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The doc has not been to the doctors for about 6 years, but I am reliably informed that some people go whenever their kids cough or they wake up and feel crap.
No wonder we have to wait weeks for an appointment.
Whats that all about?
No wonder we have to wait weeks for an appointment.
Whats that all about?
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My mother goes quite regularly, she is 82 and has high blood pressure along with eyesight problems. I'll ask he not to go so much if this will help. In all fairness both she and my father (who is dead now so dont't worry will not be a burden) paid in all of their working lives so have some entitlement to use the NHS.
Perhaps if we did not have so many other drains on our doctors and NHS and the govenrment funded it correctly then it might just work.
See this thread for an example - NHS 'tourists'
http://www.scoobynet.co.uk/bbs/thread.asp?threadid=237933
[Edited by Paul Habgood - 8/13/2003 9:24:09 AM]
Perhaps if we did not have so many other drains on our doctors and NHS and the govenrment funded it correctly then it might just work.
See this thread for an example - NHS 'tourists'
http://www.scoobynet.co.uk/bbs/thread.asp?threadid=237933
[Edited by Paul Habgood - 8/13/2003 9:24:09 AM]
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"but I am reliably informed that some people go whenever their kids cough or they wake up and feel crap"
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Your wording is a bit ambiguous, thanks for clearing it up.
"but I am reliably informed that some people go whenever their kids cough or they wake up and feel crap"
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Your wording is a bit ambiguous, thanks for clearing it up.
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I hadn't been for years, done my arm in at the Gym so I thought I would get back some of my hard earned tax money. Got there and the Doc said rest it.... cheers mate aint been back since (4years)
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i think old folks can go as often as they like, after all they paid for the nhs too.
however...
i think retired people, and people who dont work should only be seen after 9.30 and before 5pm, thereby allowing people who work the chance to be seen without having to take a day off.
its hard these days to get a lunchbreak, let alone time off for visits to doctors, so why dont surgerys introduce this system?
the junkies still get their methadone, waynetta still gets kylies snotty nose looked at, and hard working folks dont get grief for taking a day off
however...
i think retired people, and people who dont work should only be seen after 9.30 and before 5pm, thereby allowing people who work the chance to be seen without having to take a day off.
its hard these days to get a lunchbreak, let alone time off for visits to doctors, so why dont surgerys introduce this system?
the junkies still get their methadone, waynetta still gets kylies snotty nose looked at, and hard working folks dont get grief for taking a day off
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My old surgery used to have a 3 week waiting list for appointments, pretty much regardless of your ailments
I was involved in an RTA, and needed my injuries looking at and recording at the docs, they told me appointment in 3 weeks
So i gave up in the end, and dont bother, ive since moved, and havent even registered with a docs now
the only other times I have been to the docs, ive been given Amoxycillin, which is useless as I am immune to it now, and it no longer has any effect
I was involved in an RTA, and needed my injuries looking at and recording at the docs, they told me appointment in 3 weeks
So i gave up in the end, and dont bother, ive since moved, and havent even registered with a docs now
the only other times I have been to the docs, ive been given Amoxycillin, which is useless as I am immune to it now, and it no longer has any effect
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Ok, so you'll know how distressing it can be if your kids have a problem, can't tell you what it is (especially if they're too young), and you don't know what to do for the best, right?
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Image Doctor-go and pay for a private consultation instead. Then you beat the Q.
Think of the money you pay for the NHS as a a charitable donation for those that can't afford healthcare rather than a service you can actually use.
Think of the money you pay for the NHS as a a charitable donation for those that can't afford healthcare rather than a service you can actually use.
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Our 6-month-old daughter has bad eczema, we have been to the doctors on several occasions and had differing treatments none of which clear it up, and we had to insist to see a specialist. We felt we where wasting our time along with the doctors time who, where unable to sort it out.
We got a letter from our Hospital stating that the appointment would be arranged for 18 weeks time!
In the mean time we have to go back to the doctors for repeat prescriptions etc.
