What Will You Miss The Most
Jun 13th 2005, 8:48 pm
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Re: What Will You Miss The Most
Originally Posted by shepslady
Not sure how long you have been away from NZ now Kaz but the only thing that will help ease the pain of your sons diabetic expense is the fact he will be whats known as a High User & his prescriptions will only be $3 per item & going directly to the Diabetes Association for his needles etc will be a lot cheaper. Im diabetic too & didnt find it expensive at all. In fact it helped me with other medications as well because I got everything at $3 per item & for me that was for 3 months supply as repeats on prescriptions are free so you only pay for the first month. There is also no charge at most hospitals (public ones at least) so I wouldnt be overly concerned about it too much.
). Today on the radio they were reporting about drunken doctors on the NHS. we shall all miss those paralytic doctors won't we eh? 
Jun 14th 2005, 2:29 am
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Re: What Will You Miss The Most
Originally Posted by 80s Chick
I feel humbled by all this after all my shallow posts. I have been referred to an orthopaedic specialist for a problem with my knees and I do remember saying to Ali that I'd miss the NHS not just for my own treatment but for the good of the nation, I love the concept of free health care at source regardless of income (yes, even for the drunks on Saturday night ). Today on the radio they were reporting about drunken doctors on the NHS. we shall all miss those paralytic doctors won't we eh?
). Today on the radio they were reporting about drunken doctors on the NHS. we shall all miss those paralytic doctors won't we eh? emergency departments at the hospitals will also treat you free of charge & yes even those wonderfully annoying saturday night drunks
Of course if its during normal business hours they do prefer you to go to a local Doctor or 24 hour emergency centre where there will be a charge of course. Most local Doctors will only charge a small nominal fee for the initial visit if the deem it to be accident related. Being a housewife & you injure yourself around the home means you are covered too which I think is wonderful. Dont know how many times I had to rush a girlfriend up to the emergency room for treatment when they had slipped with a knife while cutting veges or meat & needed stitches etc. Ive also known visitors from the UK to be covered by ACC when they have met with some unfortunate accident so I wouldnt be too concerned really........hope this helps ease some of your concerns
Jun 15th 2005, 12:18 pm
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Re: What Will You Miss The Most
The only thing that I miss living here in NZ is a decent Indian curry and a nice kebab, I'm sure they exist somewhere here but I haven't found them yet. Apart from that can't think of anything else, I thought I might miss the football but you get more premiership coverage here on Sky Sports than you do in the UK, mainly because they show the Saturday 3.00pm games as well - which they're not allowed to show in the UK.
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Jun 15th 2005, 4:41 pm
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Re: What Will You Miss The Most
Originally Posted by shepslady
Phyl Im not familiar with the working of NHS & I have read where some Brits dont like the NZ system but it really isnt all that bad. We have a system called Accident Compensation Corp. (ACC for short) where if you are injured by accident, this covers motor accidents,sporting accidents, accidents around the home etc your treatment will usually be covered. If you are injured at work & require time off due to your injury medical costs will be covered & if you are off work more than a week with a doctors certificate ACC will pay you 80% of your wage until you are deemed fit to return to work by a Doctor. not a bad scheme really & it seems to work well if it isnt abused of course.
