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If you see a specialist privately and they tell you you need an operation, do/can you go straight on to the NHS waiting list or do you have to start from scratch with the NHS?
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that means you will see the Great Man himself and not his Very Bright Registrar
and he thay
you need operation X
and you say - can you do this yourself?
and he will say yeah this after noon five hundred knicker
and you say - no on the NHS
and HE will say - Oh I dont do these on the NHS but Mr Y does OR yeah I will put you on the list ....
Alot of the cases on these threads turn out to be urgent - like me - ca colon, not that early either - in which case you get onto the standard conveyor belt - rapidly.....
that means you will see the Great Man himself and not his Very Bright Registrar
and he thay
you need operation X
and you say - can you do this yourself?
and he will say yeah this after noon five hundred knicker
and you say - no on the NHS
and HE will say - Oh I dont do these on the NHS but Mr Y does OR yeah I will put you on the list ....
Alot of the cases on these threads turn out to be urgent - like me - ca colon, not that early either - in which case you get onto the standard conveyor belt - rapidly.....
// that seems a bit unfair as it means someone on the NHS list gets pushed back .//
no - not if they are urgent - and they get on the conveyor belt in the position they should have been if the system worked well
I was left on the NHS for seven weeks with advanced lymphoma - and my GP said - It is incredible - I dont seem to be able to move anyone !
all the nobs had gone on holiday and none of the Bright Registrars seemed ready to make a decision
no - not if they are urgent - and they get on the conveyor belt in the position they should have been if the system worked well
I was left on the NHS for seven weeks with advanced lymphoma - and my GP said - It is incredible - I dont seem to be able to move anyone !
all the nobs had gone on holiday and none of the Bright Registrars seemed ready to make a decision
It was the great man himself who treated me on the NHS. He said that I had saved the NHS a great deal of money by paying for the consult - had I waited for the NHS appointment the treatment would have been more complicated and hospital recovery time longer.
A different GP may have pushed for a quicker NHS appointment.
A different GP may have pushed for a quicker NHS appointment.