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graj0
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I was having my usual whinge to myself about my doctors surgery and wondering if certain procedures could be improved. Last Thursday I had all the symptoms of an all too familiar water infection, I rang the surgery, I asked for advise as to whether an appointment was necessary and presented my symptoms. I was asked if I could come and give a sample, which I've done before and then waited 4 days for a result confirming that I did indeed have a water infection and I could have some antibiotics . . . . . 4 days too late in my mind, probably just me. I was a little apprehensive, thinking "here we go again", but my symptoms were the deciding factor. I don't know what other people's experience is but last Thursday I was getting urgent signals that I needed a wee every 15 minutes or so and sometimes the urge was so bad I was making a mess before addressing the porcelain and even then, finding I only had a thimble full.. So driving to the surgery (20 minutes) wasn't a decent option last Thursday, I managed on Friday because I was starting to feel better. Yesterday I rang for the results and the sample I provided was clear. Before the person at the surgery had the chance to ring up I had to tell her to hang on and ask "surely presenting the symptoms and not having an infection surely means I better see the GP? I've now got a telephone appointment which is OK, sort of, but I can dip a stick into a pot of pee, I shall ask in case it happens again, waiting 4 days can be so easily simplified with no effort required on their part, or am I looking at this in to simplistic a way.
It got me thinking about what we expect from an NHS and what we expect to get out of it. I don't see many signs of improvements but what am I looking for? I've had two emergency admissions in the last three years and everything has been terrific, fantastic, still wanted to get home as soon as possible though. Anyway, I found this URL and some of the numbers make interesting reading. Sorry it's probably only for England, but that's what happens when some countries in the UK want their own NHS. LOL
http://www.nhsconfed.org/resources/key-statistics-on-the-nhs
It got me thinking about what we expect from an NHS and what we expect to get out of it. I don't see many signs of improvements but what am I looking for? I've had two emergency admissions in the last three years and everything has been terrific, fantastic, still wanted to get home as soon as possible though. Anyway, I found this URL and some of the numbers make interesting reading. Sorry it's probably only for England, but that's what happens when some countries in the UK want their own NHS. LOL
http://www.nhsconfed.org/resources/key-statistics-on-the-nhs