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[Beef Oven!]

Best wishes BBM, hope you enjoyed the BaL!!!

[Barbirollians]

All the very best to BBM - hope everything goes really well .

[Dave2002]

Best wishes from me too. Hope the food's good. I don't think I'd like a music diet of Howells, and I think we know you don't like Mozart, which is a pity as there's loads to listen to. I couldn't believe the size of the Mozart 225 box which arrived the other day - not opened yet, weighs a ton!

Have you tried these pieces by - Matthew Taylor - which I found the other day. I think you can still just simply listen off the web site
- https://toccataclassics.com/product/...iola-concerto/

Hang in there.

Dave

[Nick Armstrong]

Sending a 21-tuba salute to Bbm....

[EdgeleyRob]

Best wishes BBM, hope you enjoyed the BaL!!!

I'll ask for you BBM,who won ?

[alycidon]

Yes. Best wishes from me too. Alycidon

[visualnickmos]

BBM,
I wish you all the very best, and look forward to 'seeing' you on here again.... lots of great music helps in so many ways. Good listening.....

[richardfinegold]

BBM sent me a Facebook message that he is in the Hospital today, being moved to the Ward tomorrow. As an American Medico I'm not sure what this means, but perhaps it resonates with you all. He sends his regards

[Dave2002]

BBM sent me a Facebook message that he is in the Hospital today, being moved to the Ward tomorrow. As an American Medico I'm not sure what this means, but perhaps it resonates with you all. He sends his regards

Probably means that the different areas provide different levels of medical attention. Also, the way that some hospitals and medical services are being organised now it might mean that there are different costing/charging regimes. This is a significant issue in the UK right now, particularly for older people, as there are "discussions" about social care (supposedly non medical) and medical care, and some NHS hospitals are supposed to be affected by "bed blocking" - with older patients who are considered medically stable not being able to move out of hospital (relatively expensive) to their homes or care homes, because nobody is able to look after them, and then there are issues about who pays. The bed blocking phenomenon is supposed to be having a significant effect on the ability of hospitals to provide treatment, as patients occupy beds, which then mean that although doctors, operating theatres, other facilities etc. are available, they can't be used to maximum effectiveness because incoming patients don't have spaces allocated for them.

There may also be issues about who pays for what - which may get complicated if insurance companies are involved and (perhaps alternatively) also if state organisations (NHS and local government regions) are involved.

Perhaps there are similar issues in the USA, but we don't hear about them so much.

Leaving such intricacies aside, let us hope that things are going well for BBM, and that he doesn't have any such problems with his own care, and wish him well once again.

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

All the best, BBM.

[PJPJ]

All the best, BBM.

All your good wishes messages passed on - BBM has been staying in a hospital flat for a few days, and will be moving on to the recovery ward today at some stage. He seems in very good form!

BTW Caliban: that photo is BBM's favourite, made him laugh!

PS BBM is feeling so well, he'd like to go home.

[Nick Armstrong]

BTW Caliban: that photo is BBM's favourite, made him laugh!

PS BBM is feeling so well, he'd like to go home.

Good to hear!

BTW Might I suggest that BBM use his recuperation to do an arrangement of the Adagietto from Mahler 5 for the ensemble depicted...

[PJPJ]

Good to hear!

BTW Might I suggest that BBM use his recuperation to do an arrangement of the Adagietto from Mahler 5 for the ensemble depicted...

I'll put the suggestion in ........

Newsflash! Good news - BBM will consider it, but needs to complete his arrangement of Finlandia first.....

BBM now on the ward and hoping for a short stay! He's on very good form.

[richardfinegold]

Probably means that the different areas provide different levels of medical attention. Also, the way that some hospitals and medical services are being organised now it might mean that there are different costing/charging regimes. This is a significant issue in the UK right now, particularly for older people, as there are "discussions" about social care (supposedly non medical) and medical care, and some NHS hospitals are supposed to be affected by "bed blocking" - with older patients who are considered medically stable not being able to move out of hospital (relatively expensive) to their homes or care homes, because nobody is able to look after them, and then there are issues about who pays. The bed blocking phenomenon is supposed to be having a significant effect on the ability of hospitals to provide treatment, as patients occupy beds, which then mean that although doctors, operating theatres, other facilities etc. are available, they can't be used to maximum effectiveness because incoming patients don't have spaces allocated for them.

There may also be issues about who pays for what - which may get complicated if insurance companies are involved and (perhaps alternatively) also if state organisations (NHS and local government regions) are involved.

Perhaps there are similar issues in the USA, but we don't hear about them so much.

Leaving such intricacies aside, let us hope that things are going well for BBM, and that he doesn't have any such problems with his own care, and wish him well once again.

There are indeed similar issues here, but the terminology is different. Thanks for the explanation.

[kernelbogey]

Best wishes from me to BBM - wishing him an early return home!

kb