emergency departments at the hospitals will also treat you free of charge & yes even those wonderfully annoying saturday night drunks Of course if its during normal business hours they do prefer you to go to a local Doctor or 24 hour emergency centre where there will be a charge of course. Most local Doctors will only charge a small nominal fee for the initial visit if the deem it to be accident related. Being a housewife & you injure yourself around the home means you are covered too which I think is wonderful. Dont know how many times I had to rush a girlfriend up to the emergency room for treatment when they had slipped with a knife while cutting veges or meat & needed stitches etc. Ive also known visitors from the UK to be covered by ACC when they have met with some unfortunate accident so I wouldnt be too concerned really........hope this helps ease some of your concerns
emergency departments at the hospitals will also treat you free of charge & yes even those wonderfully annoying saturday night drunks
Of course if its during normal business hours they do prefer you to go to a local Doctor or 24 hour emergency centre where there will be a charge of course. Most local Doctors will only charge a small nominal fee for the initial visit if the deem it to be accident related. Being a housewife & you injure yourself around the home means you are covered too which I think is wonderful. Dont know how many times I had to rush a girlfriend up to the emergency room for treatment when they had slipped with a knife while cutting veges or meat & needed stitches etc. Ive also known visitors from the UK to be covered by ACC when they have met with some unfortunate accident so I wouldnt be too concerned really........hope this helps ease some of your concerns 
Jun 15th 2005, 6:09 pm
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Re: What Will You Miss The Most
Hubby got bitten by a white tip spider and ended up in hospital for a week and off work for a month. ACC were bloody wonderful. The girl was excellant in dealing with his case and so was his GP who sorted out his paperwork. We were entitled to 80% of his wages and only had 2 yr works visas no residency.
Jun 15th 2005, 6:35 pm
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Re: What Will You Miss The Most
Originally Posted by pompeymike
The only thing that I miss living here in NZ is a decent Indian curry and a nice kebab, I'm sure they exist somewhere here but I haven't found them yet. Apart from that can't think of anything else, I thought I might miss the football but you get more premiership coverage here on Sky Sports than you do in the UK, mainly because they show the Saturday 3.00pm games as well - which they're not allowed to show in the UK.
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Jun 15th 2005, 7:09 pm
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Re: What Will You Miss The Most
Originally Posted by Franklin
I had the exact same problem, then a beautiful woman on this site (BE forum) treated me to the most fantastic slap up Indian meal I have had in my entire life ... at the The Bombay Club. Apparently it was a favorite of President Clinton ... just a block or so away from the White House in DC.
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Jun 16th 2005, 12:48 am
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Re: What Will You Miss The Most
Originally Posted by pompeymike
The only thing that I miss living here in NZ is a decent Indian curry and a nice kebab, I'm sure they exist somewhere here but I haven't found them yet. Apart from that can't think of anything else, I thought I might miss the football but you get more premiership coverage here on Sky Sports than you do in the UK, mainly because they show the Saturday 3.00pm games as well - which they're not allowed to show in the UK.
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Can recomend the Little House of India in Merivale for decent curry meals but tend to think that the curries offered there may be a little different to those that your used to the UK.
Jun 16th 2005, 11:32 am
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Re: What Will You Miss The Most
Originally Posted by shepslady
Hi Mike
Can recomend the Little House of India in Merivale for decent curry meals but tend to think that the curries offered there may be a little different to those that your used to the UK.
Can recomend the Little House of India in Merivale for decent curry meals but tend to think that the curries offered there may be a little different to those that your used to the UK.
Mike
Jun 16th 2005, 2:06 pm
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Re: What Will You Miss The Most
Originally Posted by 80s Chick
Thanks for that Cindy. It seems like a reasonable system I think I'll get used to it. The NHS tends to make me go all misty eyed and brings out the socialist in me (and my mum was an NHS nurse for 30 years). I know it's not perfect but it is free for those most in need and I think that's really important. Not the case where you live now though eh?
im leaving the uk to work in an emergency dept in the south of north island, interesting reading your posts, as i still havnt worked out how the NZ health system works,
i just hope the attitudes of kiwis is better than some of the people attending AE here in the UK. We get some really arsey people in every day, alot seem to think its ok to speak to nurses as if they are servants, people forget the pleases and thanksyous.
the best are the ones who come to ae and make it into a family outing, when 6 people arrive and demand to be with theirrelative with a dodgy stomach from eating an off take away. when asked politely that only two people per bed side cos they are blocking up the corridor and the lady next door has just arrested and we cant get into the resus room they start having delusions of grandure and saying you can ask them to leave, and start getting comments from em and they sulk out like some child told of for stealing a cookie.
