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There may be a £7.2m deficit, but what about the teaspoons?
• IT goes without saying the radiology department at the Royal Free Hospital is by no means the only area that has been affected (X-ray scare after computer crash, November 6).
It’s all very well hospitals installing so-called wonderful new high-tech advanced computerised systems that cost millions – and which more often than not become plagued with major problems – but what is equally frustrating is that thousands of basic, simple measures at almost every hospital have long since gone.
When I arrive at the hospital at around 7.30am each day, in order to make a cup of tea or coffee first thing, the only gadgets on offer in the staff common room to stir such beverages with over recent months have been either a pair of scissors or a tin-opener.
I also saw a porter in the same area eating Cornflakes out of a mug the other day as there were no cereal bowls in the cupboard.
Surely a sad reflection on the state of the National Health Service.
Sue Goddard
Medical secretary, Royal Free Hospital
Hampstead
In denial
• THE report that the Royal Free Hospital has a £7.2million deficit as result of the computer fiasco is of no surprise (X-ray scare after computer crash, November 6).
There has been self-denial by senior managers that there was a major problem.
How can you have a system that when it breaks down, you cannot ascertain where your loved ones are in the hospital?
The lack of a paper back-up is scandalous. Are we living in the Dark Ages?
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