What a f**cking day, at the NHS.

[Deleted]

Dislocated my shoulder this morning, called an ambulance, they said, order a taxi as it was not an emergency. I did, finally in hospital, was sitting for around 3 hours to see a DR for 2 min, he told me, go do an x-ray, what do you know? Another 1 hour wait. Bare in mind my shoulder was still dislocated and the pain I was in I could not explain. I waited after the x ray I needed to rejoin the 3 hour queue again, what a nightmare. Fuck it, I am going private next time.

rant over.

[Deleted]

hm..... yet you see people rave at how good free healthcare is xD. Id rather pay than be stuck for hours waiting for some doctor to see me.

hope you are ok bro!

[Shadowferal]

The last time I dislocated anything I popped it back in...(I kinda yelped/scream but it got done). Lot of bruising as hell, and I tied up my arm for a week to make sure everything went back in place. But it was all good afterwards.

[Deleted]

So it was not an emergency and it was free? It may hurt like fuck but they can tell real quick if it is serious, you would not get faster emergency treatment by going private.

[Deleted]

Dislocated my shoulder this morning, called an ambulance, they said, order a taxi as it was not an emergency. I did, finally in hospital, was sitting for around 3 hours to see a DR for 2 min, he told me, go do an x-ray, what do you know? Another 1 hour wait. Bare in mind my shoulder was still dislocated and the pain I was in I could not explain. I waited after the x ray I needed to rejoin the 3 hour queue again, what a nightmare. Fuck it, I am going private next time.

You might end up seeing the same staff getting their Christmas bonus.

[Deleted]

hm..... yet you see people rave at how good free healthcare is xD. Id rather pay than be stuck for hours waiting for some doctor to see me.

hope you are ok bro!

How is it free when they take my tax money for this shit. I rather take that tax percentage and use it on a private healthcare of my choice. Men I never felt so crap as today.

[Calfredd]

hm..... yet you see people rave at how good free healthcare is xD. Id rather pay than be stuck for hours waiting for some doctor to see me.

hope you are ok bro!

Brother got his finger cut off but it was a clean cut so it could be saved. Rushed over to Baylor's where they kept him waiting so long, his exposed bone and such got infected so instead of going to get his finger reattached, they cut more off. So social healthcare or private healthcare it can suck.

[Zan15]

Dislocated my shoulder this morning, called an ambulance, they said, order a taxi as it was not an emergency. I did, finally in hospital, was sitting for around 3 hours to see a DR for 2 min, he told me, go do an x-ray, what do you know? Another 1 hour wait. Bare in mind my shoulder was still dislocated and the pain I was in I could not explain. I waited after the x ray I needed to rejoin the 3 hour queue again, what a nightmare. Fuck it, I am going private next time.

rant over.

hm..... yet you see people rave at how good free healthcare is xD. Id rather pay than be stuck for hours waiting for some doctor to see me.

hope you are ok bro!

Apparently you have never been to a US emergency room before??


the last 3 times i have been there for at least 3 hours before i had even been seen. took my father there and he got in right away but then it took 8 hours to get an xray done before he could leave.

[Jtbrig7390]

How is it free when they take my tax money for this shit. I rather take that tax percentage and use it on a private healthcare of my choice. Men I never felt so crap as today.

And if it was a emergency you would have been seen much faster. Your issue wasn't a emergency and your tax money paying for it is cheaper then what you would have paided out of pocket.

[Mormolyce]

hm..... yet you see people rave at how good free healthcare is xD.

Well it's free. So if he didn't have it, and couldn't afford the private equivalent, his alternative would be to go fuck himself.

[Bigbazz]

They tell you that if it's not an emergency you can expect to wait hours, you're meant to go see your doctor or go to minor injuries department for non-critical injuries. The point is that the NHS is free and the treatment is good but unless it's an actual emergency you can expect to wait around a lot, because they are prioritising patients in more need than you.

The NHS is still there saving people who can't afford it and it's pretty cost effective compared to other systems, but nobody is stopping you go private so what is the complaint about?

[Queen of Hamsters]

Yeaaah...

Well, I might have been "forced" to wait for 4-5 hours for non-emergency injuries/health issues, but I've also not had my family/myself in financial ruin after each broken leg, or cancer diagnosis, or heart attack, or psychiatric care etc etc.

I think I as an adult can handle waiting, and when I go to the emergency with non-emergency conditions, I expect to wait.

People whining about it such as yourself should be the first to have a life-threatening condition if they ever decided to handle patients based on a "time-of-arrival-system", or maybe even a "this-dude-has-more-cash"-system...

[Deleted]

So it was not an emergency and it was free? It may hurt like fuck but they can tell real quick if it is serious, you would not get faster emergency treatment by going private.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/he...-a7690476.html

Even if this is serious, they take time.
I am not an expert on shoulders, but the more time it is dislocated the more damage occurs
having to wait 7 hours for a DR fix my shoulder in 2 min is horrible.

[Deleted]

Triage mate stop being a pussy. Suprised they didn't just relocate it pretty sharpish after the xray.

Blew my ligaments in my ankle a while back (looked like a break it was that bad), ambulance picked me up (was in the middle of nowhere with no access to a car), rolled in hostpital and the ambulance crew had to chill until i'd be processed which i thought was bullshit and a waste of thier time, processed xray within 10 minutes, 1 hour wait after that (to be fair some guy walked into a&e puking blood and some fella came in with his elbow out of place), then boom crutches and one of those fucking moon boots, called a cab straight to the pub.

The NHS rules.

[Shadowferal]

Ya...it could have been worse. A person in a private hospital would be feeling the pain long after s/he leaves when the bills come in. Then s/he feels like s/he got screwed without any lube.

[Talsar]

Would you rather it cost you a couple grand? That's what you'll be facing if you go private, And likely the wait won't be that much shorter. Going to the hospital sucks regardless but i'd rather be out a day with some pain than out a weeks wages or more just to save a few hours.

(And yes I've been in that situation more than once)

[Deleted]

And if it was a emergency you would have been seen much faster. Your issue wasn't a emergency and your tax money paying for it is cheaper then what you would have paided out of pocket.

I rather pay then wait 7 hours with pain.

[Acidbaron]

They tell you that if it's not an emergency you can expect to wait hours, you're meant to go see your doctor or go to minor injuries department for non-critical injuries. The point is that the NHS is free and the treatment is good but unless it's an actual emergency you can expect to wait around a lot, because they are prioritising patients in more need than you.

The NHS is still there saving people who can't afford it and it's pretty cost effective compared to other systems, but nobody is stopping you go private so what is the complaint about?

Pretty much this, the emergency room is for emergencies. Doctors on call are for injuries that aren't this severe. It is even so that people that go to the emergency room for those type of injuries are the reason why emergency queue's are so long.

Not an NHS unique issue, there have been a few awareness campaigns around this but people still rush of the emergency room way too often.

[Fonduset]

you know, you can literally grab a nurse / doctor and ask for these amazing things called pain killers. Assuming you pay national insurance, you shouldn't feel guilty asking them for shit

[Ozyorkbourne]

How is it free when they take my tax money for this shit. I rather take that tax percentage and use it on a private healthcare of my choice. Men I never felt so crap as today.

Because you get taxed the same amount as everyone else in any other non-shit country th e tax is just distriibuted to public services differently. Also it's 'free' because if you need £300,000 of health care you get it, if you're sick and need a GP visit? You can get an appointment - for free. X-ray? Free. Consultant? Free. NHS level dentistry? Free. Need health care while abroad? Green card = free medical care.

Your arm was dislocated, not hanging off.