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Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Jan 3rd 2013, 2:11 pm
Replies: 725
Views: 51,375
Posted By dunroving

Re: The Real NHS

The US doesn't have bad health care (when you can get/afford it, it is generally excellent), it has bad health care provision (too many people can't get/afford it) - I don't see this changing in our...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Dec 27th 2012, 11:37 am
Replies: 725
Views: 51,375
Posted By dunroving

Re: The Real NHS

No, I meant "postcode lottery" - it refers to the fact that NHS provision is better in some parts of the UK than others. By "Winning the postcode lottery" I meant living in one of the better NHS...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Dec 27th 2012, 11:13 am
Replies: 725
Views: 51,375
Posted By dunroving

Re: The Real NHS

So it's a private argument being carried out on a public forum? I guess I'm surprised at how much of mbttuk is a spillover of fights going on in NZ and oz - you don't see the same for US Europe etc....
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Dec 27th 2012, 11:05 am
Replies: 725
Views: 51,375
Posted By dunroving

Re: The Real NHS

I do think the welfare state engenders a sort of learned helplessness or abrogation of personal responsibility at times. We forget we need to take care of our neighbors friends and family.
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Dec 27th 2012, 11:02 am
Replies: 725
Views: 51,375
Posted By dunroving

Re: The Real NHS

But this thread isn't about NZ, and no-one is saying NZ is perfect so what's your point? This part of the forum is about the UK so why keep trying to make points about Australia and NZ?
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Dec 27th 2012, 2:32 am
Replies: 725
Views: 51,375
Posted By dunroving

Re: The Real NHS

I think you and I are just "being negative." It must be nice to win the postcode lottery.
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Dec 19th 2012, 6:06 pm
Replies: 725
Views: 51,375
Posted By dunroving

Re: The Real NHS

Wow, that sounds bad - glad the emergency arm of the NHS responded promptly.

I think the NHS is just very disjointed. My recent experience is that certain aspects are very good (my GP is great,...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Dec 19th 2012, 6:02 pm
Replies: 725
Views: 51,375
Posted By dunroving

Re: The Real NHS

During my recent hospital stay, we didn't see the night shift nurses until they had been on shift for about 3 hours. They turned the radio on loud and sat around the table in the main nurse area. I...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Dec 18th 2012, 3:54 pm
Replies: 725
Views: 51,375
Posted By dunroving

Re: The Real NHS

You might get an answer here, but this forum is mainly used by people planning to return to the UK.

Because your situation is related more to receiving US benefits, I'd recommend starting a thread...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Dec 14th 2012, 12:56 pm
Replies: 725
Views: 51,375
Posted By dunroving

Re: The Real NHS

Not really appropriate for this forum (TMI). Suffice to say it was a lot more than a lack of bedside manner. I talked with my GP about it this morning and she was shocked. I'm concerned he is...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Dec 12th 2012, 12:42 pm
Replies: 725
Views: 51,375
Posted By dunroving

Re: The Real NHS

For "out of hours" problems you have NHS 24. I recently experienced this (had a very pressing and unpleasant health problem) and have to say based on my experience it was very unsatisfactory. From my...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Dec 7th 2012, 3:20 pm
Replies: 725
Views: 51,375
Posted By dunroving

Re: The Real NHS

"What are we protecting you from - a wrong cheeseburger?" :rofl:

Priceless - what a numpty.
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Dec 7th 2012, 8:48 am
Replies: 725
Views: 51,375
Posted By dunroving

Re: The Real NHS

I don't think they finish up there so much as start off there. They couldn't be bothered making an appointment at the GP and see A&E a bit like a one stop shop (almost like a fast food mentality)....
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Dec 6th 2012, 6:13 pm
Replies: 725
Views: 51,375
Posted By dunroving

Re: The Real NHS

Just watched a segment of the One Show about the number of people who walk into A&E for routine treatment like sore throats, coughs and colds, aching back, etc. Apparently the cost of treating people...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Dec 6th 2012, 10:29 am
Replies: 725
Views: 51,375
Posted By dunroving

Re: The Real NHS

The Postcode Lottery is a colloquialism used to describe the fact that the level of treatment you get varies depending on where you live. This can be something as (relatively) harmless as how long...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Dec 5th 2012, 1:31 pm
Replies: 725
Views: 51,375
Posted By dunroving

Re: The Real NHS

From my recent experience, I think it starts when the specialist (consultant, whatever they are called) decides you need treatment X (e.g., an operation).

For my recent surgery, the surgeon's...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Nov 26th 2012, 2:54 pm
Replies: 725
Views: 51,375
Posted By dunroving

Re: The Real NHS

Just watching "Real Rescues" on telly (I'm a sucker for fly on the wall programmes that follow emergency services, as I think they do a great job).

The last case was a teenage girl who had been...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Nov 19th 2012, 6:18 pm
Replies: 725
Views: 51,375
Posted By dunroving

Re: The Real NHS

My grandmother used to describe them as "sparrow's kneecaps". It psychologically scarred me for life. :rofl:
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Nov 19th 2012, 6:11 pm
Replies: 725
Views: 51,375
Posted By dunroving

Re: The Real NHS

I have a 6-week sick note and plan to use every day of it (it actually runs to December 27th, I think).

I have downloaded several books to my Kindle. The day of my surgery, I read almost all of a...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Nov 19th 2012, 4:12 pm
Replies: 725
Views: 51,375
Posted By dunroving

Re: The Real NHS

Just a quick update. Yes, I am managing to carry my cuppa from the kitchen to the living room without any spillage, so I think that covers the minimum UK criterion for "getting about"!

I'm working...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Nov 18th 2012, 3:39 pm
Replies: 725
Views: 51,375
Posted By dunroving

Re: The Real NHS

OK, live update on "the real NHS". This will probably be a long one, so I'll try to use paragraphs. :D

I just spent a short stay at the taxpayer's expense in one of Glasgow's hospitals getting an...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Nov 3rd 2012, 2:05 pm
Replies: 725
Views: 51,375
Posted By dunroving

Re: The Real NHS

Thanks - I've been doing all the terminal knee extensions and that sort of stuff, to keep my leg strength up.

I'll see if I can find my hospital on the list (or maybe Which is a subscription only...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Nov 2nd 2012, 1:17 pm
Replies: 725
Views: 51,375
Posted By dunroving

Re: The Real NHS

Grand, thanks so much for the advice. It's on Nov 15th and things have been so full-on at work this semester that I'm only now trying to get an idea of what to expect. I've rehabbed from 5 (or maybe...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Nov 2nd 2012, 12:40 pm
Replies: 725
Views: 51,375
Posted By dunroving

Re: The Real NHS

Ah, yes - bingo!! Any tips or advice??? You can PM if you think it's more approriate (I don't mind either way).
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Nov 2nd 2012, 11:47 am
Replies: 725
Views: 51,375
Posted By dunroving

Re: The Real NHS

Slightly off-the-wall question but on the topic of the "real NHS", does anyone have recent experience of in-patient surgery in the NHS system (either themselves or someone they know) that they...
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