Is This The Way To Treat Our Own?

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3799798/Pensioner-Leslie-Brown-fell-outside-Coleman-Health-Centre-not-treated.html

[andy-hughes]

No.

[mushroom25]

this is the caring sharing NHS as engineered by the present government - no contract, no treatment, because without it, the facility won't be paid.

[Zacs-Master]

It's not the way to treat anyone. Clearly something wrong with the management and their protocols.

[Sqad]

If this story was centred around the USA, then the cry of the AB lefties would have been:

"Thank God for our NHS."

[andy-hughes]

Sqad - //If this story was centred around the USA, then the cry of the AB lefties would have been:

"Thank God for our NHS." //

And if my aunty had .....

Your point is?

[sp1814]

It appears to have been a common sense bypass. Whoever told this gentleman that he could not receive attention because he was not registered was a) not engaging his/her brain and b) not following the (apparently) protocols for the surgery.

[Sqad]

Andy-Hughes........if i have to explain my point.........then please ignore my post.

[sp1814]

Sqad

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.

[Zacs-Master]

Sp, the surgery admitted protocols weren't correct so it wasn't possible to follow them.
'We will be strengthening our accident protocol as a result and hope Mr Brown is recovering well.'

[sp1814]

Put a comma between 'this' and 'based' in order to make my first sentence above make sense.

[sp1814]

Z-M

Yes, I see your point. Whilst first aiders have helped in the past, perhaps it has not been formalised.

[andy-hughes]

Sqad - //Andy-Hughes........if i have to explain my point.........then please ignore my post. //

That's just it - there is no point!

Why conjure up a meaningless scenario just to have a pop at the 'lefties' - if that is all you are doing, it's best if everyone ignores your post.

[aelmpvw]

//It appears to have been a common sense bypass//
you can say that again, especially as they refused to give him a plaster (according to the report)

[Mamyalynne]

No and thankfully they have admitted it wasn't dealt with correctly.

Hope they get their act together pronto.

[Sqad]

O.K....on the advice from A-H........please ignore my meaningless post.

[Old_Geezer]

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.

[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.

[anotheoldgit]

Sqad

/// O.K....on the advice from A-H........please ignore my meaningless post. ///

I will not ignore it squad, in this free country of which we are fortunate to live in, we do not want others to inform what is a meaningless post and which posts we should ignore.

[andy-hughes]

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.

[anotheoldgit]

A voice in the theatre shouted "is there a doctor in the house" and a voice came back asking "is the person registered with me"?