Then there is the young father with his 3 yr old using the ambulance bay ramp as a slide to run his tot down on his push chair at 10pm in the pitch black while we are waiting for a trauma to be rushed in. Again when a nurse went out to ask them not to and inform them off the impending ambulance the father tells her 'yeah yeah whatever' and carries on. mmmm wonder if they got a trauma bed open for the tot who would probably end up under the ambulance wheels
Oooer sorry to be so negative, these are some of the reasons i wanna get out of the UK, the grass is greener i know, i just hope people are more pleasant, and sensible in New Zealand.
Also no more chavs
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Jun 17th 2005, 2:52 am
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Re: What Will You Miss The Most
Originally Posted by pompeymike
What an amazing coincidence, me and the wife took my son to St Georges Hospital in Merrivale today and while the missus was in there with him I took a walk around the block and walked past the "Little House of India", couldn't wait to tell her that I'd found an Indian Curry house in Christchurch....then you mentioned it......spooky :scared:
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Guess it just means that you are meant to go have a curry at The Little House of India huh? I love the place & hope you will let me know what you thought of it after you & the missus have had a meal there
Jun 17th 2005, 4:42 am
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Re: What Will You Miss The Most
Originally Posted by davepoole
im leaving the uk to work in an emergency dept in the south of north island, interesting reading your posts, as i still havnt worked out how the NZ health system works,
i just hope the attitudes of kiwis is better than some of the people attending AE here in the UK. We get some really arsey people in every day, alot seem to think its ok to speak to nurses as if they are servants, people forget the pleases and thanksyous.
the best are the ones who come to ae and make it into a family outing, when 6 people arrive and demand to be with theirrelative with a dodgy stomach from eating an off take away. when asked politely that only two people per bed side cos they are blocking up the corridor and the lady next door has just arrested and we cant get into the resus room they start having delusions of grandure and saying you can ask them to leave, and start getting comments from em and they sulk out like some child told of for stealing a cookie.
Then there is the young father with his 3 yr old using the ambulance bay ramp as a slide to run his tot down on his push chair at 10pm in the pitch black while we are waiting for a trauma to be rushed in. Again when a nurse went out to ask them not to and inform them off the impending ambulance the father tells her 'yeah yeah whatever' and carries on. mmmm wonder if they got a trauma bed open for the tot who would probably end up under the ambulance wheels
Oooer sorry to be so negative, these are some of the reasons i wanna get out of the UK, the grass is greener i know, i just hope people are more pleasant, and sensible in New Zealand.
Also no more chavs
i just hope the attitudes of kiwis is better than some of the people attending AE here in the UK. We get some really arsey people in every day, alot seem to think its ok to speak to nurses as if they are servants, people forget the pleases and thanksyous.
the best are the ones who come to ae and make it into a family outing, when 6 people arrive and demand to be with theirrelative with a dodgy stomach from eating an off take away. when asked politely that only two people per bed side cos they are blocking up the corridor and the lady next door has just arrested and we cant get into the resus room they start having delusions of grandure and saying you can ask them to leave, and start getting comments from em and they sulk out like some child told of for stealing a cookie.
Then there is the young father with his 3 yr old using the ambulance bay ramp as a slide to run his tot down on his push chair at 10pm in the pitch black while we are waiting for a trauma to be rushed in. Again when a nurse went out to ask them not to and inform them off the impending ambulance the father tells her 'yeah yeah whatever' and carries on. mmmm wonder if they got a trauma bed open for the tot who would probably end up under the ambulance wheels
Oooer sorry to be so negative, these are some of the reasons i wanna get out of the UK, the grass is greener i know, i just hope people are more pleasant, and sensible in New Zealand.