My mother waited 18 month to have a cataract op on one eye, she is still waiting to get the other eye done some 24 months later.
I am sure this is not unusual by any means.
[Edited by Paul Habgood - 8/13/2003 8:41:01 AM]
We got a letter from our Hospital stating that the appointment would be arranged for 18 weeks time!
In the mean time we have to go back to the doctors for repeat prescriptions etc.
My mother waited 18 month to have a cataract op on one eye, she is still waiting to get the other eye done some 24 months later.
I am sure this is not unusual by any means.
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True, as would i. But not everyone has their fair measure of common sense. How could you screen the time-wasters? It would be almost impossible to do wouldn't it, so long as the NHS is free...?
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And it's the ones without common sense I am reffering to.
There appear to be an awful lot of them about.
Just like a dentist it's £5 a visit, free for pensioners & people with long term illness.
id - vote me for president, or at least health minister
There appear to be an awful lot of them about.
Just like a dentist it's £5 a visit, free for pensioners & people with long term illness.
id - vote me for president, or at least health minister
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Yeah i know, but what to do? £5 a visit and discourage them from going, possibly leading to greater problems from non-treatment? The dentist is different cos people will pay if their teeth start to hurt, but penalising the poor from medical treatment is a whole other ballgame i reckon.
As has been mentioned, there's always private healthcare..!
As has been mentioned, there's always private healthcare..!
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Controversial I know, but perhaps if the government stopped fannying around, poo pooing to asylum seekers every whim we might have enough resources left to sort the UK's problems out before we get involved in sorting everyone elses. I am sick of reading about people swanning into this country, getting free health consultations when they arrive, being homed and fed etc etc when the UK's needs aren't being sorted.
My mother is currently on a nine month waiting list to have a knee replacement and virtually had to bully her GP into the referall. She is so bad she can hardly get up a flight of stairs...
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Controversial I know, but perhaps if the government stopped fannying around, poo pooing to asylum seekers every whim we might have enough resources left to sort the UK's problems out before we get involved in sorting everyone elses. I am sick of reading about people swanning into this country, getting free health consultations when they arrive, being homed and fed etc etc when the UK's needs aren't being sorted.
My mother is currently on a nine month waiting list to have a knee replacement and virtually had to bully her GP into the referall. She is so bad she can hardly get up a flight of stairs...
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Scraping the NHS is an interesting point.
Part of me thinks good god, how much money would be saved that could be put into law enforcement, education and the transport system to make them all so much better.
The other part of me thinks how on earth could one consider scrapping it? No government would ever get elected on the policy that they would scrap it and no government would ever get re-eclected if they did scrap it.
I'm keenly watching the situation in Germany where they are looking at doing just this. Lets see how that pans out!
(firmly sitting on the fence on this one!)
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Part of me thinks good god, how much money would be saved that could be put into law enforcement, education and the transport system to make them all so much better.
The other part of me thinks how on earth could one consider scrapping it? No government would ever get elected on the policy that they would scrap it and no government would ever get re-eclected if they did scrap it.
I'm keenly watching the situation in Germany where they are looking at doing just this. Lets see how that pans out!
(firmly sitting on the fence on this one!)
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Asthma means I can't escape seeing the doctor, if I don't go for regular check ups to see how my medication is doing, I usually end up going because my asthma has decided it wants to be noticed.
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Don't you need to see a doctor before you can go private
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Ok, so you'll know how distressing it can be if your kids have a problem, can't tell you what it is (especially if they're too young), and you don't know what to do for the best, right?
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Paul - Have you tried Elocon for the eczema? We went through the same thing - one appointment evey two weeks for a year. Eventually we saw a different doc cos the 'normal' one was golfing all week. The new doc gave us elocon which cleared the worst of it in a few days. Now used occasionally (once every couple of weeks) if there is a flare up.
Asked the first doc why he never tried Elocon and after he looked it up in his magic doctors book he said that long term use can be bad for the skin.....