TheTeapot Posted February 11, 2023 Share Posted February 11, 2023 I'd prefer a letter*, but accept I'm probably in a minority. *provided they sent it to the right address and not one that i hadn't lived in for 7 (seven) years despite my current one being on the referral letter they were responding to ffs. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoops Posted February 11, 2023 Share Posted February 11, 2023 2 hours ago, hampsterkahn said: As noted, there has been a rather uninformative release on a Friday pm about the cessation of Breast Screening. We may be reading more into the brief announcement than there is. It may be down to the process of making a statement rather than its content. ie not having someone with sufficient knowledge who can make an informed statement around, so it fell to someone who has none, deciding to say nothing rather than something. In which case, it is predictable that something more expansive will appear after the week-end. Nah, it's not like they turned round on Friday morning and said, "I know, let's cancel breast screening! Get someone to tell the suckers" This is a decision made at a high level after much thought (You'd hope) and the public should to be told why. There may be perfectly good reasons, reading Gladys's and Wrighty's posts on the subject. I'm interested in how this falls between DHSS setting the stratagy and Manx Care delivering it? Lucky the minister for health can wash his hands of this, eh? 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoops Posted February 11, 2023 Share Posted February 11, 2023 7 minutes ago, TheTeapot said: I'd prefer a letter*, but accept I'm probably in a minority. *provided they sent it to the right address and not one that i hadn't lived in for 7 (seven) years despite my current one being on the referral letter they were responding to ffs. Yeah, I like stuff in writing, not next to the 'delete' button. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banker Posted February 11, 2023 Share Posted February 11, 2023 1 hour ago, Cinderella said: And, to state the bleeding obvious, why are appointments made by mail. Phone people - get immediate yes or no as to whether they can attend. No shows (with no phone to cancel) go to the back of the queue. Relying on mail is so last century. I’ve always got a text reminder of appointment 2/3 days beforehand 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
De nada Posted February 11, 2023 Share Posted February 11, 2023 2 hours ago, Major Rushen said: Shame don’t have an MHK responsible and accountable for the Health service. Haven't had one for years... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinderella Posted February 11, 2023 Share Posted February 11, 2023 Can anyone name any other developed country stopping breast cancer screening? I suspect not …. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Rushen Posted February 11, 2023 Share Posted February 11, 2023 Some brain scanning required before people get elected. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GD4ELI Posted February 11, 2023 Share Posted February 11, 2023 38 minutes ago, Cinderella said: Can anyone name any other developed country stopping breast cancer screening? I suspect not …. All European countries offer breast cancer screening, also other forms of cancer screening. From: The potential of breast cancer screening in Europe - PubMed (nih.gov) And Alf wants to attract people to the IOM? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrighty Posted February 11, 2023 Share Posted February 11, 2023 1 hour ago, GD4ELI said: All European countries offer breast cancer screening, also other forms of cancer screening. From: The potential of breast cancer screening in Europe - PubMed (nih.gov) And Alf wants to attract people to the IOM? https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277953622003793 For balance. As I’ve been saying, the evidence isn’t completely clear cut. It probably never will be as it’s not going to be possible to do randomised trials from scratch, as everywhere now screens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moghrey Mie Posted February 11, 2023 Share Posted February 11, 2023 (edited) No mention of this at the last Board Meeting on 7th February. Edited February 11, 2023 by Moghrey Mie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoops Posted February 11, 2023 Share Posted February 11, 2023 39 minutes ago, wrighty said: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277953622003793 For balance. As I’ve been saying, the evidence isn’t completely clear cut. It probably never will be as it’s not going to be possible to do randomised trials from scratch, as everywhere now screens. you say everywhere................. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinderella Posted February 11, 2023 Share Posted February 11, 2023 20 minutes ago, Hoops said: you say everywhere................. Indeed … Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moghrey Mie Posted February 11, 2023 Share Posted February 11, 2023 For an organisation that is very concerned about its 'comms' this does not look good. They could have indicated whether it has ceased screening because of technical or staffing problems. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whatnonsence Posted February 11, 2023 Share Posted February 11, 2023 Over 500 no shows for appointments for Nobles hospital in January no management information on why these patients did not arrive! Would you not think that no shows would be monitored as a matter of good management practice? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finlo Posted February 11, 2023 Share Posted February 11, 2023 2 minutes ago, Whatnonsence said: Over 500 no shows for appointments for Nobles hospital in January no management information on why these patients did not arrive! Would you not think that no shows would be monitored as a matter of good management practice? Probably never received an appointment through either their incompetence or the post offices. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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