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WOMAN jailed after attack on nurses released after appeal (website October 19) Ally Chesworth: No one goes to work to suffer any form of abuse! This is an utter disgrace and sends out all the wrong messages. No wonder we have so many vacancies for nursing staff! Lori Anne Hawthorn: Maybe good old fashioned restorative practice is needed and for her to volunteer some time working for the NHS cleaning the hospital! Maybe that way she will realise the pressures staff are under 24/7... Jane Ramsey: You know, that’s actually a good idea. Our hospital can surely use it. And it could help ‘work off some steam’ for the troubled person. Win/ win. Barbara Slater: Disgusting. NHS staff have to be protected, what message does that give? The person responsible for reducing her sentence should spend some time working at the hospital witnessing some of the patients who behave like this. Liz Regan: So the message that was sent out last week, when she was sent to prison, is now a joke. Matt Wallis: Nobody deserves to be assaulted at work but NHS staff in particular as they work hard to look after people and deserve a high level of respect. What sort of message is this? Douglas Crawford: So we have a seven year pay freeze and you wonder why people feel undervalued in the NHS? Adrian Salt: Shocking, shocking, shocking, nurses put up with enough.
DRONE pilot helps find lost dogs. Marcus Lonyon, from Macclesfield, is part of a growing network of operators offering their help to distressed pet owners (website October 19). Steve Mayers: Or you could attach a small GPS to the collar they are as cheap as chips and lots of models to choose. Mark Tilsley: The answer is to get your dog properly trained and not leave it to chance. Jo Maitland: I was recently involved with a major search for a young dog who was travelling in the boot of her owner’s car when they were hit side on and rolled. She escaped from the car while it was being cut open. The emergency services thought she was injured or worse as she was lying motionless on her side but leapt up and bolted. She was on the run for two days and went completely feral through fear, refusing to go to any humans even her owners. Training is important but for sure there are lots of other reasons dogs go missing. Mark Tilsley: Dogs go missing generally because of human error. Jo Maitland: If you say so. I can only quote my own experience as trustee of a dog rescue charity. I am aware only of fear based running away – being chased by aggressive dogs, scared by fireworks, house break-ins, various accidents and incidents with cattle. Dogs don’t generally just run away even if they don’t have perfect recall.
BANKNOTE tribute to Macclesfield war dead. Trevor Druce has written the names of all 677 soldiers from the town killed during the First World War on £10 notes and put them back into circulation (website October 19) Rachael Birch: Brilliant idea! So glad it worked and someone decided to look into it. I’d love to see a story about the men from Macclesfield who spared their lives for the sake of us. What their families are doing now and how they honour them and also if no family left how we can honour them xx Mark Howard: Nice tribute Trev. My grandmother’s brother was killed on the first day of the battle of the Somme aged just 19. Danny Hibell: Shame he used old bank notes that are no longer in active circulation. Kelly Mitchell: Just because you have a ‘great idea’ that war heroes’ names should be on money doesn’t give you the right to go ahead and do it yourself since its not your decision. It doesn’t matter what you’re writing on them you are still defacing them. You’re not above the rules. Luke SqueezyRolo Rollinson: So you don’t like the fact it’s a way to remember the guys that fought and fell for us? Have you never had a bank note with numbers on from where they’ve had the total amount on them. It’s a very nice idea to get them remembered. David Evans: Good on you Trevor lad.