People complain about our health service....

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  1. sel

    selby Well-Known Member

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    My nan and grandad from Royston have recently been on holiday to Spain where sadly my grandad had a fall and bumped his head quite badly resulting in him having to go by ambulance to the local hospital.

    The ambulance turned up and it looked like something off of heartbeat and the bloke who came with it wasn't strong enough to push my grandad so he had to walk in agony and climb into the back of the ambulance.

    He's 84 so has other ailments so he spent a lot on his insurance to be put in a corridor then checked over and sent back to his hotel with a neck brace on and that's where he stayed for the two weeks of his holiday with no pain relief.

    That is bad enough that he's had to suffer but on arriving back in England he has been into see his GP who sent him straight to Barnsley hospital where they did X Rays and other tests showing a badly broken neck!!! He has now been transferred to Sheffield hospital after nearly 3 weeks.

    I'm flabbergasted not only by the poor health care he received but that he didn't know how bad it was.....
     
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    Marlon Well-Known Member

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    To be fair I don't think anyone has any complaints in this country about staff attitude etc in the NHS,
    It's the way it's run and funded where the unrest lies.
     
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    I was in Barnsley A&E this week, staff were brilliant. They were a member of staff down, had to cope with a packed waiting room and some agitated patients, but they did their work maintaining good humour and great empathy. Something we really should be proud of.
     
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    Found it bad in Lanzarote when my partner had a fall and had to go to hospital. Despite having the EHIC card, they demanded €360 before they would take x-rays.
     
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    As you may be aware, I have just had a new hip at BDGH. The staff were magnificent, friendly, efficient, nothing was too much trouble. The wards were clean and everyone from the tea lady to the consultant were helpful.

    It pains me to see the way our NHS is being forced to run on a shoestring. I shudder to think of the cost if I had to pay for the operation.
     
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    But conversely
    My parents live in an EU country, also with a mediterranean coastline. Their local hospital is a large new build. Both have been seen by the doctor, diagnosed and operated on within 2 weeks. There are no waiting lists. The treatment is second to none. Indeed my father saw the doctor with one complaint ( hernia) and whilst there the doctor also expressed concern about a dodgy mole on his nose, which he removed a couple of days later.
    We have poor performing hospitals too: please refer to mid-staffs and the subsequent Francis Report.
     
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    havana red1 Well-Known Member

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    One of them was also admitted in a critical condition last year: the recovery has been nothing short of amazing.
     
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    Only person I've seen complaining directly against the health service was Tyrone, with his one man vendetta against whichever hospital it is.
     
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    tyrone1 Banned Idiot

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    Would that be because the canary islands are nit in the EU
     
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    tyrone1 Banned Idiot

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    I have emotional complained about the NHS I gave said Barnsley hospital. I'd mot fir for purpose
     
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    I will always be grateful for the life saving help my family has received from the NHS via the hospitals in Barnsley, Sheffield & Nottingham.
     
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    The Canaries are part of Spain, which is definitely in the EU.
     
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    Are you that policeman from 'Allo 'Allo?
     
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    Should have done it dispassionately and they might have listened to you.
     
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    Tyrone's posts are like a fun twist on spot the difference. I can see five mistakes. Anyone find any more?
     
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    We have a great NHS with great people working in it - but like you said, there are better health services in the world - notably Germany and France.

    We are Britain - therefore we have to strive to be the best in the world.
    To get the best health care we need to start spending as much on our health service as Germany and France.

    So IMO the political debate, in a concise form should be this:
    How much money, the percentage of our yearly wages, should we spend on health care?
    And how should that money be paid?

    Personally I would like to see much more money going into health care in the form of a two tier system:
    1) Retain and improve the safety net of the national health service.
    2) Introduce a compulsory health care system in the form of an incremental insurance scheme when you earn over a certain amount.
     
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    Yay, Germany!

    I hope you have Darfield Red's permission to mention Germany or there will be trouble.
     
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    tyrone1 Banned Idiot

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    Anyway it looks like I was vindicated

    Pediatric operations are now been moved to a hospital that a fit for purpose. Sheffield
     
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