Christmas Shoppers Are Urged To Be Vigilant

A senior Metropolitan Police officer has urged Londoners and visitors to the metropolis to be alert, not frightened in congested spaces in the lead up to Christmas.

Deputy Assistant Commissioner Specialist Operations Matt Twist urged people to be careful and look out for anything unusual, suspicious or concerning.

The warning comes after the UK’s terrorism threat was raised to severe, meaning an attack is highly likely after terrorists struck in Liverpool and Essex.

Assistant Commissioner Matt Twist described this year’s festivities as the first proper Christmas they’ve had in several years because of last year’s coronavirus restrictions.

He said there’s going to be loads of places that are busy and there are going to be lots of venues getting back on their feet, with loads of crowded places, and lots of gatherings, and that people should be alert, but not alarmed.

Assistant Commissioner Matt Twist also referred to the car crash at a Christmas parade in Wisconsin which killed at least five people as he stressed the importance of forward planning from authorities ahead of the busy time of year.

He told Nick Ferrari on LBC radio that this was about vigilance, and that there was a lot of work to be done in advance of gatherings and in advance of events in the United Kingdom.

He said that they’ve asked security officers to put in place things like vehicle mitigation or to put in place barriers, or to limit the risk to people.

He added that the incident in Wisconsin doesn’t appear to have been terror-related based on early media reports.

And he was asking the public to report anything unusual to the police in the build-up to Christmas, and he added that they want people to be vigilant, looking out for what’s unusual, looking out for things that may be suspicious, or may concern them.

He said that could be anything from a bag that’s in the wrong place, and he said that he believed that the public was already aware of that sort of thing, but also to stuff in their home or family lives, their friends becoming withdrawn or isolated, or making certain comments.

And he said that it was all about getting ahead of this and that if you report something, the message is, you’re not going to destroy someone’s life, but you might just save one.

Of course, there was a time not too long ago when we could just enjoy life, although we did have the IRA bombings and the likes of Peter Sutcliffe and Ian Brady, but even then we seemed to enjoy life more than we do now.

And it’s okay him saying that we have to be more alert but the anti-terror police only seem to turn up after the fact, to say that he or she was on the terror watch list.

There’s also a lot of mental illness about now and going untreated, but then look at the House of Commons, they’re by far the biggest group of mentally unhinged window lickers, and they’re far too busy making money so they can line their own pockets to even look after Joe Public, but this is Britain’s future now, thanks to consecutive government pandering.

It will be Christmas soon, which everyone is looking forward to, but how long will it be before we’re not allowed to say Christmas because it’s not politically correct, and without some people realising it because we’ve been so conditioned not to, the biggest threat to our society is from our very own Government.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Sister Rachel Says Tory MP Caroline Nokes Isn’t Playing The Game

Boris Johnson’s sister has claimed that Tory MP Caroline Nokes is not playing the game by alleging her father Stanley Johnson slapped her on the bottom nearly two decades ago.

Rachel Johnson questioned the value of the Romsey and Southampton North MP making the 2003 allegations in 2021, by asking: “What does it actually achieve?’

Speaking on her own podcast ‘Difficult Women’, the journalist and broadcaster said she did ‘not defend male aggressive sexual behaviour’, but the 56-year-old said she believed that making allegations as those made against her father by Caroline Nokes redounds against women in the end.

It comes after the Tory MP claimed Stanley Johnson forcefully smacked her on the backside and made a remark at the Conservative Party conference in Blackpool in 2003.

The allegations sparked claims by journalist Ailbhe Rea, who says she was groped by Stanley Johnson, 81, at a party conference in 2019. Stanley Johnson says he has no memory of either event.

Ms Nokes, 49, has been widely applauded for speaking out about Stanley Johnson’s alleged conduct, including by International Trade Secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan who said women had for too long had to deal with casual sexism, the wandering hand.

But talking on her podcast about the accusations, Ms Johnson said that her father had been in a bit of bother because a female Tory MP didn’t play up and play the game because she revealed he slapped her bottom about 20 years ago.

