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<blockquote data-quote="gemma_T1" data-source="post: 1837733" data-attributes="member: 473650"><p>Thankyou very much. Fingers crossed!! </p><p>As for the NHS, it is deliberately hugely underfunded. Nevertheless it is an amazing institution and you can get extremely good care. What I realise everytime I’m in hospital here is the lack of respect they have for the patient. Most don’t even say hello or present themselves and you are talked over and ignored. Handed a piece of paper which tells you when to pick up your results. Not all of them are like this, but unfortunately it is the majority... </p><p></p><p>Where I live the care is hit and miss and it’s not free! To see what we would call NHS specialist doctors in hospital or to do blood tests, X-rays etc. you have to pay what they call a ‘ticket’ the cost of which varies from region to region and as to type of visit or test to be performed ... sometimes you can have a lot of blood tests and end up paying nearly 300 euros... and this is not privately!! </p><p></p><p>If you want to see a specialist you can wait more than a year, however if you don’t want to or can’t wait that long you can pay upwards of 150 euros usually much more it depends on the medic or specialization... and see him the next day or at least within a couple of days in the same room in the same NHS hospital as you would have had if you had paid your ticket with the national health care system. </p><p>It costs a lot to stay healthy here! </p><p></p><p>Thankyou again for your kind wishes!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gemma_T1, post: 1837733, member: 473650"] Thankyou very much. Fingers crossed!! As for the NHS, it is deliberately hugely underfunded. Nevertheless it is an amazing institution and you can get extremely good care. What I realise everytime I’m in hospital here is the lack of respect they have for the patient. Most don’t even say hello or present themselves and you are talked over and ignored. Handed a piece of paper which tells you when to pick up your results. Not all of them are like this, but unfortunately it is the majority... Where I live the care is hit and miss and it’s not free! To see what we would call NHS specialist doctors in hospital or to do blood tests, X-rays etc. you have to pay what they call a ‘ticket’ the cost of which varies from region to region and as to type of visit or test to be performed ... sometimes you can have a lot of blood tests and end up paying nearly 300 euros... and this is not privately!! If you want to see a specialist you can wait more than a year, however if you don’t want to or can’t wait that long you can pay upwards of 150 euros usually much more it depends on the medic or specialization... and see him the next day or at least within a couple of days in the same room in the same NHS hospital as you would have had if you had paid your ticket with the national health care system. It costs a lot to stay healthy here! Thankyou again for your kind wishes! [/QUOTE]
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