NZ Med
#1
NZ Med
Impressed.
Got a GP appointment the day after after I phoned - cost $28
A prescription as a result cost $15
Appointment to take off a skin cancer 5 days later $200 (UK it cost me £800).
It may not be totally free but it works!
Got a GP appointment the day after after I phoned - cost $28
A prescription as a result cost $15
Appointment to take off a skin cancer 5 days later $200 (UK it cost me £800).
It may not be totally free but it works!
#2
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Joined: Oct 2011
Location: Wellington - I miss Castles, the NHS & English school system
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Re: NZ Med
wish out appt was that cheap. $48 round our way for GP's appt and thats with funding.
Hope you are feeling well now
Hope you are feeling well now
#3
Re: NZ Med
Thanks.
I was surprised, perhaps they do tatty pensioner rates :-) if I hadn't been registered with the Practice it would have been $80 though
I was surprised, perhaps they do tatty pensioner rates :-) if I hadn't been registered with the Practice it would have been $80 though
#4
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Location: Wellington - I miss Castles, the NHS & English school system
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Re: NZ Med
yes if we were not funded we would be paying $80+. Its also helpful to find out when surgeries apply for the funding as we got caught out when we first came over and missed the first one of the year by 2 weeks so we had to wait another couple of months before we could be funded.
#6
Re: NZ Med
No - Bristol Spire charged me £800 to remove a skin cancer (same day) - the NHS waiting list was 4 - 5 months and involved a referral to a consultant, then a subsequent outpatient op. Life is too short (and with that kind of lead time getting shorter).
#8
Re: NZ Med
The difference being that in NZ skin cancer is a big, huge time problem. In the UK it is not so much so.
Yup . Catching the NZ funding is important. Is the same for all manner of stuff.
I am intersted in NZ as that is where I live.
If you cannot pay for the skin cancer minor sqwelch at your local surgery, what is the wait time
Yup . Catching the NZ funding is important. Is the same for all manner of stuff.
I am intersted in NZ as that is where I live.
If you cannot pay for the skin cancer minor sqwelch at your local surgery, what is the wait time
#9
Re: NZ Med
The difference being that in NZ skin cancer is a big, huge time problem. In the UK it is not so much so.
Yup . Catching the NZ funding is important. Is the same for all manner of stuff.
If you cannot pay for the skin cancer minor sqwelch at your local surgery, what is the wait time
Yup . Catching the NZ funding is important. Is the same for all manner of stuff.
If you cannot pay for the skin cancer minor sqwelch at your local surgery, what is the wait time
Given the posts on NZ med, I think advising prospective immigrants on costs is worthwhile - especially the 'user pay' to most NZ services, unlike UK where it is 'free' but of limited efficiency
Ps NHS 24 hr Hospital strike today
#10
Re: NZ Med
We pay $56 per appt, $21 per repeat script
And if i need anything further, their first question is if i have private cover, otherwise they're not sure they can refer on the public system. Had lots if exoerience of the latter and being declined to be seen, despite me having ms and my daughter has lupus. So not all great experiences.
#11
Re: NZ Med
I don't think much longer wait but the funding is limited to low income I think.
Given the posts on NZ med, I think advising prospective immigrants on costs is worthwhile - especially the 'user pay' to most NZ services, unlike UK where it is 'free' but of limited efficiency
Ps NHS 24 hr Hospital strike today
Given the posts on NZ med, I think advising prospective immigrants on costs is worthwhile - especially the 'user pay' to most NZ services, unlike UK where it is 'free' but of limited efficiency
Ps NHS 24 hr Hospital strike today
#12
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Joined: Dec 2003
Location: Upmarket
Posts: 17,503
Re: NZ Med
I don't think much longer wait but the funding is limited to low income I think.
Given the posts on NZ med, I think advising prospective immigrants on costs is worthwhile - especially the 'user pay' to most NZ services, unlike UK where it is 'free' but of limited efficiency
Ps NHS 24 hr Hospital strike today
Given the posts on NZ med, I think advising prospective immigrants on costs is worthwhile - especially the 'user pay' to most NZ services, unlike UK where it is 'free' but of limited efficiency
Ps NHS 24 hr Hospital strike today
...and the strike is not 24 hour....it is for 9 hours and the same tomorrow.
I understand that junior doctors also went on strike in NZ in 1992 and 2006 so I am not sure what point you are trying to make
Last edited by Grayling; Apr 26th 2016 at 8:44 am.
#14
Re: NZ Med
I am with you. I suspect he is trying to say Nz system is better, but from personal and professional experience it is far from this.