the hospital i work in has a £439 million maintenance back catalogue. wes streeting just delayed a major estate upgrade until 2037. it's literally falling to pieces. surgeries are cancelled because theatres flood. there's rats on the wards. hot water regularly goes off. britain is a failed state. - ThreadSky

onlycans.bsky.social • 39 days ago

the hospital i work in has a £439 million maintenance back catalogue. wes streeting just delayed a major estate upgrade until 2037. it's literally falling to pieces. surgeries are cancelled because theatres flood. there's rats on the wards. hot water regularly goes off. britain is a failed state.

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onlycans.bsky.social•39 days ago

I have deferred
the maintenance
that was due
at the hospital

and where
you were probably
wanting
healthcare

Forgive me
i don't really care
have some AI
that detects rats

onlycans.bsky.social•39 days ago

tbf Britain does remain a market leader in pivoting former sites of light industry into erotic crazy golf attractions

maviscruet.bsky.social•39 days ago

Is the dinosaur one in Basford horny? I keep meaning to go, but it's best to be prepared for frisky dinosaurs.

aylwin.bsky.social•39 days ago

Its horny dinosaurs on one side or creepy village of the dammed child mannequins on the other, you must choose wisely.

onlycans.bsky.social•39 days ago

you can only fuck one.

aylwin.bsky.social•39 days ago

Going to get into a duel with Lola Faust at the dinosaur crazy golf.

onlycans.bsky.social•39 days ago

oh no

maviscruet.bsky.social•39 days ago

Hang on. That's real?

sadmazov.bsky.social•38 days ago

£20B for carbon capture and storage (a fake thing) tho!

drgs100.bsky.social•39 days ago

Same in education, same in legal systems, same in regulating building materials; it's horrific.

ingyingram.bsky.social•38 days ago

JFC

misssweettd.bsky.social•38 days ago

2037 - why ….i mean huh ?

lex.queersplaystuff.org•39 days ago

don't worry he'll give double that budget to capita for PFI to *not* build them

ali1m.bsky.social•39 days ago

our main building is a mere ten years old and things are starting to break and I often wonder if they’ll actually fix any of the problems or just go for managed decline

onlycans.bsky.social•39 days ago

Got some bad news for you if you reckon we haven't been doing managed decline for quite some time babe

ali1m.bsky.social•39 days ago

I didn’t think leopards would eat the face of *my* hospital

ddigitalmedia.bsky.social•39 days ago

Developed nation claxon but also run by complete morons and asset strippers

pqnelson.bsky.social•38 days ago

Wait until you see America's medical system, you'll think the UK's is heaven.

onlycans.bsky.social•38 days ago

yeah i'm sure in many ways it is. however what does this have to do with the decades of UK government's deciding not to giving aging hospitals enough money to be maintained, improved or rebuilt?

pqnelson.bsky.social•38 days ago

I worry the US has been a bad influence on the UK. Maybe I'm misreading things from this side of the pond, but it seems like the Tories have been trying to imitate US conservatives for decades (viz., with Goldwater's bid for presidency). I just feel we (the US) are partly responsible.

pqnelson.bsky.social•38 days ago

(And, regardless whether my reading is correct, I'm so sorry things have gotten to such a state in the UK. The sympathy of a stranger might amount to little, but it's all I have to offer. I wish I could offer more.)

riotstarz.bsky.social•39 days ago

Have they considered selling off parts of the hospital to pay for 1 or 2 years' worth of maintenance, a strategy I can't see having any long term issues?

onlycans.bsky.social•39 days ago

yes we can turn the urology centre into the city's 17th adult themed crazy golf attraction. I love it.

riotstarz.bsky.social•39 days ago

integrative services, babe

jjlambert.bsky.social•39 days ago

We routinely remove ivy from the inside of the x ray room. Never seen a rat but smell them when they die in the roof. Not maintenance but budget constraints sometimes mean we're cleaning toilets with washing up liquid. But yeah, let's pump money into fucking AI.

onlycans.bsky.social•39 days ago

genuinely grim in a way nobody is willing to be remotely accountable for. bring on the AI rat and sinkhole detection software though I guess

ingyingram.bsky.social•38 days ago

Fucking hell

keefywonder.bsky.social•38 days ago

Just remember where politicians get there Monies from, it’s either from private health care or Israel or both

maviscruet.bsky.social•39 days ago

Wait, What's this at the last minute to save the day? It's a new PFI! Watch that can get kicked down the road!

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