Bloomin doctors

Emmylou_2

foreign_correspondent wrote: »

the free prescriptions cover type 1 and 2 diabetes, thyroid conditions, and some other specific illnesses... they do not cover, however, rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, MS and many other debilitating and potentially life threatening conditions.

I knew a young woman aged 17 who had awful juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, which had rendered her unable to walk at some stages of illness, she was in almost constant pain, had limited mobility and she had had to have a replacement hip in her teens - when I asked her what she was getting for their 18th birthday she told me she had asked her mum and dad to buy her a prepayment ticket for her prescriptions because she was concerned that she wouldn't be able to afford them otherwise... the free prescription system does not seem to be fair or equitable, and I think if people are all in their lucky enough that their condition and titles than to free prescriptions that they should not abuse the system and try to get prescriptions for completely unrelated conditions.

Before I was working PT, I obviously had to pay for my scripts. My aunts would buy me a PPC for my christmas present - saving me LOADS...

Indie_Kid

foreign_correspondent wrote: »

the free prescriptions cover type 1 and 2 diabetes, thyroid conditions, and some other specific illnesses... they do not cover, however, rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, MS and many other debilitating and potentially life threatening conditions.

I knew a young woman aged 17 who had awful juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, which had rendered her unable to walk at some stages of illness, she was in almost constant pain, had limited mobility and she had had to have a replacement hip in her teens - when I asked her what she was getting for their 18th birthday she told me she had asked her mum and dad to buy her a prepayment ticket for her prescriptions because she was concerned that she wouldn't be able to afford them otherwise... the free prescription system does not seem to be fair or equitable, and I think if people are all in their lucky enough that their condition and titles than to free prescriptions that they should not abuse the system and try to get prescriptions for completely unrelated conditions.

Does she not qualify under having a continuing physical disability (ie, permanent) disability that means she needs help getting out of her home? I do. Much cheaper than having to pay for medication whenever I need it. (around every 3-4 weeks)

And no, I'm not one of these who gets things like paracetamol on prescription. All I've got in the last year, is eye gel / drops, steroid cream and a few medications for a skin complaint.

johnwallace

Your wife clearly had the flu or a short term bug

You've utterly wasted a doctors time

I am disgusted at some of the posts on here.

Last night my wife passed away after being admitted to the hospital. It was not flu or a short term bug.

I will not be posting or looking at these forums again.

Equaliser123

johnwallace wrote: »

I am disgusted at some of the posts on here.

Last night my wife passed away after being admitted to the hospital. It was not flu or a short term bug.

I will not be posting or looking at these forums again.

If that is the case then sincere condolences.

However, given the original post, I don't think it unreasonable for people to have made the comments that have been made.

Indie_Kid

The OP would've been better taking his wife to a chemist. If someone has a mild condition that would require medication; the chemist can help. I've used them in the past for this purpose.

justmel

I don't think the responses were unreasonable either,the OP was about being asked to pay £10 for a throat spray and no one here could possibly have known that your wife was close to dying.

Seemingly your doctor did not know this either and the OP has now become irrelevant as a throat spray would have been no use to her anyway.

You are angry that some people feel that your doctor was right and will never look here again but not so angry that the day after your wife has died you are in a fit state to come here and express your disgust at some of the responses given from people who could not have predicted the outcome.

Errata

Fair play folks. The OP will be distressed and we all do bizarre things when in that position.

Don't kick a man when he's down.

justmel

Errata wrote: »

Fair play folks. The OP will be distressed and we all do bizarre things when in that position.

Don't kick a man when he's down.

I wasn't meaning to sound quite as harsh as it came across,i know that grief can make a person react to things differently,when my father died i lost all sense of reason for a while but my real point was that no one here could have known that this lady was close to dying,things do get debated but i am sure that no one would have begrugded her the prescription if they could have had any way of knowing that she was so close to the end of her life.

There is a lot of good advice on these forums and perhaps when the OP has had a chance to get over the shock of his wife dying he will once again find it useful x

churchrat

dizziblonde wrote: »

Congratulations? You saved £3 and gave someone an (admittedly low-volume) earful based on a Daily Mail article.

My doctor is regularly still seeing patients over an hour after surgery closes, I've had him return calls for advice at 9.30 at night, when late surgery is due to finish at 8. He does this because he will happily take half an hour over a patient who needs that amount of time - rather than just shoving a presciption in their face.

He's worth every penny he earns for the time and attention he puts into his patients - as are all the staff at that practice who'll go the extra mile to slot people in who need it.

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would you please tell me where you are so my family can join this practice??

ours is awful, and from speaking to friends in our area I think they are like all the others. Lots os new building, new offices, cant get an appointment if you are ill on the day you need it, cant book in advance and if you try and complain you are told that you are rude and unhelpful, as a friend found out when she compalined about a (mistaken) diagnosis from one of the gp's.

And they are going to be paid even more for work that they should already do.

smile86

My condolences to johnwallace, it is an awful thing to happen.

I know that the NHS doesnt have endless resources, and that some people will disagree with me on this but I have to say it - if in doubt then seek some medical attention, even if it seems like 'just a cold', especially if there are other conditions going on/on other medications or its lasting longer than you expect, because you never know. Just my opinion anyway.

It scares me to think of what could happen if someone read this and was put off seeing a professional for fear of 'wasting their time'.

As for GP surgeries, I've known some good and some bad. Like with everything, the NHS is far from perfect, but at least we have free healthcare. There are plenty of places worse off than us in that way.

There are walk in centres popping up everywhere so GP isn't the only option. Once again, not perfect but I am thankful for small mercies.