She added that what troubled her was that she wasn’t sure what it would achieve and that she feared that it would encourage other women to come out and say things that have happened to them, but that she’s also heard men saying that women couldn’t be trusted and that they don’t know how they behave anymore.

She said that she wasn’t defending any kind of male aggressive sexual conduct but that she didn’t believe it redounds against women in the end.

Ms Johnson made the comments in the podcast while talking to former Weakest Link presenter Anne Robinson, who has previously rallied against modern-day feminism and the #MeToo movement.

Anne Robinson, who recently had Johnson stay with her and described him as her best guest, also gave her opinion on the accusations made by Ms Nokes.

So, not playing the game. Is Rachel Johnson attempting to change the rules of the game because it’s her father, and can anybody show or tell me when was the last time, if any, when any member of the Johnson clan was held up as paragons of virtue and morality?

They appear to be a very peculiar family indeed, with no morals and it’s self, self, self and self includes those closest, and maybe it was Stanley Johnson senior that wasn’t playing the game?

And it seems that Rachel Johnson saying that Ms Nokes isn’t playing the game is a code for women should put up and shut up. How extremely ignorant of her and it also gives a very negative message to women who are or were suffering from sexual harassment.

The rules are that you shouldn’t be going around touching anyone unless you’ve been invited to do so, anything else is assault.

And what game is that? The one where we let abusers off the hook if they’re rich and powerful enough because Rachel Johnson is saying that part out quite loudly.

Sweep Cleans Up At Auction

For decades Sweep played second fiddle to saintly Sooty and his magic wand.

But the mischief-maker will be squeaking with delight after his glove puppet made an extraordinary £3,000 at auction.

The price was more than treble the amount expected and £250 more than the figure reached for Sooty – Sooty sold for £1,500.

The original puppets were part of a collection of memorabilia from The Sooty Show which belong to Peter Jago, one of the main puppeteers, who died in 2016.

In total it made over £11,000 when it went under the hammer at Ewbank’s auctioneers in Surrey.

The show, which ran from the 1950s until the 90s was first presented by Sooty creator Harry Corbett.

The collection of items featured in the children’s puppet show blew estimated sale prices out of the water.

Sooty’s Little Cousin Scampi, a late edition to the format in the early 1990s, brought a price of £2,000.

Along with the original puppets, props and costumes from the show were also sold, including the white rabbit and magic box from Sooty’s conjuring routine, his famous water pistol and his magic wand.

The full collection sold for £11,250 including premium, three times expectations on November 18.

Ewbank’s specialist Alistair McCrea said that luckily Sooty and Sweep behaved themselves extremely well and managed to keep Little Cousin Scampi in check during the proceedings and that they were pleased with the response of bidders, and there was no doubt that this collection caused quite a stir.

It’s great to see them bringing in such good money because it was a fabulous show in the 70s and 80s, with Sweep always causing trouble, although I would have thought they would have gone for more, it seemed a tad cheap to me, they were icons, but then I suppose they’ll always be priceless to those who grew up with them.

It looks like anyone that had Sooty and Sweep puppets should have hung onto them, and I’m guessing that the name Sooty wouldn’t pass our woke world and in today’s stupid looney world.

And I’m sure they wouldn’t have been allowed now, and they would have been banned due to the excessive violence.

Of course, Sweep was the original bad boy – skip phonies like James Dean and Marlon Brando, Sweep was the original rebel.

The creation of the franchise traces back to 1948 when Corbett came across an all yellow bear glove puppet during a holiday in Blackpool. He bought the item and made use of it to entertain his children during that time, including his newborn son Peter, naming the puppet Teddy.

In that time, his use of the puppet to entertain children with a kind of comedic routines and magic tricks earned him a place on the BBC’s talent competition.

Izzy whizzy, let’s get busy – that certainly brings back some childhood memories. Mind you, we could do with some of that now because everyone needs a little fantasy while the world goes bonkers around us.

