Impressed with the NHS

[Soul Finger]

Fecked up my stomach yesterday throwing a wellington boot 30 metres at a 'teambuilding' day up at Albion's training ground. Got home and asked one of the two nurses I live with what I should do.

A call to NHS Direct was mooted instead of spending the evening in A&E. I phoned them at 10 and they took my details and said they'd get back to me within 2 hours. An hour and a half later a very pleasant doctor phoned and spent ten minutes checking my symptoms and diagnosed a pulled abodomen muscles.

Phoned my doctor this morning at 8:30. Didn't even ring at the other end, was answered immediately, appointment made for 50 mintues later. Brilliant doctor reiterated previous night's diagnosis, described the best cure and I was on my way.

I know there have been some shocking examples of NHS feck ups over the years but they are few and far between. An every day situation like mine was fantastically dealt with with the minimum of fuss.

Watching the midday politics show on BBC 2 prompted me to come on here. Blair absolutely shot Howard down in flames, brilliant TV. Kennedy was congratulating Labour on recent NHS improvements as was another member of his party while all Howard could was come up with insignificant and irrelevant hyperbole that made him look a tit.

 

[CHAPPERS]

My mate f***ed his ribs up and called NHS direct the morning after as they had not got better overnight and he was diagnosed and prescribed some drugs and within four hours he had the drugs in his hand collected from a medical centre in Lewes where he was looked at again which was five minutes from his work

It's a well good service, all praises to the NHS, hardest woking people in the world.

Edited coz it made no sense first time round.

 

[Marshy]

It's a well good service, all praises to the NHS, hardest working people in the world.

Edited coz it made no sense first time round. [/B][/QUOTE]

You dont know me and Robbo then !

 

[Titanic]

I have to agree with you guys - much of the NHS is brilliant -especially the new ward manager of Tandridge Ward at East Surrey Hospital, Redhill

 

[Safeway]

NHS Direct are very good.

 

[Soul Finger]

Doesn't it make a refreshing change to compliment something rather than slag it off.

Positives are much healthier than negatives - man!

 

[zefarelly]

I think the NHS is great.

theyve worked wonders on my Brother . . . he's nearly as handsome as me now

 

[CHAPPERS]

theyve worked wonders on my Brother . . . he's nearly as handsome as me now

Pretty good with a shovel then?

 

[Set of Tracksuits]

we only ever hear about the bad side of the NHS because it makes headlines, sells papers, gets politicians into government. imagine if the press covered every successful operation, life saved and every other minor miracle that they perform on a day to day basis. people would have a very different opinion of the NHS than they do now.

 

[METALMICKY]

Anyone like to comment on NHS dentistry?

Massive reforms are currently ongoing with major changes scheduled to be introduced in April 2005. Currently the general publics major concern is not having access to NHS dentists. What the general public really needs to know is what the long term outcome of these reform will be.

First and foremost a large number of dentists will go privately charging whatever they like with little or no regulation of the necessity or quality of their work. Many of those remaining in the NHS may succumb to 'supervised neglect' of the patients mouth.

 

[Robbo]

You dont know me and Robbo then !

*Snigger*

 

[sullyupthewing]

Just one complaint from me I caught the super bug whilst in hospital and it put me out of action for 8 months.

 

[zefarelly]

Pretty good with a shovel then?

he was born with a hair lip and a cleft pallet amongst other things

believe it or not I wasn't bad looking in my youth . . . . .fortunately they finished him before I got big and ugly

what makes me laugh is he had over a dozen major ops . . .then crashed his bike and smashed his teeth out !!!

 

[tedebear]

he wasnt bad looking in his youth i've seen the photos

 

[CHAPPERS]

he was born with a hair lip and a cleft pallet amongst other things

believe it or not I wasn't bad looking in my youth . . . . .fortunately they finished him before I got big and ugly

what makes me laugh is he had over a dozen major ops . . .then crashed his bike and smashed his teeth out !!!

Gutted!

 

[FG aka Football Genius.]

glad to hear the NHS is making sum progress and getting sum things right. Still dont rate that joker Blair though. My additional advic eis VOTE TORY

 

[sullyupthewing]

advic eis,is that latin for I love Tony Blair.

 

[SK1NT]

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[zefarelly]

he wasnt bad looking in his youth i've seen the photos

what are you doing on-line . . . .your in the darkest regressed depths of work ?

 

[Incredigull]

glad to hear the NHS is making sum progress and getting sum things right. Still dont rate that joker Blair though. My additional advic eis VOTE TORY

The NHS is still trying to recover from the mess the tories created !!

Fecking Goon !!: