Nice people thread part 3- Nice as pie

lostinrates

wageslave wrote: »

Private treatment can't cost me much more that 200quid a month

It depends what you get wrong with you. My private care (mainly funded by a benefactor who knew me and was horrified by what was happening and could afford to do something to help) cost more than our house in the first year of treatment.

edit: I think this is a problem with free at point of service things...healthcare, education.....they are priceless...but we don't very often accurately gauge what they are worth to us.

michaels

lostinrates wrote: »

How does Wageslave work ou how much she pays NHS monthly?

I guess one way would be to say this is how much tax I pay each month (income, NI, employers NI, duty, VAT, road fund licence, BBC licence etc) and then see what percentage of govt expenditure is on the NHS and apportion that percentage of the total tax paid as being 'my' contribution to the NHS.

lostinrates

silvercar wrote: »

Calling a private GP to come to your house will cost you £50-75, that will mean attendance within half an hour and the immediate medicines you need. Always assuming there is one in your area.

Of course the GP won't have access to your medical records and it is unlikely to be covered by most private medical insurance policies.

Against that cost is the cost you would have for getting to the local out of hours GP surgery, any parking costs, cost of any prescription you might need if not exempt.

Thats bloody good. It cost more than that to go to them a few years ago. Is this increased copetition? I wonder if we are covered by any.

I'd pay that. TBH, I'd go with out a lot to cover that.

lostinrates

LydiaJ wrote: »

Next month, we'll all be paying for his knee replacement, another thing that will enable him to continue as carer so she can stay in her own home and have some quality of life. We all paid for the dialysis support for my PhD supervisor who had kid

FWIW my mother had one knee done last year and is having the other knee done this year. Its been brilliant for her. But she hates the way the new joint clicks. Its a ''good'' operation, but their will be a lot of pressure of your father the first 3-4 weeks and then until he can drive again. My mother finds her post operative pain significantly worse at night....new joint likes action

lostinrates

PasturesNew wrote: »

Nobody wants to sit with druggy/alcy/drunk/obnoxious/scarey scum.

Indeed. Last week DH's office sent him in a cab Moorfields...he had glass in his eyes. The waiting time was 5 hours because it was non -urgent, and he said he just couldn't face five hours away from his desk with the company during that five hours. That five hours were five hours the economy wasn't gaining from his work.

He used lots of optrex and got a telling off and we went south to A&E from here the next day in a borrowed car. (GP couldn't see him and advised A and E over the injury unit)

SingleSue

Youngest has taken a turn for the worse and is going up for an emergency appointment, leaving in about 5 minutes.

He went right down to zone 3 almost zone 4 this morning.

lostinrates

SingleSue wrote: »

Youngest has taken a turn for the worse and is going up for an emergency appointment, leaving in about 5 minutes.

He went right down to zone 3 almost zone 4 this morning.

Good luck Sue.

lostinrates

Funny we are talking about doctors. DH's (NHS) consultant called him. He wrote a letter to the GP a month ago and it hasn't been actioned and he said he's never come across such incompetence.

Malcolm.

We all hope the nhs will be there when we need it.

All too often this isn't the case.

I'm pleased some people's experience of the inefficient and poor quality (by european standards) nhs has been good.

In my case, inadequate staffing levels combined with medical mistakes led to the death of my child.

I don't see the nhs's care as rosy. Nor do many who work as part of it.

Hospitals are not safe places. Money is not spent well. The bureacrats making financial decisions are too far removed from the care aspect.

It's been a couple of years, I still haven't a clue how to cope with the death of my innocent child. There needs to be a heaven. A god needs to exist. I need something to hold to account for injustice.

lemonjelly

wageslave wrote: »

Wageslave <--hourglass shape

Gok is a god

EDIT maybe top heavy(ish)

I think I love you more every time you post.;)