Also no more chavs
I am not saying that their way is wrong either - but is different and I still feel they have some catching up to do. Again, I am not intentionally offending here just sharing my perceptions. Others will disagree - some will agree. Tayberry (where has she gone by the way) will agree I think. Be prepared for them to think you are not as good as them - and you to get frustrated as hell. BUT, the good news is its still a nice health system to work in, if a little frustrating at times. One of my best friends here is an ED nurse, and her skills are great - but she has fought a battle to get things changed at times. She also working in the UK for 6 years, and says herself that there is much to do yet. However I think its changing rapidly and the Nursing council seemto be moving towards similar styles and policies as the UK at the moment. Keeping a Portfolio has just been introduced for registration for example. (Which horrified some), but, pleased others.
You'll still get heaps of people all coming together - Maori families strongly believe in the strength of the whanau, and especially at times such as illness, and so come together and support one another. There is also a fair bit for British Nurses to learn around Maori Health and Custom when nursing here in NZ.
I myself and leaving nursing, have decided to do something completely different - only because its time for me, and a conscious decision to 'put myself out on a limb' NOT because of nursing here. I guess I will return at times but feel like changing my direction.
I am sure you will love it here, in fact I am positive you will, but I guess I am just trying to say the grass is not greener in that direction necessarily - but your lifestyle and surroundings will be. Be prepared for some frustration and some grea rewards at work. I have also found that kiwi's are really open to suggestion and ideas from overseas workers in the Health Sytem and I think ALL kiwis are friendly and fun to be with - which also a big plus when you are at work! Good luck.
(Crikey - hope that doesn't all sound too negative - its not meant to be)
Jun 18th 2005, 10:07 pm
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Re: What Will You Miss The Most
Originally Posted by sunshine_and_rain
Uh Oh - Wellll,,,, just the same here I'm afraid! I don't want to be negative and offend people on this site but the nursing 'culture' is not as up to date (for want of a better phrase) as it is in the UK. I have found nursing here to be more of a 'workforce mentality' than 'professional mentality'. Now, I am not say ALL nurses - far from it - some of my best mates here are kiwi nurses and we think alike - hence the reasons we are such good mates. Its just that I have found British nurses think differently and approach their nursing care differently.
I am not saying that their way is wrong either - but is different and I still feel they have some catching up to do. Again, I am not intentionally offending here just sharing my perceptions. Others will disagree - some will agree. Tayberry (where has she gone by the way) will agree I think. Be prepared for them to think you are not as good as them - and you to get frustrated as hell. BUT, the good news is its still a nice health system to work in, if a little frustrating at times. One of my best friends here is an ED nurse, and her skills are great - but she has fought a battle to get things changed at times. She also working in the UK for 6 years, and says herself that there is much to do yet. However I think its changing rapidly and the Nursing council seemto be moving towards similar styles and policies as the UK at the moment. Keeping a Portfolio has just been introduced for registration for example. (Which horrified some), but, pleased others.
You'll still get heaps of people all coming together - Maori families strongly believe in the strength of the whanau, and especially at times such as illness, and so come together and support one another. There is also a fair bit for British Nurses to learn around Maori Health and Custom when nursing here in NZ.
I myself and leaving nursing, have decided to do something completely different - only because its time for me, and a conscious decision to 'put myself out on a limb' NOT because of nursing here. I guess I will return at times but feel like changing my direction.
I am sure you will love it here, in fact I am positive you will, but I guess I am just trying to say the grass is not greener in that direction necessarily - but your lifestyle and surroundings will be. Be prepared for some frustration and some grea rewards at work. I have also found that kiwi's are really open to suggestion and ideas from overseas workers in the Health Sytem and I think ALL kiwis are friendly and fun to be with - which also a big plus when you are at work! Good luck.
(Crikey - hope that doesn't all sound too negative - its not meant to be)
I am not saying that their way is wrong either - but is different and I still feel they have some catching up to do. Again, I am not intentionally offending here just sharing my perceptions. Others will disagree - some will agree. Tayberry (where has she gone by the way) will agree I think. Be prepared for them to think you are not as good as them - and you to get frustrated as hell. BUT, the good news is its still a nice health system to work in, if a little frustrating at times. One of my best friends here is an ED nurse, and her skills are great - but she has fought a battle to get things changed at times. She also working in the UK for 6 years, and says herself that there is much to do yet. However I think its changing rapidly and the Nursing council seemto be moving towards similar styles and policies as the UK at the moment. Keeping a Portfolio has just been introduced for registration for example. (Which horrified some), but, pleased others.
