trottytrue

Jasper123....Thats what keeps your Mum young. So how are you managing with the centigrade did you catch on quick.

cheers

Update on the consultant. He has been asked to go and get dirty in the garden while he is on leave.


http://www.independent.co.uk/life-st...n-2301353.html

dontheturner

Yes, easily, just plant a few weeks apart, as we have. Don

bandrui

http://britishexpats.com/forum/showp...postcount=6628

islandwoman120

I know this makes good news, but honestly - if anyone in the USA went into a surgical ward they would be made to obey hygiene rules. They would be made to wear gowns, and masks and paper shoes. I agree with the consultant.

I have noticed a difference in the medical hygiene requirements here - maybe the US is overkill, but here I sometimes wonder if it is not too much the opposite. My doctor's office is very laid back, whereas in the US it was not. I am not going into details here on BE, as it is too sensitive an issue, but if anyone is curious as to why I have said this, please PM me.

trottytrue

Islandwoman120....They are very strict in the US concerning hygiene I know when my husband had his operation we had to follow strict rules. I think in the UK it depends which part of the country you live. My brother who had a pacemaker installed a couple months ago had to have it redone because of an infection. The complaint my family had was that the follow up was not good. Another complain is not being able to understand the Doctors because they do not speak good English. I forgot where I say an article giving the best areas for healthcare in the UK. I shall see if I can find it. I read about the consultant and I think he was right all he saw was a bunch of people who could spread germs.

jasper123

Trotty I have no Idea what this centigrade is all about but I sound like I do right
Also the products have the weight on like 500g or 50g or millimeters or? I am just as confused as hell, in U.S. its all so easy pounds AND ounces,
inches and feet, gallons not liters, I think I will always have problems with that here

Beedubya

What does this mean????

jasper123

Yes trotty the thing about Doctors not speaking good enough English in ENGLAND is pretty sad really, I got lucky with my GP she is actually an English woman with a rather nice English accent
But my Mums Doc is really hard to understand, very bad English indeed,
I think something has been going on in U.K. in all the years most of us have been away,
I dont know what happened but all I can guess at is suddenly the young folk born in England that were lucky enough to go to college and University the interest fell off over the years for people who wanted to go to Medical school, hence the U.K needs so many Doctors and when there short they have to get them from overseas, it happens in U.S. to of course but I think to a much smaller level,
Also I have found that there are so many Doctors here that are soooo young --- some of them look like they just left high school, I watched a few episodes of this TV program over here recently called young Doctors I think thats what it was called, well there was one girl that was officially a Doctor of medicine 3 months before her 22nd birthday, Now can anyone please tell me how that can happen in U.K. I was always under the impression that medical school alone took 7 years and if they made it through that then there was a further 2 or three years in a hospital as an intern, and going on the earliest time one could get themselves accepted in medical shool I would think would be 19 they wouldent get out before there 26th birthday, seriously my Dermatoligist here looks like hes no more then 30 and hes a freaking specialist Doctor, (consultant here)

jasper123

Bandrui what the heck does this mean?

cheers

I have one doctor and she is from Columbia in Central America and then my GP is from India but I think they got their medical education in the US and they speak English very well.
I've been trying to meet a Dr Patel who studied in Liverpool and he works at the eye clinic (opthamologist)
There is a radiologist at the hospital at the bottom of the hill from me and he is from Anglesea. I haven't met him either. He has different circle of friends than me.
So now you know where some of the UK doctors go.

jasper123

and kilometers instead of miles,
And what really confuses the pants off of me is that in U.K the whole computer system nationwide for businesses and all the government departments are run on the 24 hour clock,
Like I just got an appointment letter from hospital to see the consultant who is doing my hernia surgery, its for 15.45--- I mean pleaseeeee just say 3.45pm and I will understand, yesterday I was waiting for a bus and the next one was 13.17 ---- yes I can work it out but OMG why cant everything be easy and simple like the U.S.

Mummy in the foothills

Thats been going on since I became a nurse in the UK back in the 80's I used to wait for the doctor to leave then give the patient the low down on what he'd said. They would have the deer in the headlights look about them. Most of the UK doctors no one could understand were Indian, and African.
Here in the last 18 years we've only had one American born English speaking doctor, all the rest have been from India, Pakistan, and the Philippines. All very good Doctors, I just have to translate for my Dh once we leave.

trottytrue

Jasper123...Maybe she's refering to the change in title. Otherwise havnt a clue.

islandwoman120

One of my sons is a Medical Doctor in Norfolk. He left HS at 17 and went straight into Medical School, sponsored by the British Army, so he had to give back time once he graduated. He is just 40, has retired from the Army as a colonel (all based on service time), and is now in NHS practice in Norfolk. He is a qualified Sports Medicine doctor, and also a qualified Acupuncturist. I know what you mean about young - I last saw him when he was 33, and was shocked at the qualifications he had earned at that age. Since then he has added a total of 3 tours of Iraq and 1 of Afghanistan, so has had lots of practice as a surgeon