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Surprise charge from hospital after trip to A&E
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This is the praise vents and warning forum I forgot that it is forum where the OP complaining is ALWAYS the one at fault and posters will nit pick to let the OP know every little reason why it is their fault.
Silly me for thinking others may be unaware about the changes to A&E, doing a google search shows that it is a recent change and not all trusts follow the charges.0 -
milliemonster wrote: »Exactly!, anyone who reside in the UK knows there is a prescription charge for medication!
Are you on a mission to demonstrate your stupidity, today?
How can any supposedly intelligent person make such a ridiculous generalisation?
Many people can reach adulthood without ever having collected a prescription.
Even if they are aware that there is a charge for prescriptions when collected from a pharmacy there is no reason why they would know that the same charge applies if they are handed a few at an A&E.There are two types of people in the world: Those that can extrapolate information.0 -
I was concussed my GP sent me to hospital as I saw him first, then I saw him 4 days later and he was surprised they didn't keep me in.
The doctor in A&E didn't pay any attention to my head injury he barely examined me but that is another issue.
How dare you try to comment on my diagnosis without knowing me, knowing my circumstances or examining me.
I haven't commented on your diagnosis, I have commented based upon what you have told us, to be fair GP's have very general knowledge (hence they are GP's), he obviously advised you to go to A&E to be checked over, but they obviously had no serious concerns otherwise they would have admitted you!
The doctor in A&E will have paid attention to your 'head injury' purely by asking you questions and talking to you he would have been able to identify if it warranted further investigation.Aug GC £63.23/£200, Total Savings £00 -
This is the praise vents and warning forum I forgot that it is forum where the OP complaining is ALWAYS the one at fault and posters will nit pick to let the OP know every little reason why it is their fault.
Silly me for thinking others may be unaware about the changes to A&E, doing a google search shows that it is a recent change and not all trusts follow the charges.
Don't worry, Lisa.
There are always complete idiots here who expect everyone to have a compendious knowledge of all of the rules and regulations (of everything) and, further, expect that everyone should read every last word of every T&C of any company they ever deal with.
They are just smug, self satisfied, fools who are completely out of touch with how real people live their lives in the real world.There are two types of people in the world: Those that can extrapolate information.0 -
Are you on a mission to demonstrate your stupidity, today?
How can any supposedly intelligent person make such a ridiculous generalisation?
Many people can reach adulthood without ever having collected a prescription.
Even if they are aware that there is a charge for prescriptions when collected from a pharmacy there is no reason why they would know that the same charge applies if they are handed a few at an A&E.
Why not? since when were A&E's not part of the NHS? it's not difficult to work out.Aug GC £63.23/£200, Total Savings £00 -
milliemonster wrote: »I haven't commented on your diagnosis, I have commented based upon what you have told us, to be fair GP's have very general knowledge (hence they are GP's), he obviously advised you to go to A&E to be checked over, but they obviously had no serious concerns otherwise they would have admitted you!
The doctor in A&E will have paid attention to your 'head injury' purely by asking you questions and talking to you he would have been able to identify if it warranted further investigation.
He asked me NO questions, he was asked for an X ray and observation by the GP.
Called me in, sent a nurse in to ask me to take my trousers off, sent me on the bed for an X ray. Came back in said the X ray was fine and that I was bruised/pulled muscles and that I'd be better in 7-10 days. The YOUNG doctor barely spoke to me.
You have no idea what hospital I use let alone any idea of how they work but because you are a nurse you think you know it all and I am obviously lying about having concussion.0 -
milliemonster wrote: »Why not? since when were A&E's not part of the NHS? it's not difficult to work out.
OK, now I think you're just being deliberately stupid to win a bet.
Surely you could not have qualified as a nurse if you are this dense.
How, exactly, is someone supposed to work out that they are supposed to pay a prescription charge when they have never been given a prescription?
In fact, in this case the OP should not have had to pay a prescription charge because she's exempt.
It's only because of the incompetence of the doctor treating her that this situation has arisen.There are two types of people in the world: Those that can extrapolate information.0 -
milliemonster wrote: »
hospitals used to not charge for medication but then a lot of patients cottoned on to the fact if they visited their GP they would have to pay the prescription fee but if they went to A&E they got the item for free so would start to misuse A&E for free medication (I'm not suggesting this is what you have done) so now you have to pay for an NHS prescription whoever you get it from unless you are exempt.
You said yourself it used to be free so unless a person is a regular visitor to A&E it is likely they won't be aware of changes to the system.
Your attempt at defending the NHS is just making you look arrogant.
Don't worry I don't think the NHS fails in every area, I have had treatment in the last year in a different department of my hospital and thought my consultant and the nurses were brilliant.0 -
milliemonster wrote: »Exactly!, anyone who reside in the UK knows there is a prescription charge for medication!
Well, I for one have lived in the UK all my life, have never been admitted to hospital, have only been to A&E once (was bandaged up and sent home without drugs as I didn't need any) and whilst I know there's a prescription charge of £7-odd I didn't know it applied if you were issued drugs as part of A&E treatment.Silly me for thinking others may be unaware about the changes to A&E, doing a google search shows that it is a recent change and not all trusts follow the charges.
Well I'm one who's learned something, so thank you for highlighting it.No trees were killed to send this message, but a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced. - Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson)0 -
I'm with Azari on this one. I'm almost 40 and know that a prescription charge exists; however I've no idea how much it is.
Moreover, given the circumstances that these tablets were supplied to the OP by the doctor, I wouldn't have subsequently expected to receive a bill for the tablets.
As milliemonstor is a nurse, I would have anticipated a more caring attitude towards patients. I'm sure her employers wouldn't be particularly impressed with her posts here.0
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