You'll still get heaps of people all coming together - Maori families strongly believe in the strength of the whanau, and especially at times such as illness, and so come together and support one another. There is also a fair bit for British Nurses to learn around Maori Health and Custom when nursing here in NZ.
I myself and leaving nursing, have decided to do something completely different - only because its time for me, and a conscious decision to 'put myself out on a limb' NOT because of nursing here. I guess I will return at times but feel like changing my direction.
I am sure you will love it here, in fact I am positive you will, but I guess I am just trying to say the grass is not greener in that direction necessarily - but your lifestyle and surroundings will be. Be prepared for some frustration and some grea rewards at work. I have also found that kiwi's are really open to suggestion and ideas from overseas workers in the Health Sytem and I think ALL kiwis are friendly and fun to be with - which also a big plus when you are at work! Good luck.
(Crikey - hope that doesn't all sound too negative - its not meant to be)
yeah im expecting some frustration at work, but i like to work to live, work for me luckily is not the be all and end all. went out today to take some pics of the harbour where i live, and had my reasons for leaving reinforced some,
what i will miss from the uk is
family, friends, my dogs
history in the buildings and places,
some english humour
country pubs on warm summer evenings after spending all day at the beach
fish and chips sitting by the river in wareham
my work colleuges some are the best ive ever known
im sure there is loads more but cant think at the moment, but im sure i will replace some of them with new experiences in new zealand
Jun 19th 2005, 11:13 am
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Re: What Will You Miss The Most
Originally Posted by shepslady
As someone who isnt living in my homeland I am curious to know what some of you think you will miss the most about your homeland when you have made the move overseas. Of course you will miss family & friends but leaving that aside what do you think will be the biggest thing you will miss? I personally have loads of things I miss but if I had to choose I think my number one thing would be the water. I didnt know how spoilt we were in Christchurch with such good drinking water.
The water here taste like swimming pool water & even bottled water isnt much better.
Hope you can come up with some interesting things.
The water here taste like swimming pool water & even bottled water isnt much better.
Hope you can come up with some interesting things.
And not least of all, the tons of concerts each year. I'm a concert junkie, I know I won't be getting to concerts regularly in NZ, so I'm off to combine the two of my 'most missed' in two weeks - seeing Oasis at the City of Manchester Stadium (must remember to get a picture of the Chocolate Starfish whilst I'm there ....)
Jun 19th 2005, 3:06 pm
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Re: What Will You Miss The Most
Originally Posted by bookemjano
After the obvious things like friends and family, and of course my beautiful wonderful dog who isn't up to the flight (one of the hardest decisions ever), I will miss Manchester. I'm very proud to be a Mancunian, as are the majority of the Mancs, and I love the city. I don't like the dirt, and the scallies, and the crime rate obviously, but I love the humour, the music, the sculptures (yes, even the B of the Bang, which is now affectionally labelled The Chocolate Starfish of Manchester), the fountain in Piccadilly (and the mobile police video unit that takes root there to capture the pervs on film), the great mix of low market and high market shopping, the local transport (yes, honest - we have it very good here for local transport), and the comedy clubs.
And not least of all, the tons of concerts each year. I'm a concert junkie, I know I won't be getting to concerts regularly in NZ, so I'm off to combine the two of my 'most missed' in two weeks - seeing Oasis at the City of Manchester Stadium (must remember to get a picture of the Chocolate Starfish whilst I'm there ....)
And not least of all, the tons of concerts each year. I'm a concert junkie, I know I won't be getting to concerts regularly in NZ, so I'm off to combine the two of my 'most missed' in two weeks - seeing Oasis at the City of Manchester Stadium (must remember to get a picture of the Chocolate Starfish whilst I'm there ....)