They were clean and funny without being crude or rude and certainly better than some of the children’s drivel we get on TV now, but I’m sure that someone having their hand up a puppet’s backside today would be banned.

But Sooty and Sweep were great, but this was when kids could be entertained with the simple things in life, and they might have just been puppets but puppet lives matter as well.

From Next Year, All New Buildings Must Be Equipped With Charging points For Electric Vehicles

New homes and buildings will be required to install electric

New homes and buildings will be required to install electric vehicle charging points from next year, Boris Johnson will confirm today.

In a speech to the Confederation of British Industry annual conference, the Prime Minister is set to announce legislation to drive an electric car revolution.

New build homes, supermarkets and workplaces will have to install charging points as standard by law, while properties undergoing significant improvements will also be forced to make the upgrades.

Boris Johnson is expected to say that they will require new homes and buildings to have EV charging points, with another 145,000 charging points to be installed thanks to these regulations.

He said that they were investing in new projects to turn wind power into hydrogen, and the ten-point plan investments have already triggered about £90 billion of private sector investment.

Downing Street branded the move as world-leading and the goal is that charging an electric vehicle will become as easy as filling up with fuel.

Boris Johnson will say that Labour will establish an Office for Value for Money, and just as they scrutinise the cost of their business, they will do the same on behalf of the taxpaying public.

The problem is that most people don’t want his green nonsense and certainly don’t want to be paying for it, but he just doesn’t get the hint even though it’s slapping him in the face like a wet fish.

The other problem is that our National Grid will have to keep up with all this electricity these charging points will be using, and I can see that it’s going to be a huge problem and people will be waking up in the morning with no electricity, so thanks to these fancy green cars, people will be living in the dark ages for a while, well, until it’s sorted out, and thereS probably won’t be any cheap overnight rates in the future because everyone will want to charge their toy cars and demand will probably increase overnight.

And let’s face it, realistically it’s far from green if you take into account its production.

And what about the majority of homes in the country like terraced houses with no driveways or flats that are twenty storeys high, they represent the vast majority of homes – I’d like to see them get charging points to those homes.

Although some charging points could be installed into the street lights, which would be great, but you’d have to have a lamp every fifty yards, and I can’t see people going out at 2 am to move their car once it’s charged so someone else can move their car to charge it.

So, what it looks like is that only the well-off will be able to use this method of driving green, everyone else will have to use public services or on your bike mate.

To be fair, I’m not sure how this is going to work when developers can’t even provide enough parking for residents, and for flats, all I can envision is fifteen floors with cables dangling from their windows with extension leads!

And how are they going to support the power grid?

Boris Johnson seems to be living in a dream world, but good luck to him when he wakes up in the morning and goes downstairs to put the kettle on – oh, I forgot Dilyn their dog does that because God forbid Boris should lift a finger.

There Were Pompoms And Shoes And Spilled Hot Chocolate Everywhere

Shocked witnesses described the terrifying moment a red SUV sped down the street flinging bodies in the air, nearly missing a young girl before killing multiple people during a Christmas parade outside Milwaukee on Sunday.

People at the scene described the frightening scene in Waukesha, Wisconsin as the vehicle barreled down the road along the parade route running over people as the crowd suddenly became frantic.

Paradegoers remembered a frenzied display of crumpled bodies, broken limbs and pieces of brains as numerous people were left dead or wounded in the streets.

In another heart-stopping moment, a video from the scene showed a young girl dressed in all pink dancing along to the music on the side of the street as the red SUV approaches at speed behind her. Thankfully the car missed her by inches as the crowd screamed.

Moments later, the car collided with the crowd, leaving five people dead and wounding 40, including numerous children who were rushed to six different hospitals in the area.

According to police, a person of interest is now in custody.

Waukesha Police Chief Dan Thompson told reporters that they had a person of interest that they were looking into and that the red SUV crashed into the crowd at 4.39 pm local time, 39 minutes after the parade started.

