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Forum: Moving back or to the UK

Dec 19th 2012, 5:22 pm

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The Real NHS

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Posted By mikelincs

Re: The Real NHS

I would make a WRITTEN complaint and send to the complaints officer, then the issue will be discussed and they HAVE to sort it out and write to you to let you know what is/has been done. The male...

Forum: Moving back or to the UK

Dec 6th 2012, 7:37 am

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The Real NHS

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Posted By mikelincs

Re: The Real NHS

Also it might just depend on what YOU want from your GP, we moved here 5 months ago, and until a couple of weeks ago my wife had only got her repeat prescriptions from the health centre, but after...

Forum: Moving back or to the UK

Dec 5th 2012, 8:33 am

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The Real NHS

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Posted By mikelincs

Re: The Real NHS

Depends what you mean, waiting for an operation is classed as the time between having a date set for the operation etc to the date of same. If it's in an A&E dept its the time from when you check in...

Forum: Moving back or to the UK

Nov 19th 2012, 2:58 pm

Replies: 725

The Real NHS

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Posted By mikelincs

Re: The Real NHS

There was an item on TV recently about doing hip and knee replacements using only a spinal block, the results seem impressive with patients up and about just a few hours after the surgery, those...

Forum: Moving back or to the UK

Nov 1st 2012, 11:00 pm

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The Real NHS

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Posted By mikelincs

Re: The Real NHS

I fully agree, there are many UK citizens who have never been to the UK, but got their citizenship by virtue of descent, so if they should come over to the UK because they are seriously ill, should...

Forum: Moving back or to the UK

Oct 20th 2012, 3:16 pm

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The Real NHS

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Posted By mikelincs

Re: The Real NHS

Only after a while, check the regulations here..
http://www.blood.co.uk/can-i-give-blood/who-cant-give-blood/

Forum: Moving back or to the UK

Oct 13th 2012, 8:03 am

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The Real NHS

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Posted By mikelincs

Re: The Real NHS

Not entirely true, it's free at the point of delivery IF YOU ARE A RESIDENT, nnothing to do with being a citizen, you MUST be a resident, not a visitor.

Forum: Moving back or to the UK

Oct 8th 2012, 5:53 pm

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The Real NHS

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Posted By mikelincs

Re: The Real NHS

I fully agree, having worked in a Pathology department for some 40 years before I retired, I've seen the number of tests per patient, and the number of patients being tested daily increase by,...

Forum: Moving back or to the UK

Oct 7th 2012, 11:28 am

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The Real NHS

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Posted By mikelincs

Re: The Real NHS

It's like all threads, after a while it all becomes bollocks

Forum: Moving back or to the UK

Oct 4th 2012, 9:35 am

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The Real NHS

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Posted By mikelincs

Re: The Real NHS

When I started work for the NHS the ward round was sacrosanct, and woe betide anyone who tried to or interrupted the consultant on his rounds, in fact consultants held so much power the nurses were...

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