My Doctors Surgery-aaaarrgh

Jeff_Bridges_hair

Oopsadaisy wrote: »

I demand a haircut on the NHS [National Hair Service].....it's ridiculous that the gov won't pay for my hair cuts.

Face it people....as a nation we have no money left!!!!!!! We have to start paying for stuff that we want that isn't essential.

£200 for a jab is too much. it shouldnt cost that much considering you get most of them free. Its the exotic ones you need to pay for and they are no where near £200.

Why dont you try and be constructive when posting in a thread you obviously know nothing about or just not post at all

avinabacca

Jeff_Bridges_hair wrote: »

Why dont you try and be constructive when posting in a thread you obviously know nothing about or just not post at all

Says someone who blithely asserts that "£200 for a jab is too much. it shouldnt cost that much considering you get most of them free".

An opinion based on what, exactly?

Oopsadaisy

Jeff_Bridges_hair wrote: »

£200 for a jab is too much. it shouldnt cost that much considering you get most of them free. Its the exotic ones you need to pay for and they are no where near £200.

Why dont you try and be constructive when posting in a thread you obviously know nothing about or just not post at all

Pluck a few figures out of the air, why don't you!!

Was is because I mentioned the gov should pay for my haircuts [and SKY TV as well] that you're miffed [os should that be quiffed]??

Oopsadaisy

Here's the rub.....

If you say to scrounger [who never has jabs but who currently believes gov 'should provide jabs for hols for free for everyone'] that by stopping these jabs we could give you an extra £20 in benefit,,,,what do you think said scrounger would now advocate?? They never use the jabs so they will want the money!!!

You see how it's very easy to say 'Spend this' or 'Pay for this' when it's not your money that's being spent, but when it actually affects your own hard-earned cash [or 'not earned' in the case of doleys] it takes on a completely different slant?

The NHS [as has now been realised] does not have an endless supply of cash....it needs to prioritise.

That's why they take very hard decisions wrt drug and treatment availability....and it's going to get harder and more rationed.

Jeff_Bridges_hair

avinabacca wrote: »

Says someone who blithely asserts that "£200 for a jab is too much. it shouldnt cost that much considering you get most of them free".

An opinion based on what, exactly?

Its not an opinion Its FACT. i have had the jabs needed to go to places in Asia and other countries around the world and have not been charged that much even for my Yellow fever jab - which cost me £75 and i only had that as i was visiting Africa once. My malaria cost £10 + prescription.

Now did you not read the post where i outlined the free ones? These are your basic free meds entitled to anyone at anytime and are free on the NHS for everyone.

Pluck a few figures out of the air, why don't you!!

Was is because I mentioned the gov should pay for my haircuts [and SKY TV as well] that you're miffed [os should that be quiffed]??

Ive not plucked any figures out the air - It was clearly written in the OPs first post how much they were being charged.

Now you can read again what i have written about the FREE meds that you and everyone else is allowed under the NHS scheme whether you are travelling or not. And given the places bar Borneo which the OP was visiting dont need anything else then yes, It is a lot.

lindos90

Some GP surgery's are charging for every thing they can now, especially where the guidlines are 'may charge', thats why theres inconsistancy, as some take the decision to charge for everything possible, others take a more generous view inline with historical practice. Its down to budgets and the policy they decide to adopt withing the guidelines.

I was told that I would have to pay 'at least £14' for a GP signiature last week. 'at least'..so that ment it might be more than that, at the descretion of the Doctor, and i'll not know until its signed, if I dont pay what they ask, I'll not get the form back.

This was just a signiature, not a report, or letter or even opinion, but just a quick check on my sons notes and a signiature on a form provided by the creche, to confirm that he has a nut allergy (to fulfil all their red tape requirements) (insert roll eyes)

SandC

Seems completely unreasonable to me - but surgeries are making their own rules up and you are will to go somewhere else if it doesn't suit.

However, their reasoning of it being more than 2 destinations is just laziness - they have access to travel information on their computers and it's a click of a button to find out what's needed, where. I reckon if you'd seen one of the practice nurses instead she'd have just applied common sense and sorted you out. It is unreasonable that the jabs you required would have cost x person zero because they were only visiting Borneo but you have to go elsewhere, privately because you are visiting two more countries, one of which requires no innoculations at all.

I would honestly write to them expressing your dissatisfaction.

For what it's worth, I had to go to another surgery for yellow fever and pay £50 as my surgery doesn't do that jab. I also had to pay £25 for a private prescription for malerone malaria tablets and pay around £2.20 per tablet for them. Not all GPs charge for that prescription but many do. The rest - typhoid, hep A and B, polio tetatus and whatever else is free of charge.

avinabacca

Jeff_Bridges_hair wrote: »

Its not an opinion Its FACT. i have had the jabs needed to go to places in Asia and other countries around the world and have not been charged that much even for my Yellow fever jab - which cost me £75 and i only had that as i was visiting Africa once. My malaria cost £10 + prescription.

But what has any of this to do with what you've said?

It's opinion, nothing more - and not even a particularly well-informed one at that.

bargainbetty

For what it is worth, my surgery have struck a balance - you obtain details of what you need, and they issue you with a prescription for those not commonly held in stock. You pay the £7.50 per item, and make an appointment to go back for the shots to be administered once you have collected the meds.

You get the basic ones free (tetanus etc) but the big stuff you get on script. However, you don't get stung for massive charges.

Jeff_Bridges_hair

avinabacca wrote: »

But what has any of this to do with what you've said?

It's opinion, nothing more - and not even a particularly well-informed one at that.

What i have said is that they should not have paid that amount as most of the ones required are FREE. Thats not opinion that is FACT.

And its well informed thanks given that ive visted nearly 40 countries on my travels so am well aware of what inoculations are needed and which cost and which do not.

Your GP, or practice nurse, may only be able to provide some travel vaccinations for free. These can vary across practices, but they usually include:
typhoid,
hepatitis A,
meningitis C, and
tetanus, diphtheria, and polio (which are combined in one vaccine).

Source: http://www.nhs.uk/chq/Pages/1071.aspx?CategoryID=70&SubCategoryID=175

just in case you really didnt believe my first post in this thread - which in case you may have missed it has been also vindicate d by others in this thread agreeing with me.

Oopsadaisy wrote:

Here's the rub.....

If you say to scrounger [who never has jabs but who currently believes gov 'should provide jabs for hols for free for everyone'] that by stopping these jabs we could give you an extra £20 in benefit,,,,what do you think said scrounger would now advocate?? They never use the jabs so they will want the money!!!

You see how it's very easy to say 'Spend this' or 'Pay for this' when it's not your money that's being spent, but when it actually affects your own hard-earned cash [or 'not earned' in the case of doleys] it takes on a completely different slant?

The NHS [as has now been realised] does not have an endless supply of cash....it needs to prioritise.

That's why they take very hard decisions wrt drug and treatment availability....and it's going to get harder and more rationed.

Hers the rub - the ones that you get free are also available even if you do not want to travel at all and are your boosters for just living in this country. I pay into the NHS like everyone else and i only ever use it every few years to get my boosters.

and why should the OP be labelled a scrounger when they are only requesting what is free to them like everyone else be they on benefits or paid employment or not.