Re: Random Thoughts! v2.0
Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2012 5:03 pmRiku Rose wrote: Works both ways if my Grandad lived in America he would be dead from his heart troubles.
The NHS is one of the best things this country has ever done and one of the reasons that so many people move here.
Sorry, but I'm going to have to call bullshit on that. We had to fight for my great uncle to even stay at hospital, they threw him out that quick, even though he was clearly on his deathbed. And having worked for the NHS myself in various office roles for many years, I can definitely confirm that the way the place is run now is pretty terrible. It's being run like a business and the workers are getting extremely miffed off with the way things are. There's so much paper filling exercises, so many managers and departments being centralised and erased for cost cutting that it's crazy.
mue 26 wrote:Spokane wrote: We don't have to wait several months on a list to have surgery or see a specialist. (unless you need a transplant they don't have for you yet)
Canada has the same healthcare you guys do, and they come here for surgery a lot. A lot of Americans go to Canada for prescriptions but they come here for surgery.
This is partly bullshit though. The NHS is often actually very fast. If you have cancer (as my father did), you will get a consultation with a specialist within 2 weeks, and a surgery very soon after if it's needed (again, as my father did). Don't believe all the anti propaganda.
That's great that your dad did. My dad had a stroke earlier in the year and was waiting three months until he had a scan of any kind. He had the scan then was called back again, since the results weren't clear, but since he found it so claustrophobic they left him alone for a further three months before giving him another kind of scan, he's still waiting on his results, six months later. The guy could have another stroke and could have anything wrong with him. Still up in the air.
Just letting you guys know it's not all it's cracked up to be, especially for me, having seen it from both sides, rather harshly, I might add. Some of the workers in the NHS are absolutely frightening to work for.