Braydon Kowalski, a 19-year-old Waukesha native, said that he was at the parade with his family when he saw bodies flying everywhere.

Braydon Kowalski said that the red SUV was blowing through people, just sort of dinging a lot of people, bodies flying everywhere, and that those people didn’t get run over they got thrown through the air and that loads of people got tossed up into the air.

He said that you could see bits of brains and that there were quite a few people with broken limbs, like lots of broken legs and people screaming with broken legs and that it was horrifying.

Melinda, a 36-year-old kindergarten teacher told a newspaper outlet that she was watching the parade from her apartment on West Main Street when she saw the red SUV speed through the crowd.

She said that she ran downstairs there were children on the ground and everyone was freaking out. Everyone was screaming and crying, it happened so fast, and that it was chaos, and that you don’t expect something like that to happen there. It’s Waukesha, it’s really safe.

Of course, they don’t know the motive of the person as of yet. What we do know is that this was shocking and our thoughts should go out to those families and a speedy recovery to the injured, and I feel that our world is falling apart and it’s so sad, but I will also be fascinated to see how the media spin this.

Conservative MPs Threaten Rebellion Over Boris Johnson’s Decision To Water Down The Cap On Social Care Costs

Boris Johnson is facing growing Tory resistance over his decision to water down a new cap on social care costs.

Conservative MPs are demanding the Government rethink a change to the Prime Minister’s social care plans which was slipped out last week.

Small print relating to the reforms means that means-tested support from local authorities for the less well off will no longer count towards the £86,000 cap.

That means they will have to spend more of their own money on care before they reach the lifetime limit.

Andrew Dilnot, the original social care tsar who made recommendations a decade ago on how to improve the sector, blasted the change and said it means the less well off won’t get any benefit from the cap.

A crunch vote on the matter is expected to be held in the House of Commons and the Prime Minister is under pressure to perform a U-turn.

However, Health Secretary Sajid Javid insisted that everyone would be better off under the new system.

It had been hoped that the imposition of a cap on lifetime care costs would spare countless pensioners the prospect of having to sell their homes to pay for residential care.

But the policy paper published by the Government last week revealed that it’s less likely to help those who currently get free support from the State under a means test because that contribution won’t be included in deciding when they’ve reached the cap.

So a poor pensioner getting state support would have to spend £86,000 of their own money on extra care before they were deemed to have hit the limit.

The Government said the move was needed to ensure people didn’t reach the cap at an artificially faster rate than what they contribute.

It said a new much more generous means test, which increases to £100,000 from £23,250 the amount elderly people can hold in assets before they have to pay for all their care themselves was the main means of supporting people with lower levels of assets.

But Andrew Dilnot told the Treasury Select Committee that 40 per cent of the elderly who have care needs will now get no benefit from the cap.

But does anyone believe a word this government says? Perhaps not, but a great number of people still believe what the media tell them.

It’s just another election promise broken, along with stopping illegal immigrants and the triple lock.

We know who will be better off, and I guarantee it won’t be Joe Public, and the next Prime Minister will have a lot of work to undo and the wrongs done by Boris Johnson and his Hannibal crew, and it’s just more lies from Boris and his followers.

And it looks like that in Boris Johnson’s eyes that migrants come first and are in front of the line with their extended families and six-bedroom houses.

When the NHS was first started it promised cradle to grave care and most of the elderly people had home helps who were provided free of charge to do the daily chores that allowed numerous people to continue to live in their own homes quite comfortably. Now, care costs are exorbitant and don’t leave people with any money to pass on to their children – bring back the good old days, please.

It’s just a case of the poor getting poorer and the rich getting richer.

Boris Bare-Faced!

Boris Johnson has been pictured travelling on a train without a face mask only 24 hours after he apologised for neglecting to wear one during a hospital visit.

The latest photograph was taken on Thursday as Boris Johnson travelled from Oxford Road Station in Manchester on the 3.55 pm service to Warrington Bank Quay during a busy week for the Prime Minister.

