I love the NHS

[watervole]

Just to balance downright incorrect propaganda on other parts of the web...

I had both my children in NHS hospitals.  I had easy births both times and friendly, helpful nurses.

I had an emergency appendix operation the same day that my doctor referred me to hospital after I had a pain in my side.

I had radiotherapy for my Dupuytren's Contracture (I had to argue for it, but it was a treatment unknown in the UK at that time and the system eventually took on board the German research and gave me what I requested)

I've had nothing but friendly, effective help for recent 'female' problems.

I get medication for my asthma at a price I could afford even when my husband was out of work.

I've just had an MRI to investigate the causes of my ongoing vertigo and I'm seeing the specialist again next week.

My husband's dislocated his patella three times (which is incredibly painful) and had plaster, physiotherapy, etc. on the NHS (not forgetting the ambulances).

We'd better not forget treatment for concussion, visits to casualty with severe asthma, health checkups, an upcoming eye operation and other things that I'm sure will happen to the family in years to come.

For part of our lives, we had medical insurance as a job perk. All of the things I've listed above were treated on the NHS.

Do I love the NHS?

You bet I do.

Comments

[linda-joyce.livejournal.com]

Oh I agree, compared to what is available else where for free we still have the best Health Service in the world. But having had nearly 40years as an adult using and visiting A & E and the wards of our local hospital there is a drop in quality of some aspects, primarily cleanliness. Since cleaning was out sourced the quality has dropped and for many people the wait at A&E can be fore ever, 6 hours was the record. I only waited 15 minutes when I last had need of them but because of my diabetes I think I was seen before a few people that were there when I arrived. But they might just have been waiting for people who were already being seen to. But when it comes to the staff I have nothing but praise for all those who I have met and had need of.