Hospital visit just cost us £30

kenshaz

krisskross wrote:

I cannot recollect suggesting that I was an authority on NHS funding. Of course patients need to wash and eat whilst in hospital but there is no reason why the NHS funds these activities. Do people not need to eat or wash when not in hospital? I firmly believe that hotel charges should be levied so that all NHS funding is used for treatment of illnesses.

I said I was an NHS employee..does thay make me more or less able to comment? If your elderly relative was in hospital would you expect them to wear NHS nightwear or would you afford them the dignity of freshly laundered personal clothing? Would you expect them to use the shampoo and bath foam left by another patient or would you provide some of their own? I recollect a family making a formal complaint that their elderly father had not been shaved for the 2 days he had been an inpatient. When I went to shave him his locker was totally bare. We used to make up emergency packs with travel sized toiletries and a toothbrush and offer them at £1 whan a patient was admitted as an emergency. Hardly any relatives would buy them and 3 or 4 days later the poor patient was still toothbrushless.

Certainly if I was a lady with breast cancer desperate to be prescribed herceptin I would be angry if car parking fees were waived whilst I had to fight for a lifesaving treatment on grounds of cost.

You have answered in your reply ,I will let others judge your position,obviously your own experiences in your employment have tainted your response,but remember the roles might be reversed one day

kenshaz

twink wrote:

on a lighter note wouldnt the lottery money not be better going to the nhs then we would all benefit what do others think

Yes Lotto going to the NHS rather than the Opera

dws_3

Personally, I would not mind paying a couple of quid for parking at a hospital if i'm receiving some of the finest free at source medical treatment in the world £2 a time for parking a damn site cheaper than Bupa.

gregg1

Voyager2002 wrote:

Why outrageous?

Supposing that you visited her by bus, would you expect to be let off the bus fare?

It costs a lot to provide car parks, money that could be (better?) spent on improved patient care. If you feel that the charges are unreasonably high, then there are plenty of other ways to move around, most of which would be healthier than driving.

Just be thankful that you don't have to pay for the treatment.

I agree. Surely car park charges are a way of clawing back any expenditure spent on the car park in the first place - you use it, you pay for it. I know it is difficult on a lot of people who are stretched financially but at the end of the day we still have a national health service which provides free care. I would rather have that and pay to park my car than the alternative!

trickytrolleys

kenshaz wrote:

Sorry but you are wrong we pay for the NHS through national insurance ,that is why Gordon Brown increased to fund the recent expenditure,you have to contibiute to NI to qualify for a state pension

im not, well not completely - only a percentage of the NI is used for the NHS

kenshaz

dws wrote:

Personally, I would not mind paying a couple of quid for parking at a hospital if i'm receiving some of the finest free at source medical treatment in the world £2 a time for parking a damn site cheaper than Bupa.

But we have already paid once,and it is not the finest in the world,look at France ,Germany,America,and it is not free

kenshaz

gregg1 wrote:

I agree. Surely car park charges are a way of clawing back any expenditure spent on the car park in the first place - you use it, you pay for it. I know it is difficult on a lot of people who are stretched financially but at the end of the day we still have a national health service which provides free care. I would rather have that and pay to park my car than the alternative!

NHS is not free,nothing is free in this world

Hawksmuir

kenshaz wrote:

NHS is not free,nothing is free in this world

This man's advice is :money:

trickytrolleys

spot on!! There's a world of difference between 'free' and 'free at the point of delivery' - unless you need drugs from a doctor in which case its about £7 a shot!! LOL

geo555

gregg1 wrote:

I agree. Surely car park charges are a way of clawing back any expenditure spent on the car park in the first place - you use it, you pay for it. I know it is difficult on a lot of people who are stretched financially but at the end of the day we still have a national health service which provides free care. I would rather have that and pay to park my car than the alternative!

What next, bed charges so hospitals can claw back the cost of them. We pay enough money in taxes, with a lot going to the NHS, only to see it being wasted.