Just 24 hours earlier, at a meeting of Parliament’s Liaisons committee held at 4 pm on Wednesday, Boris Johnson was apologising for failing to wear a mask during a hospital visit in Northumberland on Monday.

Passengers were horrified to see the premier was not wearing a face-covering on Thursday despite Government guidance advising the use of masks in confined places and on public transport.

A source told a newspaper outlet that they got on the carriage and half was taped off, and a large crowd boarded the blocked off side, under careful supervision.

They said that people were surrounding the Prime Minister and a few of his people were noticeably not wearing a mask, unlike the rest of the passengers.

The incident came 24 hours after Boris Johnson had apologised for not wearing a mask during a hospital visit last week.

The Prime Minister was criticised after he was photographed without a face covering during a trip to Hexham General Hospital.

It emerged that Boris Johnson had to be told by NHS staff to put on a mask after he posed with nurses without a face covering.

He declared on Monday that he wears a mask wherever he’s required to under coronavirus guidance as he refused to apologise, and it wasn’t until days later that Boris Johnson did say sorry as he was grilled by Parliament’s powerful Liaison Committee at 4 pm on Wednesday.

Boris Johnson was questioned on the matter by senior Labour MP Yvette Cooper and he said that as for him not wearing a mask in Hexham Hospital, which they’d wrapped up in his general litany of crime, he wanted to say that it was barely 30 seconds when he wasn’t wearing a mask, and he said that he’d stepped out of the room, mistakenly not wearing it, and then put it back on as soon as he realised he’d made the mistake.

He apologised for it and said that most images of his visit to the hospital would confirm that he was properly masked throughout the remainder of the visit and he was masked on the way into the visit and he thanked everyone for allowing him to clear things up.

Boris Johnson never misses a chance to reduce his popularity.

And in his head he’s already had COVID and vaccines, so why should he bother with a mask? Did anyone tell him that it’s not like chickenpox immunity, the vaccine doesn’t last forever, he could get it again, but it looks like he doesn’t care because the educated clown is always breaking the rules, so this is nothing new.

But Boris Johnson said that people need to respect those around them, particularly in confined spaces such as trains, and he said he would only choose not to wear one if the train was quite empty. This train looked rather packed to me, yet Boris was there with his huge mouth gaping open while those around him were wearing masks, which makes Boris Johnson a national disgrace.

He expects people to follow his rules but he won’t do it himself. I think it’s time for Boris Johnson to bail out gracefully now, and there’s something reassuring about a leader who leads by example, but he’s not one of them!

A 211-Year-Old Amendment Could Prevent Meghan Markle From Becoming President Of The United States

The Duchess of Sussex could be barred from running for US President by a little known constitutional amendment made 211 years ago.

According to experts, a tweak was made to the constitution in 1810 to prevent anyone who holds a title of nobility given from a foreign power from holding office.

The centuries-old amendment was initially intended to prevent Napoleon’s nephew from seeking power after his brother married an American socialite Elizabeth ‘Betsy’ Patterson amid speculation their son might run for office.

A newspaper outlet said it could be revived to stop any plans for the Duchess to launch a leadership bid, and although Meghan Markle has never talked of a genuine intention to run for office, biographer Tom Bower previously claimed the possibility of a presidential campaign was plausible and possible.

The Duchess has also been politically active since marrying into the Royal Family, striving to influence a $1.75 trillion infrastructure plan to include paid leave for new parents and writing an open lobbyist letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer asking for it to be made a national priority.

It comes as Royal Family aides and critics have argued the Duchess is using her title inappropriately when it comes to political affairs.

US politicians say Meghan Markle presented herself as The Duchess of Sussex, leading to criticism she was using tactics of an aspiring politician and adopting a ruthless streak to try and influence Biden’s Build Back Better bill.

