Americans, did you know our National Health Service that we have in the UK is actually awesome?
Feel like I have to remind some of you of that from time to time.
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Nope- my wife had to have compensation as they completely misdiagnosed her aneurysm.
My wife's Aunt has been waiting for over two years to get a knee replacement.
On new yers eve I spent give or take 6 hours at a walk in centre.
We should have a hybrid system like the rest of Europe- but not America's healthcare system.
My wife's Aunt has been waiting for over two years to get a knee replacement.
On new yers eve I spent give or take 6 hours at a walk in centre.
We should have a hybrid system like the rest of Europe- but not America's healthcare system.
Jm31xxx · 41-45, M
@BritishFailedAesthetic ok the news years eve thing, cmon, what do you expect?
It's still better than whatever the USA folk have
It's still better than whatever the USA folk have
@Jm31xxx Well admittedly the USA probably would've been quicker but the NHS has failed.
Going hybrid like pretty much all of Europe is the answer.
Going hybrid like pretty much all of Europe is the answer.
Carla · 61-69, F
@BritishFailedAesthetic i don't really know the ins and outs of your or other European nations.
I do know with insurance premiums, the money we spend on medicaid and emergency health care for those that have no insurance and no assets, we could easily afford national healthcare.
We all are often reminded that we are the wealthiest country in the world. Odd how we are also one of the least healthy.
I mean...we are a country that allows pharmaceutical companies to advertise their meds in all forms. Nothing like seeing an advert for psoriasis medication, with many nasty side affects, while watching csi.
I do know with insurance premiums, the money we spend on medicaid and emergency health care for those that have no insurance and no assets, we could easily afford national healthcare.
We all are often reminded that we are the wealthiest country in the world. Odd how we are also one of the least healthy.
I mean...we are a country that allows pharmaceutical companies to advertise their meds in all forms. Nothing like seeing an advert for psoriasis medication, with many nasty side affects, while watching csi.
ninalanyon · 61-69, T
@BritishFailedAesthetic Not all of Europe has a hybrid system and there are substantial differences between those countries that do. Here in Norway the system is essentially the same as the UK except that we pay a fee each time we visit a doctor or go for an outpatient MRI or X-ray or oter examination. About 20 GBP to visit a GP or get an MRI unless you are under 18 or pregnant. But it is capped at about 200 GBP per year.
The difference between the UK and Norway as far as national health is concerned is that it is run better and is much less user hostile. i can book appointments online, renew prescriptions online, pick up prescriptions at any chemist anywhere in the country with no paperwork.
If my local hospital cannot do a procedure within the defined deadlines then I can find a hospital elsewhere in the country that can do it and my local health organization has to pay both the other hospital and pay my expenses to get there and accommodation if necessary. Norway also has arrangements to send patients abroad when it is cheaper than doing operations in Norway or where the foreign hospital has better facilities or skills. They even have a place in Spain for people who need warm weather to recover from serious illness, with a mixture of Norwegian and Spanish staff.
In short Norway's health service is in essence very like the UK but it works. It also does that while respecting the working time directive. The average working week of full time hospital doctors is under fifty hours.
It's far from perfect, patients do occasionally end up sleeping in corridors for a night, but it doesn't seem to be suffering from the huge backlogs, lack of beds, and A&E troubles that the UK NHS does.
If it can be done in Norway why can't it be done in the much richer UK?
The difference between the UK and Norway as far as national health is concerned is that it is run better and is much less user hostile. i can book appointments online, renew prescriptions online, pick up prescriptions at any chemist anywhere in the country with no paperwork.
If my local hospital cannot do a procedure within the defined deadlines then I can find a hospital elsewhere in the country that can do it and my local health organization has to pay both the other hospital and pay my expenses to get there and accommodation if necessary. Norway also has arrangements to send patients abroad when it is cheaper than doing operations in Norway or where the foreign hospital has better facilities or skills. They even have a place in Spain for people who need warm weather to recover from serious illness, with a mixture of Norwegian and Spanish staff.
In short Norway's health service is in essence very like the UK but it works. It also does that while respecting the working time directive. The average working week of full time hospital doctors is under fifty hours.
It's far from perfect, patients do occasionally end up sleeping in corridors for a night, but it doesn't seem to be suffering from the huge backlogs, lack of beds, and A&E troubles that the UK NHS does.
If it can be done in Norway why can't it be done in the much richer UK?