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Is This The Way To Treat Our Own?
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It's unlikely that a story like this based on a case in the US would ever make it to AB.
What 'the lefties' (sigh) would no doubt praise the NHS for, would be a case where the equivalent pensioner being refused treatment at all local surgeries because he had no Medicaid/Medicare.
Seriously - it's MUCH better to be poor and sick in the UK, than it is in the US. It's not even comparable.
It's unlikely that a story like this based on a case in the US would ever make it to AB.
What 'the lefties' (sigh) would no doubt praise the NHS for, would be a case where the equivalent pensioner being refused treatment at all local surgeries because he had no Medicaid/Medicare.
Seriously - it's MUCH better to be poor and sick in the UK, than it is in the US. It's not even comparable.
It is about expectation.
The commercial US system is expected to possibly decide that they aren't a charity. The NHS is paid for by all citizens for all citizens and a refusal to treat is neither expected nor acceptable. It's one thing to have a system for normal appointment access but not right to use that to justify refusing aid to an NHS customer with a problem that occurred nearby and needs medical help.
The commercial US system is expected to possibly decide that they aren't a charity. The NHS is paid for by all citizens for all citizens and a refusal to treat is neither expected nor acceptable. It's one thing to have a system for normal appointment access but not right to use that to justify refusing aid to an NHS customer with a problem that occurred nearby and needs medical help.
237SJ - //It sounds like it was just a mistake - someone didn`t understand the protocol of the practice that has been put right in case something similar happens in the future. //
I don't think that will fly for a minute.
If you work in a caring profession, the instinct to help someone who is hurt trumps 'protocol' any day.
I don't think that will fly for a minute.
If you work in a caring profession, the instinct to help someone who is hurt trumps 'protocol' any day.