So then I wasn't wrong. ThanksThere’s a clue in your question Val ‘settled’.
And no I’m not
So then I wasn't wrong. ThanksThere’s a clue in your question Val ‘settled’.
And no I’m not
Absurd.So then I wasn't wrong. Thanks
What's absurd? We're discussing people not born here. You claimed the NHS recoups their costs. Now you've admitted they dont.Absurd.
No I am not.What's absurd? We're discussing people not born here. You claimed the NHS recoups their costs. Now you've admitted they dont.
So you were wrong.
When you wake up, have a look at thisNo I am not.
Goodnight.
No I am not.
Goodnight.
Was the thread just about the staff?Who would you blame for that? The staff?
Don’t forget that extra £350 million a week in funding.They built those 40 brand new hospitals as well.
So sad that folk are having to be left on trolleys in corridor s for such extended periods. Must have been very difficult and upsetting for you and your family. Sorry for your loss, Jerry.My wife has had excellent care from the nhs especially heart op at st thomas's london. Also local respiratory care is great as is the oxygen supplier.
Has to be balanced against medway hospital care.
She was taken into medway by ambulance with heart and respiratory by ambulance in jan this year. Having to lay on a trolley in A&E and in their corridors for nearly four days did not help especially as those on oxygen should not be in the corridors. Many staff were rude and uncaring and many patients left to mess themselves. Obviously some very good staff as well.
We made sure we got her home as quickly as possible ao at least she was relaxed before passing.
Thanks Lancs. Hard after 45 years of marriage.So sad that folk are having to be left on trolleys in corridor s for such extended periods. Must have been very difficult and upsetting for you and your family. Sorry for your loss, Jerry.
What have the Tories done to break the NHS?The Tories have made sure they have broken the NHS in order to privitise large profitable chunks of it.
What is profitable about that for the Government?In order to fix something, it has to be broken first.
The Tories have made sure they have broken the NHS in order to privitise large profitable chunks of it.
That's not to say the old NHS was perfect. Junior Doctors hours were horrific and dangerous when my wife worked in the NHS.
Private hospitals are carrying out an increasing number of operations paid for by the NHS. One issue, though, is that the majority of private hospitals do not have emergency facilities, so have to call 999 for an ambulance should anything not go to plan with an operation.What is profitable about that for the Government?
Yes, you have the likes of BUPA and Benenden Health where you can choose to go, and maybe get an operation earlier but also the NHS is paying some private enterprises to take some of the pressure off them. My partner is having an endoscopy at a Private Hospital shortly which is coming out of the NHS budget, but she isn't paying for it.
The tipping point will be if any part of the NHS say they are withdrawing a service or that it must separately be paid for. Then it will no longer be free at the point of use/need. That may happen, but not so far.
Definitely. Even a few years ago, a friend said one of her family had an operation at the Benenden hospital and, during their recovery, they were shocked by the lack of staff there at the weekend, to raise the alarm if there were issues.Private hospitals are carrying out an increasing number of operations paid for by the NHS. One issue, though, is that the majority of private hospitals do not have emergency facilities, so have to call 999 for an ambulance should anything not go to plan with an operation.
Not only that but people have died waiting for a transfer between a private hospital and an NHS ICU when things have gone wrong at a private hospital.Private hospitals are carrying out an increasing number of operations paid for by the NHS. One issue, though, is that the majority of private hospitals do not have emergency facilities, so have to call 999 for an ambulance should anything not go to plan with an operation.
They do our shit low paid jobs (hence not much tax) that we aren't prepared to do. Get rid of them and we are f###ed.And if they've moved to the UK the NHS doesn't bill their original home nation.
So guess what happens when you admit millions of poor, low-tax paying people?
That doesn't.supriae me, when my son had an operation at Lewisham hospital when he was a baby we were.the only white patients on the ward.In the last 2 years, receiving cancer care (not a serious issue yet), I believe I've met one 'indigenous white' person, a receptionist at my local hospital and one Spaniard at Kings College hospital. Every other person (several dozen) has been one of these "pesky foreigners", especially "brown" ones.