DON'T BLAME DOCS FOR CANCER CRISIS; Families back quitting medics.Byline: ANNIE ANNIE Application of Neural Networks for Industry in Europe BROWN THE human cost of the crisis at Scotland's main cancer treatment centre was revealed yesterday. Patients and their families rallied behind the three top consultants who are so demoralised Adj. 1. demoralised - made less hopeful or enthusiastic; "desperate demoralized people looking for work"; "felt discouraged by the magnitude of the problem"; "the disheartened instructor tried vainly to arouse their interest" that they quit their posts this week at the Beatson Oncology Centre The Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre (formerly called Beatson Oncology Centre) is a specialised cancer care centre in Glasgow, Scotland. Until recently it had facilities in Gartnavel General Hospital, the Western Infirmary and Glasgow Royal Infirmary. in Glasgow. By Christmas, nine positions at the centre will be vacant and Health Minister Susan Deacon Susan Deacon (born February 2 1964, Musselburgh) is a Scottish Labour Party politician and was a MSP for Edinburgh East and Musselburgh from 1999 to 2007. She attended the University of Edinburgh for her degree in Social Policy and Politics, as well as for her MBA. has ordered an urgent probe. Child cancer and radiotherapy expert Professor Ann Barrett, clinical director Dr Tim Habeshaw and Dr Frances Yuill have quit the Beatson, based at the city's Western Infirmary The Western Infirmary is a teaching hospital situated in the West End of Glasgow, Scotland at . The hospital has just under five hundred beds with over a fifth of them dedicated to the Beatson Oncology Centre, responsible for cancer care , in protest at managerial decisions Managerial decisions Decisions concerning the operation of the firm, such as the choice of firm size, firm growth rates, and employee compensation. . Last night, Prof Barrett was dubbed an "angel" by the family of 24-year-old woman she had treated. Theresa McGinley, of East Kilbride, told how she met Prof Barrett 10 years ago. She said: "I met her when my beautiful daughter, Jill, was dying of cancer. "Ann Barrett was an angel in disguise. I could go on and on about her. "All I can say is that this is Scotland's loss. Her patients need her here." Dr Barrett felt forced to resign because pleas from staff for more resources were consistently ignored by North Glasgow Trust, which runs the Beatson. Dr Habeshaw said he quit after 23 years because the resources did not match the demand for services. Morag Strachan, whose father has lung cancer lung cancer, cancer that originates in the tissues of the lungs. Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in the United States in both men and women. Like other cancers, lung cancer occurs after repeated insults to the genetic material of the cell. , said his treatment had been "second to none". She said: "Susan Deacon needs to get her head out of the sand, stop blaming everyone else for the crisis and do the job she is paid to do. "Patients will be feeling, 'What happens to us now?'" It emerged yesterday that Deacon and her advisers were warned about the growing crisis at the Beatson seven months ago. An anonymous letter from a member of staff said patient safety was being compromised and many more staff would leave in "the biggest disaster to hit health care in Scotland". |
|
||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion