Health care waiting times

[Rum]

My dad was diagnosed with a hernia (totally none acute), given a date about 4 months hence for the operation and it happened on time. He could have got the whole thing done privately and probably had it done within a couple of weeks but it wasn't needed.

Yesterday he started coughing blood (long story of lung cancer in remission and warferin thinning blood etc I won't go into). He saw his GP the same day and he booked him for an X-Ray today. I took him up and we had a five minute wait, max for the X-Ray. He is seeing a medic tomorrow for follow up. And he is 86, which I mention as there is something of a myth that at that age these things don't get priority.

Pretty good for the 'ailing ' NHS.

[Coito ergo sum]

Sorry to hear about your dad's health issues, Rum, but glad that the wait time issue was not an issue for him.

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[MrJonno]

Waiting lists on the NHS according to a private insurance company which obviously has an agenda but they don't look too bad

http://www.aviva.co.uk/health/private-h ... guide.html

Typically waiting lists for a hip replacement seem to be around 90 days , you wait for non-critical healthcare in the UK and I assume anywhere else where you can't jump queues by paying but a price well worth paying for ensuring eveyrone gets it.

Of course if you do want it faster the private option exists.

What I do notice is Aviva , the private insurance company doesnt seem to care too much about critical care , no money in it. If you die while waiting for a heart transplant in the UK it will be because there is no heart avaliable not due to a lack of surgeons. Unfortunately for libertarians anywhere you can't buy a heart (legally) but then again they seem to do quite well without one

[egbert]

This kind of thing has been a big concern to me as the US starts down the road toward a nationalized health care system.

[egbert]

This kind of thing has been a big concern to me as the US starts down the road toward a nationalized health care system.

[Coito ergo sum]

[egbert]

A man who was in the same hospital waiting room as Brian Sinclair says he told nurses and security workers he was concerned about Sinclair -- but says he was told they were too busy to check on him.

Brian Sinclair, 45, died while waiting 34 hours for care at the Health Sciences Centre in what some are now calling the worst emergency room failure in Manitoba's history.

The witness -- who spoke to CTV News on the condition his identity be withheld -- said he was in the waiting room Friday evening. Sinclair, who had previously had both his legs amputated, was sitting nearby in a wheelchair. He looked like he was sleeping.

The witness said when he returned to the waiting area the next night, the man was sitting in the exact same position and looked like he hadn't moved, so he decided he should tell someone.

"I don't think he's asleep, so we went to tell a nurse." said the witness, who was there with his wife. "The nurse said we'll go and check, [but] nobody ever went and checked on him. We waited another hour or so and we told another nurse twice to go and check." The witness said the nurse told him she was too busy and couldn't check right away.

The witness claims he told a security officer of the man's condition, but said the guard told him the case would be "too much paperwork."

http://www.nowpublic.com/world/man-dies ... g-34-hours

[egbert]

While in the clinic today, I just realized something - Howcum Doctor's waiting rooms never have clocks?

[Rum]

My father was presenting the symptoms suggesting lung cancer last Wednesday when he saw a doctor (he is 86 and had is diagnosed initially 12 years ago but has been 'clear' for a few years). He had an X-Ray on Friday and he has an appointment with a specialist this Thursday.

I tend to take him to the various medical appointments he has, which are frequent now. The medical staff are kind, respectful and helpful with very few exceptions.

The UK NHS is a bloody gem.

[sandinista]

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Nooooo....Emperor, Immortal, Mayhem, Darkthrone.

My father was presenting the symptoms suggesting lung cancer last Wednesday when he saw a doctor (he is 86 and had is diagnosed initially 12 years ago but has been 'clear' for a few years). He had an X-Ray on Friday and he has an appointment with a specialist this Thursday.

I tend to take him to the various medical appointments he has, which are frequent now. The medical staff are kind, respectful and helpful with very few exceptions.

The UK NHS is a bloody gem.

Yes, one thing good about this country is our health care system as well. I had major leg surgery (knee specifically) some years back and was in surgery the day after it happened and was never billed for it. Very grateful for that.