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Which is the best private healthcare?
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Has anyone else checked out the website for the private A&E? The staffing consists of one doctor and two nurses. The reviews suggest if the doctor is off the unit is closed. Not really suitable for any real accidents or emergencies. Don't really think they should be allowed to call themselves A&E.0
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Not everything is either an accident and emergency or can wait 4 weeks.
Sometimes, e.g. when you have a bad cold, you need to see the doctor NOW. Not after 4 weeks. You probably won't die from it. But you need to rule out other things or receive instant advice if something worries you.
Having hit your leg, you can easily rest in the lounge for 6 hours. Being with fever and severe headache, you can't.
I don't see why it is so hard for you to understand.
Obviously if you have elevated cholesterol, you don't demand to be seen immediately. You can wait for weeks. But if you have a symptom that bothers you, like dizziness, headache, difficulty to breath, chest pain, fever, etc you need to be seen NOW. And waiting for 6h in the lounge is a BIG deal, when all you need is to be somewhere quiet and warm and have relief of your symptom.
I know some people don't get bad colds, but that does not give them the right to say 'you only have a cold, you don't need A&E'. For others, colds can be severe and there may be something that worries them, like wheezing or nausea, and it is very difficult to tell people in such condition to wait in the lounge of A&E for hours!
NHS is rubbish!0 -
In your opinion.Not everything is either an accident and emergency or can wait 4 weeks.
Sometimes, e.g. when you have a bad cold, you need to see the doctor NOW. Not after 4 weeks. You probably won't die from it. But you need to rule out other things or receive instant advice if something worries you.
Having hit your leg, you can easily rest in the lounge for 6 hours. Being with fever and severe headache, you can't.
I don't see why it is so hard for you to understand.
Obviously if you have elevated cholesterol, you don't demand to be seen immediately. You can wait for weeks. But if you have a symptom that bothers you, like dizziness, headache, difficulty to breath, chest pain, fever, etc you need to be seen NOW. And waiting for 6h in the lounge is a BIG deal, when all you need is to be somewhere quiet and warm and have relief of your symptom.
I know some people don't get bad colds, but that does not give them the right to say 'you only have a cold, you don't need A&E'. For others, colds can be severe and there may be something that worries them, like wheezing or nausea, and it is very difficult to tell people in such condition to wait in the lounge of A&E for hours!
NHS is rubbish!
In your experience.
Not mine.
As explained in my post that someone got deleted, I've recently had an operation. On the 'rubbish' (your terminology) NHS.
The ante, during and post operation care I've received has been exceptional.
I've needed 3 x-rays in as many weeks
My care team send an electronic request to our hospital.
I ring up for an appointment. Within 7 days.
My results are sent electronically back to the team.
I had an x-ray on Thursday, the results were with my consultant ready for my appointment the following day.
Last week, the Imaging department didn't have any appointments but suggested that I turn up as near 09:00 as I could.
I was there at 08:45 and was on my way out of the hospital by 09:05.
But I don't live in London.
Perhaps you can explain your comment about 'anywhere outside London is a hole in many aspects'.
If you mean it as a derogatory term, at least my experience of the NHS is superior to yours.
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You seem to have jumped from waiting for an xray result to needing to be seen in A7E.
As far as I know A& E triage each arrival so anybody who needs urgent attention gets it and those who can wait do so. While you are waiting someone may be gravely ill and need life saving treatment involving all the available staff.
I took my husband to A&E when he was in severe pain 100miles from home.
He was seen immediately and ended up being admitted.
On another occasion we were referred to A & E by the Minor Injuries unit when he had severed a ligament in his hand. On that occasion we waited over an hour while more urgent cases were dealt with. No problem.
If you want somewhere warm and quiet then go to bed at home. Neither A & E nor a hospital ward are quiet.0 -
Not everything is either an accident and emergency or can wait 4 weeks.
Sometimes, e.g. when you have a bad cold, you need to see the doctor NOW. Not after 4 weeks. You probably won't die from it. But you need to rule out other things or receive instant advice if something worries you.
Having hit your leg, you can easily rest in the lounge for 6 hours. Being with fever and severe headache, you can't.
I don't see why it is so hard for you to understand.
Obviously if you have elevated cholesterol, you don't demand to be seen immediately. You can wait for weeks. But if you have a symptom that bothers you, like dizziness, headache, difficulty to breath, chest pain, fever, etc you need to be seen NOW. And waiting for 6h in the lounge is a BIG deal, when all you need is to be somewhere quiet and warm and have relief of your symptom.
I know some people don't get bad colds, but that does not give them the right to say 'you only have a cold, you don't need A&E'. For others, colds can be severe and there may be something that worries them, like wheezing or nausea, and it is very difficult to tell people in such condition to wait in the lounge of A&E for hours!
NHS is rubbish!
How ridiculous are you needing to see a doctor with a cold bad or not!
It's people like you that jam up appointments for those that actually need them.0 -
When one of my kids needed an operation I asked the Consultant about having it done privately and he said wouldn't as if there were complications "out of hours" he wouldn't want his child relying on junior staff with no senior back up. Just what I was told.
I don't have private health insurance, I generally find the NHS is excellent but when we were faced with a scan for one of my kids we just paid for that. I think it was £250 and just meant we got the reassurance faster which was worth it to us. So for private healthcare when the NHS involved a wait we have spent £250 in my 65 year life time for me DH and 4 kids. A bargain really. So my advice is that if you are just frustrated about a wait for x ray results then get the xray done privately.0
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