This is a point I think people just aren’t aware of.
They say “I’m going private” as if the quality of care is good or that it’s even provided by a separate system with different providers.
It often all falls back on the NHS in one way or another, often in a way that profits the private provider and lumbers the NHS with the fallout.
I think if the NHS is picking up the pieces then they should invoice the private providers for that.
The cost of work place injuries and ongoing treatment should be paid for by employers.
It cannot be a surprise to anyone that more and more patients, when faced with an NHS that doesn’t provide services in a timely fashion and often is simply not contactable, will seek a private consultation to progress their diagnosis and treatment by the NHS.
Considering all of the issues with NHN tests and scans not being accepted by different NHS departments and GPs I’m not surprised really.
Another burden placed on the health service that hardly gets any recognition.
Fucking criminal what the Tories have done to the NHS
>Soaring private healthcare use piling pressure on NHS GPs, survey finds
As it is designed to.
Is this what *Safe in our hands* looks like?
It’s best if everything went private. Anyone who can’t afford it stick to the NHS.
At the end of the day if someone wants to be seen quickly, they will pay for a service that works for them.
This idea that the NHS is never at fault is pretty annoying. Private healthcare exists because the original service is sub par to the user or offers a specialist service that Primary care service won’t allow.
Went through a diagnosis for my child over a couple of years. It was a long process, but it was done correctly. What pissed me off is to now see adults with successful careers claim they’re neurodivergant and requesting special treatment and wearing it like a badge of honour or using it as an excuse because they paid for a private diagnosis.
I’m sorry but really?
This is a stretch on a stretch.
My GP surgery took 3 weeks to schedule an appointment for my son to check his ears (going death) … A telephone appointment mind.
I got to a private hearing test booked and done within a week. They recommended leave 3 months and test again.
Called with GP … “Hmmm that does sound like glue ear…” Excuse me? I have the fucking results right here from the hearing consultant at the local deaf school… They booked their own test to be sure… Okay. 3 months go by, nothing. So I book another private test, still definitely glue ear. So I book grommets privately. Booked in 2 weeks. Goes in, surgery goes fine, hearing fixed. While I’m sat next to my son in recovery. Get a text, your hearing test is booked for … 3 months from that point.
Yeah real fucking burden private healthcare. Wasted 4 months of them trying to book a hearing test.
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This is a point I think people just aren’t aware of.
They say “I’m going private” as if the quality of care is good or that it’s even provided by a separate system with different providers.
It often all falls back on the NHS in one way or another, often in a way that profits the private provider and lumbers the NHS with the fallout.
I think if the NHS is picking up the pieces then they should invoice the private providers for that.
The cost of work place injuries and ongoing treatment should be paid for by employers.
It cannot be a surprise to anyone that more and more patients, when faced with an NHS that doesn’t provide services in a timely fashion and often is simply not contactable, will seek a private consultation to progress their diagnosis and treatment by the NHS.
Considering all of the issues with NHN tests and scans not being accepted by different NHS departments and GPs I’m not surprised really.
Another burden placed on the health service that hardly gets any recognition.
Fucking criminal what the Tories have done to the NHS
>Soaring private healthcare use piling pressure on NHS GPs, survey finds
As it is designed to.
Is this what *Safe in our hands* looks like?
It’s best if everything went private. Anyone who can’t afford it stick to the NHS.
At the end of the day if someone wants to be seen quickly, they will pay for a service that works for them.
This idea that the NHS is never at fault is pretty annoying. Private healthcare exists because the original service is sub par to the user or offers a specialist service that Primary care service won’t allow.
Went through a diagnosis for my child over a couple of years. It was a long process, but it was done correctly. What pissed me off is to now see adults with successful careers claim they’re neurodivergant and requesting special treatment and wearing it like a badge of honour or using it as an excuse because they paid for a private diagnosis.
I’m sorry but really?
This is a stretch on a stretch.
My GP surgery took 3 weeks to schedule an appointment for my son to check his ears (going death) … A telephone appointment mind.
I got to a private hearing test booked and done within a week. They recommended leave 3 months and test again.
Called with GP … “Hmmm that does sound like glue ear…” Excuse me? I have the fucking results right here from the hearing consultant at the local deaf school… They booked their own test to be sure… Okay. 3 months go by, nothing. So I book another private test, still definitely glue ear. So I book grommets privately. Booked in 2 weeks. Goes in, surgery goes fine, hearing fixed. While I’m sat next to my son in recovery. Get a text, your hearing test is booked for … 3 months from that point.
Yeah real fucking burden private healthcare. Wasted 4 months of them trying to book a hearing test.