Off Topic Our beloved National Health Service

The National Health Service (NHS) is the publicly funded healthcare system in England, and one of the four National Health Service systems in the United Kingdom. It is the second largest single-payer healthcare system in the world after the Brazilian Sistema Único de Saúde. Primarily funded by the government from taxation and National Insurance contributions, and overseen by the Department of Health and Social Care, the NHS provides healthcare to all legal UK residents, with most services free at the point of use for most people.[4] The NHS also conducts research through the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR).[5]

Looks like Brazil are the only other country to run an NHS.

 

Does anybody think there are treatments that could be taken out of the NHS to reduce backlogs and save money?

 

Every dealing I’ve had with the NHS has been far beyond substandard so personally as a working age person who has now decided to pay for private healthcare on top of what I contribute to that ****show I wouldn’t be bothered if it was totally overhauled or privatised. And it’s nout to do with funding. They get more funding than ever, more than twice what they got back in 2010.

I’m well aware it’s a touchy subject and I’ll get pelters, there’s so many people work for the NHS and their family members will defend them to the hilt - that’s fine defending employees but the system is broken. They are paying their own employees to set up private healthcare businesses and charge an arm and a leg to cut wait times. It’s a joke. Any other line of business that was ran so inefficiently would’ve gone under by now.

 

The most efficient time i found the NHS was just after covid but when a lot of checks were still in place, about 15 yo sent to hospital with chest pains, took about 6 months to do all tests, similar pains during covid ,most test were carried out that morning and all tests done in a week

 

I've lived in three countries over the course of my life and the NHS was by far the worst healthcare system I've been treated by.

 

I’ve had 3 significant issues in the last three years.
Me - triple compound open fracture for me required my arm to be pinned back and physio.
My daughter - an ankle compound fracture and pinned back.
My son lost 4 stone on a year and at first suspected cancer but it turned out it to be type one diabetes. I sound like a right sort now cos he’s just broken his leg after a slip out walking.
My daughter had a slight delay because of a run of accidents at one time and a bed shortage. That the criticism- the staff were
empathetic, told me how to complain and it was resolved.
The rest have been exemplary and importantly free. I would be destitute in Trumps USA after Musk’s intervention.
We don’t know how lucky we are.

 

My grandson and his girlfriend have just been to Poland, while there you can just walk in off the street to the doctors and have a complete blood test for everything and get the results in 2/3 days.
Emelia had several things that needed checking when she got home.
Her appointment is this year if she’s lucky.

 

Free?

 

Well just about affordable tax
Not this much
The cost to repair three compound open fractures in the USA can range from tens of thousands to over $150,000 or more,

 

What do you think of my last question?

 

Speak as you find. I have had an issue recently and been treated quickly and efficiently as has the wife.

 

I am.

 

Which one sorry ?

 

We know

 

No you are guessing.

Hopefully this government gets the waiting lists down like the last labour government which had the shortest on record.

 

If they do more people will be able to work and earn

 

Guessing what?

 

The last one.

 

Your daughter is lucky, i had an accident where I ruptured my ATFL in April 2023 and the NHS continually pushed more physio down my neck and wouldn’t give me an MRI when it’s quite blatantly obvious my ankle is totally ****ed still. They initially thought I broke my talus so they x-rayed it within a few days as I was through A&E and sent me on me way without actually doing an MRI to tell me which ligament I ruptured. Haven’t been able to run since, wake up every morning and can barely walk, ankle itself it still very swollen. Earlier this year they finally sent me private and gave me an MRI, which showed the ATFL has severe damage still, cartilage is now hanging off the back of the bone plus there’s a clot of cartilage and blood inside my ankle which is causing the pain. Oh and to top it off, because they sat with their finger up their arse for so long it’s just now a case of preventing early on-set arthritis - at the age of 32. Once they referred me private I was booked in for an MRi within 2 weeks, then sent for a consultation after that within another 4 weeks and surgery booked for 2 months time.

 

This ?
Does anybody think there are treatments that could be taken out of the NHS to reduce backlogs and save money?

There’s a problem with staffing and conditions. Although it’s understandable people wanting better both it only makes it worse for those on the NHS. So I don’t think we should spend public money on it. We need it good regardless of income.