Nhs Prescription charges..

[Consumer dude]

How many people does it need to claim an independent state..

[honeybee13]

I'm not sure it's that simple, consumer dude. The Scots haven't managed it yet, but I would imagine you could google the rules.

[Cinammon]

I have a close friend in America who is currently trying to find medical help for his daughter who is sick. He can't afford insurance as his company stopped paying for it. He supports his wife and her family and is depressed as he is having to work every hour god sends to earn money for her medical treatment. He isn't very clued up on other countries and was shocked that we get free healthcare and the small amount we pay for prescriptions. It's made me realise that no matter how flawed the system here may be we are a damn site better off than some people so I for one won't be moaning.

[renegadeimp]

I'm not sure it's that simple, consumer dude. The Scots haven't managed it yet, but I would imagine you could google the rules.

 

And the scots have been trying for a VERY long time.

[renegadeimp]

I have a close friend in America who is currently trying to find medical help for his daughter who is sick. He can't afford insurance as his company stopped paying for it. He supports his wife and her family and is depressed as he is having to work every hour god sends to earn money for her medical treatment. He isn't very clued up on other countries and was shocked that we get free healthcare and the small amount we pay for prescriptions. It's made me realise that no matter how flawed the system here may be we are a damn site better off than some people so I for one won't be moaning.

 

Tell him to do what every bugger else does. Come on a "holiday over here, and a few days later go to A&E. As long as you have somewhere to stay, you get full treatment plus full aftercare. Even without health insurance

[Consumer dude]

Nhs is magnet for migrants..

[renegadeimp]

Thats because there are no failsafe measures Consumer Dude. Successive governments wont put them on, so they can blame previous governments for the handling of the issue. Plus with the Conservatives, they wont be happy until they see every piece of it sold off to their best friends companies.

[Consumer dude]

Thats because there are no failsafe measures Consumer Dude. Successive governments wont put them on, so they can blame previous governments for the handling of the issue. Plus with the Conservatives, they wont be happy until they see every piece of it sold off to their best friends companies.

 

It makes you weep don't it. No one seems to have the will to stop this nonsense. If anyone dares question it all, the race card often gets played..

[renegadeimp]

The only political parties that could sort it out, are the ones whose all other policies would destroy this country.

[Consumer dude]

The only political parties that could sort it out, are the ones whose all other policies would destroy this country.

 

So we are doomed..

[citizenB]

So we are doomed..

 

Pretty much

[citizenB]

If many people stopped misusing the NHS then it would probably have more funds.

[Consumer dude]

Pretty much

 

lol..

[Consumer dude]

If many people stopped misusing the NHS then it would probably have more funds.

 

I agree. Health tourism is a big issue I believe.

[citizenB]

I agree. Health tourism is a big issue I believe.

 

It isnt simply health tourism that is causing the shortfall in budget CD.

[Consumer dude]

It isnt simply health tourism that is causing the shortfall in budget CD.

 

Ok, I'm happy to be educated.

[citizenB]

Ok, I'm happy to be educated.

 

 

 

People making appointments for surgeries and hospital clinics and not turning up.

 

Going to your GP for medicines for things like headaches, hayfever, indigestion, colds, coughs, flu, constipation and diarrhoea costs the NHS millions each year. Obviously if symptons persist - then you go to your GP. But a high percentage of people simply sneeze and are on the phone to the surgery.

 

Pharmacies can deal with the common cold and often the medicines from them are cheaper than a prescription.

 

1 in 20 medicines prescribed in just one county (Hertfordshire) are unused - this is £7 million wasted and you wonder why NHS prescription charges increase !! You dont pay the full cost of prescription medicines, you contribute to them.

 

A&E is for life threatening emergencies - Use NHS 111 for anything less.

 

Minor injuries can be treated at GP surgeries or walk in centres.

[honeybee13]

To add to what you said, CB, I wonder what the cost is of people calling ambulances for trivial reasons like having a headache, etc. I heard that in the media not too long ago.

[citizenB]

There was a panaroma programme a few years ago regarding the misuse of the 999 service, HB. A journalist was allowed to travel in the ambulance. One woman had called the Ambulance because she had broken a fingernail !!!

 

Out of the 10 callouts - only 2 were proper emergencies !!

[honeybee13]

That's the sort of thing I was thinking off, CB. Shocking.

[Consumer dude]

All waste in the nhs should be tackled. In the mean time I want England to be treated the same as the rest of the UK. Either free perscription's across the board or the same amount charged. It is unfair otherwise..