Her allies, though, say this is her legal name after changing it from Meghan Markle when she married Prince Harry in May 2018, and constitutional experts said there’s no technical reason why she couldn’t run for presidency under her title, despite a lack of precedent.

Experts highlighted an amendment named the Titles of Nobility Amendment, made in 1810, that was introduced and established in Congress.

It states anyone who accepts, claims, receives or holds a title of nobility given by a foreign power is barred from holding federal office.

The amendment was sent out to individual state legislatures, three quarters of whom required a vote in support for it to be passed as law.

The required number was 14, though the amendment was subsequently never passed. It was never thrown out either and has remained on the table for the last 211 years.

But even if she does run for President, no one will probably vote for her – a goldfish would get more votes. Mind you, loads of people voted for Donald Trump, and the only way that this woman works is with an inflatable reality that she inflicts on everyone like a colossal headache.

But perhaps she should be allowed to run for the presidency because America could do with some fresh blood, and she’s far from stupid, but she is calculated and cunning, and if nothing else it would be a good laugh to see how she fairs out there with all the other Pirahna’s.

If she couldn’t handle the pressures of being a royal, is she up to handling the pressure of being a President? I believe that she could because she’s an American and in her own comfort zone, and some American’s would vote for her because they have a history of putting celebrities into power, and if they can put Donald Trump in as a supreme leader, then Meghan Markle’s in with a chance.

Although I’m not sure what makes her think she might be a suitable candidate, and what is the requirement for becoming President these days? But then I suppose it’s worked in the past.

Joe Biden’s Physician Declares Him Fit For Duty In First Public Medical Report

Joe Biden’s fit for duty, after the president’s routine medical exam, which included a colonoscopy and an extremely thorough neurologic exam. So now, he’s fighting fit to fully execute all of his duties without any exceptions or accommodations, and that was what Dr Kevin O’Connor, the president’s longtime physician wrote in a six-page memorandum to press secretary Jen Psaki, which was released by the White House.

In the first public medical report of Joe Biden’s presidency, Dr Kevin O’Connor addressed a couple of items that had become the topic of public disclosure, which was the president’s notable increase in coughing and clearing his throat and whether his stiffer gait was perhaps a symptom of a neurological problem, such as a stroke.

And he said that there were no findings that would have been consistent with any cerebellar or other central neurological disorder, and he concluded that anything that was going on was fairly insignificant.

However, the doctor acknowledged that Joe Biden’s increasing frequency and severity of throat clearing and coughing during speaking engagements over the last few months did justify some thorough examination.

The cause was determined to be gastroesophageal reflux, which has him clear his throat more frequently, and it also adds to his occasional cough and sinus obstruction, and his symptoms worsen after meals.

The president, who turned 79 on Saturday, also has a mobile gait that’s perceptibly stiffer and less fluid than it was a year or so ago, but the neurological exam found no indications of stroke, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s or ascending lateral sclerosis, but it did find a mild peripheral neuropathy in both feet.

O’Connor wrote that a combination of significant spinal arthritis, post-fracture limp and compensation and mild sensory peripheral neuropathy of the feet would be the reasons for his subtle movements.

The doctor noted that Joe Biden admits being stiffer in the day but that it eases during the day, which is attributed to the number of orthopaedic and sports-related traumas the president has had over the years, including when he wore a boot on his right foot last year, and the doctor said that Joe Biden would likely benefit from some shoe orthotics and was in physical therapy.

Joe Biden’s colonoscopy discovered a benign appear polyp that was quickly removed.

No cognitive assessment was done on Joe Biden. What Dr O’Connor said was that he completed a thorough neurological exam, but he didn’t say if he’d performed the Montreal Cognitive Assessment, which should have been done.

Fit for duty, does anyone buy that one for a moment? I don’t even suppose his own administration believe it, and no signs of a neurological disorder, I’m sure half the population of Americans would want a second opinion.

