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#121
Re: NHS
I really don't think you can extrapolate from experiences within an A&E department in what sounds like an inner city London hospital to the wider NHS.
90% of patients being foreign born would not be my sister's experience of the inpatient (not A&E) ward in a hospital in the south of England where she works. Indeed, not any of the departments in her hospital...
90% of patients being foreign born would not be my sister's experience of the inpatient (not A&E) ward in a hospital in the south of England where she works. Indeed, not any of the departments in her hospital...
#124
Re: NHS
500 million comes from your assertion that 90% of those using NHS services are foreign-born.
#128
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Re: NHS
I recently had a patient with a broken neck and unstable spinal cord wait TEN DAYS for urgent surgery because London cannot afford to keep its neurosurgery units open. She spent TEN DAYS in A&E while we called specialist units all around the country, because there was nowhere to send her.
That was a longer wait that most, but often we experience delays of several days when requesting urgent specialist care.
Also, we are transferring specialist patients further and further afield, as these units close.
I also know of a major London hospital that has transferred all its outpatient care overseas to a telephone appointment system. A former neighbor of mine who has prostate cancer no longer get appointments to see a local urologist, he has to call a call center every two months for a progress report.
Like I said, its slowly imploding.
Last edited by Middlemore; Feb 12th 2013 at 5:28 pm.
#129
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Re: NHS
I had very goof treatment in Sri Lanka, I had to pay.
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Re: NHS
I really don't think you can extrapolate from experiences within an A&E department in what sounds like an inner city London hospital to the wider NHS.
90% of patients being foreign born would not be my sister's experience of the inpatient (not A&E) ward in a hospital in the south of England where she works. Indeed, not any of the departments in her hospital...
90% of patients being foreign born would not be my sister's experience of the inpatient (not A&E) ward in a hospital in the south of England where she works. Indeed, not any of the departments in her hospital...
#135
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Not sure how anybody receiving treatment anywhere can not.