Heart surgery cheque...

[Adam_P]

https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/5234656.stm

Good man! Can't fault him. Proves that the NHS is perfectly able to do operations at short notice, just that you have to pay extra on top of your NI contributions to have it done!
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[killa]

Fair play that man....hope he enjoys some fishing and dies happy leaving those gansters needed the money.
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[Didge]

Good for him.

[colin1]

fantastic story

what a great bloke

on the other hand, he has paid into the NHS all his life and when he comes to need it, they ask him to pay!?!?

and now it seems NI contributions arent even going to get you a pension in years to come

I think its a disgrace that the governemnt takes about half of what you earn (if you include VAT etc) and then if you have to make use of any of the things the tax is meant to pay for, its either shit or you have to pay again.

Instead of playing general in the middle east, Blair should concentrate on sorting it out. Defence budget to NHS instead.

We hardly ever need to defend anything, its just us meddling in other coutries business.

We havnt actually needed to defend this nation since the second world war but billions(maybe trillions) has been wasted on defence.

If anyone deserves a whip round, its Mr Thayers.
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[Mister James]

Do you understand the concept of defending Britain's interests abroad? While there have been questionable decisions made in recent years, a military presence overseas and the ability to project power to the four corners of the Earth are essential.

Fight people on their doorstep, not ours.

You should look to the Social Security budget, not the defence, as it's 10 times the size, and loses the equivilant of over a 1/3rd of the defence budget to fraud every year.
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[kawakid]

Good for him.

I have no faith in the NHS, when my father was ill, the conditions and ward and treatment offered were appalling.

My dog was ill at the same time, my dog was in the equivalent of BUPA and he was treated & operated on straight away, blood tests done immediately and the conditions he were kept were immaculate.

My dad was in some horrible, grotty, Victorian ward. It was awful.

My father ended up paying to have tests/operation done privately in the end. He had the money, not everyone does.
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[CoronaBoner]

That is a cool story, glad it worked out
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[Whosthedaddy]

£9000 for an angiogram, dude you've been robbed

It costs £1500 for the angiogram and maybe £3-500 per stent used depending on the type I'm suprised that he was able to pay just nine grand for the angio as the doctor may have wanted proof that he could pay for emergency treatment such as a bypass (costing £25,000) at very short notice.

Surgeons and doctors break down their workload into time slots, this is how they can determine how many and type of operation or procedure they can do. In this calculation, they have private spaces for the likes of those twats with Bupa and HSA cover.

You dont get any different treatment, most of the time private work is carried out in an NHS hospital and with NHS staff. Apparently, if you are an HNS nurse and are doing a private patient, then you are payed 'private fees' for the time that you are nursing them during that procedure / operation, up to £50 per hour .
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[Dark]

Nice one! about time someone did something like that. The NHS is f*cking sh*t! That stories made my day
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BTW I heard of the old cadge last week. Fair play to him

[Rob-B]

Very clever, top man!

[Annabella]

I think that's proof that one of the reasons the NHS struggles to treat patients within the national targets is because surgeons and consultants spend a large proportion of their time working privately.

The NHS can't afford to pay them the rate they charge privately, so have less 'bed time' available.

This isn't the fault of the NHS as an organisation, it is the fault of private health companies - like BUPA paying surgeons over the odds for their work.

Imagine you're a consultant, the NHS pays you in the region of £40 per hour, BUPA pays you £80 an hour, which are you going to work for?
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[akaDAVE]

The cheeky bastard!

Good work.

I can't believe the NHS would fuck up and not even wait for the money to clear. It's is fair enough witht he thousands we pay in tax every year and when it comes to life or death we're left to wait until hopefully for them we die.

I'm going to book myself in for a new set of kidneys and a heart in a few years.
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