Just answer it in your usual terms and I'll muddle through.Correct! I really don't know how to answer you in simple enough terms.
You haven't got an answer though have you boyo?
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You haven't got an answer though have you boyo?
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I've thought that about Squark too.Camp as a choirmaster.
Bearing in mind what is likely to happen to the NHS, especially if the Left get into government, my wife and I have thought seriously about private health insurance.
As for me, because of my age and condition, the cost would probably be prohibitive. My wife, however, could well decided to undertake it; she already has private dental insurance.
The other option, proposed by some, is that NHS contributions (National Insurance or 'The Stamp') would be supported by further contributions or charges (as they do elsewhere; in France, for example) which would be likely to be cheaper than private healthcare. However, that would depend upon how many people, and who, would be exempt from having to pay.
As for me, because of my age and condition, the cost would probably be prohibitive. My wife, however, could well decided to undertake it; she already has private dental insurance.
The other option, proposed by some, is that NHS contributions (National Insurance or 'The Stamp') would be supported by further contributions or charges (as they do elsewhere; in France, for example) which would be likely to be cheaper than private healthcare. However, that would depend upon how many people, and who, would be exempt from having to pay.
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Went to docs complaining about discomfort in stomach. Over 6 months tried different medications. Halfway through I said can't I have just have a scope (endoscopy) he said no try the medication.
Have bupa so said to doc please refer me to consultant which he did. Saw consultant who said you should have been scoped ages ago. I asked why didn't doc send me to NHS for scope and consultant said they are told to save money wherever they can. Bit bad really.
Anyway I had a ct scan with dye and a scope both north and south (first time I've had an enema, wow talk about a fast clear out!!) and I get my results as to what he found this Wednesday.
Have bupa so said to doc please refer me to consultant which he did. Saw consultant who said you should have been scoped ages ago. I asked why didn't doc send me to NHS for scope and consultant said they are told to save money wherever they can. Bit bad really.
Anyway I had a ct scan with dye and a scope both north and south (first time I've had an enema, wow talk about a fast clear out!!) and I get my results as to what he found this Wednesday.
Been ill since Friday morning - aching all over, shivers, blocked nose, painful to swallow. Barely slept an hour since.
Mrs told me to ring doctors - pointless on weekend. "But they'll have an out of hours number on their answer phone."
Which they do - 111, or 999.
Mrs rang nhs direct, as I refuse to. They told me to make a gp appointment.
Got through on second try this morning - Wednesday night.
Best of it is, I type this from work (in Lancaster), where the bloke I'm supposed to be meeting rang in sick, at twenty past eight (by which time, I was here, waiting). Marvellous.
Mrs told me to ring doctors - pointless on weekend. "But they'll have an out of hours number on their answer phone."
Which they do - 111, or 999.
Mrs rang nhs direct, as I refuse to. They told me to make a gp appointment.
Got through on second try this morning - Wednesday night.
Best of it is, I type this from work (in Lancaster), where the bloke I'm supposed to be meeting rang in sick, at twenty past eight (by which time, I was here, waiting). Marvellous.
I did get my ar$e to the doctors eventually and got sent to the hospital. Get the results back in 4-6 weeks.
I have a long standing problem that I don't want to get into and I'm finding the waiting about for appointments unberable, fortunately I'm not in pain or discomfort.
I actually paid to see a specialist privately, which cost me £280, it took me two days to see him.
The specialist I saw agreed to run tests/checks for my problem but he said it would be pricey so insisted I go back through the NHS to see him there instead, so I did.
One month on, I've not recieved an appointment to see him on the NHS (which would only be to make further appointments for tests/checkes).
I'm considering paying for some tests in the meantime, one being an MRI, which privately would cost me just over a grand but I'd have it done within the week I betcha.
I actually paid to see a specialist privately, which cost me £280, it took me two days to see him.
The specialist I saw agreed to run tests/checks for my problem but he said it would be pricey so insisted I go back through the NHS to see him there instead, so I did.
One month on, I've not recieved an appointment to see him on the NHS (which would only be to make further appointments for tests/checkes).
I'm considering paying for some tests in the meantime, one being an MRI, which privately would cost me just over a grand but I'd have it done within the week I betcha.
There was an item on the BBC breakfast news the other week about the cost of Agency workers to the NHS. They used a rather extreme example though... A consultant paediatrician (who works for the NHS) would be paid £750 for a 12 hr shift on a Saturday (on his standard NHS contract) However, if he signed up with an agency and did the same 12 hr shift on a Saturday, the agency would pay him,,,, wait for it,,,,,,,,, £5000. (and the agency would have fees on top of this taking the bill for him to over £6000) Nice money if you can get it.. No wonder the NHS is bleeding money..
(and the agency would have fees on top of this taking the bill for him to over £6000) Nice money if you can get it.. No wonder the NHS is bleeding money..I am in no doubt that the NHS is being mismanaged and, to add insult to injury, the managers pay themselves a fortune for perpetuating the situation.
The matter of agency staff is a good case in point, but there is also the apparent need to import qualified staff from abroad. The simple reason for this, of course, is that the NHS has not been paying for sufficient training programmes for staff. I know; my wife works in a university department that does just that. It's simply lack of foresight and planning. They think they have enough staff so they cut corners by reducing staff training, then the next year they realise that they actually need more but unfortunately forget that it takes four years or more to train non-medical staff (and more, of course, for medics). The only option then is to import.
I remember the old days when there was a matron, ward sisters, SRNs and SENs in the nursing profession, and medical consultants made all the policy decisions. Now there is an army of nursing managers (latterly going under the title of Matrons in some places) who seem to spend their time either sitting behind a desk or wandering around with a clipboard. Presumably, this is necessary to deal with the overwhelming piles of paperwork which have, apparently, become necessary. It seems that the many non-medically qualified bureaucrats are unable to cope with all of the paperwork themselves.
