which they don't keep, its bad enough that maternity services have already been withdrawn from our nurses so if anybody suddenly goes into an emergency labour it could be too late by the time a nurse/doctor/ambulance gets here.<br /><br />Regards, Sue.Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11348491898920520197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885184849467086568.post-71269569654567850002010-12-07T11:39:54.327+00:002010-12-07T11:39:54.327+00:00Thank you for posting this very important informat...Thank you for posting this very important information. This short sighted decision will have a huge impact on quality of life and maybe death on people living, working and visiting west Ardnamurchan. First responders (extremely valuable in their role) are in no way a substitute for out of hours nursing care.Trevor Pottsnoreply@blogger.com