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 Nick Ellingworth wrote:
You will need to pay for the drugs too. For me at the moment it's about £50 plus p&p every 12weeks.

Feth... Did you get it from ClearChem or from a local pharmacy?

my experience would have been comical if not for the pain,several doctors looked at my knee and couldnt figure out what was wrong (I hurt it running and falling shortly thereafter) fortunately for me there was a Pakistani doctor available and he had me fixed and good to go in moments. I was in Huntingdon, Cambs..

DaughterOfHorus wrote:

 Nick Ellingworth wrote:
You will need to pay for the drugs too. For me at the moment it's about £50 plus p&p every 12weeks.

Feth... Did you get it from ClearChem or from a local pharmacy?

ClearChem, one of the secretaries will send you an e-mail with links to the right drugs. If you can I do suggest getting your GP to agree to "shared care" that'll drop the cost of the drugs to £8 and let you use a local pharmacy. You'll probably still need to pay Dr Webberley's £30 a month charge for on going care though because she'll still be the one checking blood test results and things like that.

I can't say much about British health services being an American and all. However I am an American veteran and some of ya'lls stories reminds me of the Veterans Affairs health care system. It's mostly miss and I've personally been lucky and received good care for my disabilities but there are people who have committed suicide getting recycled through the system not getting the help they need.

 DrNo172000 wrote:
I can't say much about British health services being an American and all. However I am an American veteran and some of ya'lls stories reminds me of the Veterans Affairs health care system. It's mostly miss

I'm inclined to say it's mostly hit tbh. But your 'miss' rate is linked directly to what you want/need out of the service. The more non-life threatening it is, the higher the 'miss' rate. There's a finite amount of resources to go around, and so care is prioritised in certain directions. Which sucks if your trans or depressed, but is ultimately is the only you can do it I think? I mean, you can't exactly stop subsidising cancer drugs or heart operations to prioritise counselling. In an ideal world, everything would be funded perfectly, but sadly, we don't live in one. Until the state is willing to tax more to pay for a higher level of care, there's only so much that can be done when people keep living longer with more health issues.

I can't comment on the American Health or Veteran system either but I am happy to contradict you that the NHS is mostly hit. It is not without its faults as we have posted here but for the most part you see a professional, receive treatment and don't pay anything.

This does put me in mind of a colleague who is a bit of a drama queen but generally a nice chap but on this occasion was a bit of a knob.

Mr B. as I shall call him is moderately well-off professional in his 50's and was suffering from a heavy cough and general flu-like symptoms; and had been for 2-3 weeks hoping that it would improve.. On booking a Doctors appointment Mr B. had to wait a bit longer than anticipated and remonstrated with the receptionist working himself into a bit of a froth. He we eventually seen by the Doctor and explained his symptoms but then continued his now rant complaining how he had had paid large sums of money by way of Tax and National Insurance contributions and expected a far better level of service particularly as he had never had cause to attend the Doctors before.

The Doctor somewhat sardonically then read out a long list of A&E visits/treatments listed on his file including a number of broken limbs, a hip replacement and a life saving operation following a motorbike crash all gratis on the NHS.

Mr B. was somewhat sheepish after that.

Exactly. It's triage, if you're sitting there shouting your head off then the doctors are going to check on the guy who's lying there not making a sound first.

The person who most needs help is often the person who is not making the loudest noise.