Re: NHS - RIP 1 April 2013 : Mon Apr 08, 2013 1:44 pm  

22 conditions no longer treated on the NHS

22 conditions no longer treated on the NHS

Re: NHS - RIP 1 April 2013 : Mon Apr 08, 2013 4:30 pm  

samwire wrote:

i was never labouring under anything.

Thanks for the confirmation.

Re: NHS - RIP 1 April 2013 : Thu May 09, 2013 10:54 am  

A British doctor's view of patient charging

A British doctor's view of patient charging

Re: NHS - RIP 1 April 2013 : Thu May 09, 2013 11:10 am  

cod'ead wrote: A British doctor's view of patient charging Having done something similar with a child in Spain and had to pay just the insurance excess for that visit I can concur that private medical A&E treatment is extortionate and we won't understand that fact until we've given the politicians permission to remove the NHS facility from us.

cod'ead wrote: A British doctor's view of patient charging Having done something similar with a child in Spain and had to pay just the insurance excess for that visit I can concur that private medical A&E treatment is extortionate and we won't understand that fact until we've given the politicians permission to remove the NHS facility from us.

Re: NHS - RIP 1 April 2013 : Thu May 09, 2013 12:47 pm  

cod'ead wrote: 22 conditions no longer treated on the NHS What about all the new advances that are being treated as routine within the NHS? or didn't that suit your rant? There are far more new stuff going on than procedures being halted - the article is very misleading and - not surprisingly - sensationalist!! Some balance please?

cod'ead wrote: 22 conditions no longer treated on the NHS What about all the new advances that are being treated as routine within the NHS? or didn't that suit your rant? There are far more new stuff going on than procedures being halted - the article is very misleading and - not surprisingly - sensationalist!! Some balance please?

Re: NHS - RIP 1 April 2013 : Thu May 09, 2013 12:53 pm  

Sal Paradise wrote:

What about all the new advances that are being treated as routine within the NHS? or didn't that suit your rant?

There are far more new stuff going on than procedures being halted - the article is very misleading and - not surprisingly - sensationalist!!

Some balance please?

In the interests of balance, how would you explain to elderly people that their cataract cannot be dealt with by the NHS?

And if you want an alternative argument, then make it.

Re: NHS - RIP 1 April 2013 : Thu May 09, 2013 1:25 pm  

cod'ead wrote: 22 conditions no longer treated on the NHS But you can get a boob job, thus allowing you to coin it as a lap dancer, 'glamour' model or, er, an 'escort' (prostitute): http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/03 ... 69352.html This could be good business practice. Assuming that she declares her cash earnings and pays tax on them (which I imagine most people who work in the 'adult encounter' industry don't), the public purse could actually make money out of this girl.

cod'ead wrote: 22 conditions no longer treated on the NHS But you can get a boob job, thus allowing you to coin it as a lap dancer, 'glamour' model or, er, an 'escort' (prostitute): http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/03 ... 69352.html This could be good business practice. Assuming that she declares her cash earnings and pays tax on them (which I imagine most people who work in the 'adult encounter' industry don't), the public purse could actually make money out of this girl.

Re: NHS - RIP 1 April 2013 : Thu May 09, 2013 9:24 pm  

The Video Ref wrote: But you can get a boob job, thus allowing you to coin it as a lap dancer, 'glamour' model or, er, an 'escort' (prostitute): http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/03 ... 69352.html This could be good business practice. Assuming that she declares her cash earnings and pays tax on them (which I imagine most people who work in the 'adult encounter' industry don't), the public purse could actually make money out of this girl. Are you and Sal now collaborating on your straw men?

The Video Ref wrote: But you can get a boob job, thus allowing you to coin it as a lap dancer, 'glamour' model or, er, an 'escort' (prostitute): http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/03 ... 69352.html This could be good business practice. Assuming that she declares her cash earnings and pays tax on them (which I imagine most people who work in the 'adult encounter' industry don't), the public purse could actually make money out of this girl. Are you and Sal now collaborating on your straw men?

Re: NHS - RIP 1 April 2013 : Thu May 09, 2013 9:31 pm  

A&E waiting times up now. One million extra presenting themselves to A&E over the last year LINK

A&E waiting times up now. One million extra presenting themselves to A&E over the last year LINK

Re: NHS - RIP 1 April 2013 : Fri May 10, 2013 5:39 am  

cod'ead wrote: A&E waiting times up now. One million extra presenting themselves to A&E over the last year LINK Its also the least likely sector of the NHS to be privatised, hence the least likely to have public money thrown at it to "spruce it up" for a sale and so the taxpayer will end up running the unpredictable, heavy on overhead services while the private corporations lap up the cream (see BUPA for business model). If that Cameron poster doesn't make a re-appearance at the next election then Labour aren't even worth thinking about.

cod'ead wrote: A&E waiting times up now. One million extra presenting themselves to A&E over the last year LINK Its also the least likely sector of the NHS to be privatised, hence the least likely to have public money thrown at it to "spruce it up" for a sale and so the taxpayer will end up running the unpredictable, heavy on overhead services while the private corporations lap up the cream (see BUPA for business model). If that Cameron poster doesn't make a re-appearance at the next election then Labour aren't even worth thinking about.