The matter of agency staff is a good case in point, but there is also the apparent need to import qualified staff from abroad. The simple reason for this, of course, is that the NHS has not been paying for sufficient training programmes for staff. I know; my wife works in a university department that does just that. It's simply lack of foresight and planning. They think they have enough staff so they cut corners by reducing staff training, then the next year they realise that they actually need more but unfortunately forget that it takes four years or more to train non-medical staff (and more, of course, for medics). The only option then is to import.
I remember the old days when there was a matron, ward sisters, SRNs and SENs in the nursing profession, and medical consultants made all the policy decisions. Now there is an army of nursing managers (latterly going under the title of Matrons in some places) who seem to spend their time either sitting behind a desk or wandering around with a clipboard. Presumably, this is necessary to deal with the overwhelming piles of paperwork which have, apparently, become necessary. It seems that the many non-medically qualified bureaucrats are unable to cope with all of the paperwork themselves.
Why trainee nurses aren't paid a wage, I don't know. These days they have to do a three year degree course. Ok they get a bursary, but this doesn't even start to cover living costs. Many (if not most) have to work as bank health care assistants at weekends. It's about time the government introduced a proper apprenticeship course for these "angels of the wards" (and paid them a decent wage whilst learning) Mind you, it's high time nurses actually "nursed" instead of spending most of their shift doing paperwork and form filling,, not including the hours spent on computers,,,, The NHS do like their IT systems. ))
PS JBR,, If I ever needed a life saving operation, I think I'd like the decision whether I could have that operation made by a doctor/consultant, rather than by an accountant in an office (which is what the NHS seems to be coming to)
PS JBR,, If I ever needed a life saving operation, I think I'd like the decision whether I could have that operation made by a doctor/consultant, rather than by an accountant in an office (which is what the NHS seems to be coming to)
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I rang my GP's surgery this morning to be told the earliest available appointment is 11th May
Have you just managed to get an appointment
Injured my right knee somehow on Friday night as I got out my car.
Couldn't sleep Friday night because of the pain and swelling so went to A&E at 7.30am Sat morning. I was the only one in the waiting room and thought I would get seen to fairly quickly. I finally got triaged at 9.45am by which time the waiting room was full. When I asked why it took so long I was told they had been doing the 'change over'! The change overtakes place between 7.30 -8.00am My partners daughter was on a 12 hour duty that day and she later told me the A&E staff had sat around planning a forth coming hen night. (She works in 'Critical Care' so was not there but heard about it at her meal break).
Eventually gets to see a 'Practice Nurse who, after bending, twisting and trying to stretch my leg around my neck, concluded I hadn't broken anything but I should get it x-rayed just to make sure. FFS! I told her I got out of my car after a long drive, placed my foot on the ground and almost collapsed with the pain in my knee! I knew damned well I hadn't broken anything! (As the x-ray proved). Told, "Here are some crutches, use them if you need to, take some pain killers and Ibuprofen and return the crutches when you don't need them". I'd previously told her I could not take Ibuprofen as I have chronic kidney disease.
Suffered agony over the weekend so phoned GP surgery at 8.30 Monday morning and got appointment for 9.15am
Out by 9.40 with a diagnosis of suspected torn ligaments behind my knee with the prospect of a 6 week healing time if operation required. Now waiting to hear from knee specialist for appointment later this week.
Couldn't sleep Friday night because of the pain and swelling so went to A&E at 7.30am Sat morning. I was the only one in the waiting room and thought I would get seen to fairly quickly. I finally got triaged at 9.45am by which time the waiting room was full. When I asked why it took so long I was told they had been doing the 'change over'! The change overtakes place between 7.30 -8.00am My partners daughter was on a 12 hour duty that day and she later told me the A&E staff had sat around planning a forth coming hen night. (She works in 'Critical Care' so was not there but heard about it at her meal break).
Eventually gets to see a 'Practice Nurse who, after bending, twisting and trying to stretch my leg around my neck, concluded I hadn't broken anything but I should get it x-rayed just to make sure. FFS! I told her I got out of my car after a long drive, placed my foot on the ground and almost collapsed with the pain in my knee! I knew damned well I hadn't broken anything! (As the x-ray proved). Told, "Here are some crutches, use them if you need to, take some pain killers and Ibuprofen and return the crutches when you don't need them". I'd previously told her I could not take Ibuprofen as I have chronic kidney disease.
Suffered agony over the weekend so phoned GP surgery at 8.30 Monday morning and got appointment for 9.15am
Out by 9.40 with a diagnosis of suspected torn ligaments behind my knee with the prospect of a 6 week healing time if operation required. Now waiting to hear from knee specialist for appointment later this week.
Sounds to me like that Casualty department might benefit from a 'whistleblower'!
A change-over wouldn't take from 0730 to 0945, so something's going on.
If that had been me, I'd be making enquiries, and if I didn't get a full explanation I'd be off to the Daily Mail.
A change-over wouldn't take from 0730 to 0945, so something's going on.
If that had been me, I'd be making enquiries, and if I didn't get a full explanation I'd be off to the Daily Mail.
Oh Lordy.... and thus, the gullible chavs amongst us will forever love you for it.
Man lay dying on waiting room floor!
A patient was kept waiting HOURS in complete agony whilst doctors and nurses ignored his pleading. John Doe from Fulford could barely crawl when he entered NHS A&E building one morning. John said " I staggered into the building and no one cared. It wasn't until I CRAWLED along the DIRTY floor that someone actually asked how I was" said John.
A spokesman for the NHS".......blah blah
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