Dementia is a loss of cognitive functioning, such as thinking, remembering and reasoning, to such an extent that it hinders a person’s daily life and activities. It also varies in severity from the mildest stage, when it’s just starting to affect a person’s functioning, to the most severe stage, when a person has to depend entirely on another person for basic living activities.

Signs and symptoms of dementia result when once-healthy neurons, or nerve cells, in the brain stop working, lose connections with other brain cells and die, and while everyone loses some neurons as they age, people with dementia experience far greater loss.

The symptoms of dementia can vary and may include:

Experiencing memory loss, poor judgment, and confusion
Difficulty speaking, understanding and expressing thoughts, or reading and writing
Wandering and getting lost in a familiar neighbourhood
Trouble handling money responsibly and paying bills
Repeating questions
Using unusual words to refer to familiar objects
Taking longer to complete normal daily tasks
Losing interest in normal daily activities or events
Hallucinating or experiencing delusions or paranoia
Acting impulsively
Not caring about other people’s feelings
Losing balance and problems with movement

To diagnose dementia, a doctor would first evaluate whether a person has any underlying, potentially treatable condition that may be linked to cognitive problems, such as a physical exam to measure blood pressure and other vital signs, as well as laboratory tests of blood and other fluids to check levels of various chemicals, hormones, and vitamins, which can help uncover or rule out possible causes of symptoms.

Then they would do cognitive and neurological tests, brain scans, psychiatric evaluations, genetic testing and blood tests to determine if that person is suffering from dementia, although I’m sure we never thought it would be used on our president. Oh, I forgot, not all of it has!

Bribes Of £1,000 Are Being Offered To Families In Cornwall

Families are being offered up to £1,200 to take their loved ones out of the hospital in a bid to ease a growing healthcare crisis.

Last month the Royal Cornwall Hospital declared a critical incident after up to 100 people were waiting to be seen in the emergency department with 25 ambulances queueing outside.

Local trusts are now offering grants for taking friends and relatives out of the hospital who have no clinical reason to be there.

The NHS Kernow Clinical Commissioning Group covers Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.

It said reasons for the pressure include the continuing impact of COVID 19, pressure on staffing, the need for social care surpassing the available capacity to provide care for people away from the hospital.

A one-off grant of up to £1,200, through the Government’s national hospital discharge programme, is open for anyone who’s able to leave the hospital but requires a bit of additional care and support to return home.

Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust medical director Dr Allister Grant said that patients should be picked up by friends or relatives as soon as they ask them to collect because the quicker they get someone home the faster they can give the bed to another person who really needs it.

Other measures reported include using a hotel to house patients and recruiting fire brigade drivers to assist the ambulance service to cope with extremely high demand.

This is what happens when the Government mandates vaccines for care home workers and then gets them fired for not having the jab, which doesn’t prevent you from passing on COVID, then older people are stuck in hospitals unable to get the care they need as more care homes can’t take people in.

And it now seems that people are paying National Insurance for the privilege of being made to feel guilty for using it, but of course, the Government have got to create some space for the new arrivals that are going to swamp the NHS, just like they’re swamping hotels.

Years ago there were convalescent hospitals that looked after people who had just come out of the hospital and needed a little extra care before they went home, but they were done away with for whatever reason, now they should reinstate them!

Elderly people in hospitals are not bed blockers, although they might not clinically need an NHS hospital bed, but they need a visiting care package or adapted home care, or even residential care, but these services are almost impossible to access, so the elderly through no fault of their own end up blocking NHS hospital beds because there’s simply nowhere to put them, and there’s no incentive from the Government or councils to do anything about it.

But what happened to all those Nightingale hospitals? They opened and then closed, and it looks like they were just built to frighten us.

Some elderly people have families that can look after them, but many don’t, and some families are too sick to look after their parents, but then what do you expect when we have to work until we’re 68, so if people are expected to work until they’re almost in their graves, how are they expected to look after a parent?

So now, the elderly are being sent home to die alone with no one to care for them, that’s very compassionate of Boris Johnson, but then I guess it would ease the pension bill for him.

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