Reply to: 3rd world NHS

[vetran]

Well, you're not coming to Switzerland. We're full.

Bloody racist!

[Brussels Slumdog]

NHS should be free and fit for purpose, and funded by industry, not the common man. Why?

Cos the common man makes the stuff, and when it's made consumes/buys the stuff the drive the profit for industry. Without that, a sick, ill workforce/consumer base isn't gonna make anything or buy anything. Means no profit.

The workers do truly own the means of production. And consumption. I think Marx (well Engels) missed the last bit.

In the UK it's 50/50 ie Employer 13.8% Employee 13% but this includes pension as well.
In other EU countries ie Belgium its about 30% employer and 13.8% employee, which is why as a contractor it's better to be self employed at 22% or in my case over 65 14%.
I pay €26 to visit my doctor and then I receive a receipt, which I send to my public health insurance and receive €19 back.
All doctors are walk in walk out. You only need an appointment for a specialist.

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[BR14]

And Dignitas.

no need, spend enough time there and you'll die of boredom.

[WTFH]

Good skiing though. And working healthcare, especially in psychiatry... (draw your own conclusions).

And Dignitas.

[vetran]

Good skiing though. And working healthcare, especially in psychiatry... (draw your own conclusions).

most already have.

[psychocandy]

Well, you're not coming to Switzerland. We're full.

Got to be better than England!

[NotAllThere]

yep, full of krap and your own self importance.
glass navel land

Good skiing though. And working healthcare, especially in psychiatry... (draw your own conclusions).

[vetran]

I'm not sure that Switzerland is that desperate either. But since NHS Wales is so dire, perhaps he'll find NHS England more to his liking.

of course we want to treat PC

[WTFH]

And cuckoo clocks.

Took them 500 years, and they didn’t even invent them.

So long, Holly.

[Old Greg]

yep, full of krap and your own self importance.
glass navel land

And cuckoo clocks.

[BR14]

Well, you're not coming to Switzerland. We're full.

yep, full of krap and your own self importance.
glass navel land

[NotAllThere]

Having spent many years in England in college. Thought of moving to Engerlund permanently.... Nah not going to happen.

Well, you're not coming to Switzerland. We're full.

[psychocandy]

Why would you possibly think of that?

How long do I have to be resident in Wales before I can apply for Welsh Citizenship?

3 year innit.

[tranceporter]

Can relate to this. My wife had a swelling below her right ear that was quite painful. She was put on the "urgent" queue, which meant she got an appointment for a scan in 3 weeks, then another 3 weeks for result of the scan, which was inconclusive. Another 3 weeks to get an appointment to draw out fluid from the swelling, and 3 weeks to get the report on that. However just before the appointment date, we got another letter through the post stating that appointment has been pushed ahead by another 3 weeks! At this point, we took a private appointment with the doc who was supposed to assess the report, paid £400 including swab test, and he mentioned that the report was again inconclusive, since the extracted fluid did not have enough cells to form a proper opinion of what could be going wrong. However he contacted NHS, and arranged for an expedited appointment (another 2 weeks), but by that time the swelling had receded, which meant there was no fluid to extract and no cells.
Thankfully our annual visit to India was coming up, so we uploaded the DVD we got from the initial scan, had a doctor in India assess it, and it turned out to be connected with her tonsillitis problems as we suspected. She had her tonsils removed in India, and touch wood it's all been fine since then.

[psychocandy]

Yeah, I remembered as I was typing but the offer stands if you are ever in the Basingstoke area.

cheers mun