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over a year ago
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On bbc1 now it is about hospitals are you watching it too? It is interesting. about oversea stayers that come here and they think it is free, they got a chock of how much they have to pay daily, one couldnt pay £800, many dont have id's. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Well we have to get insurance if we go overseas so why not them.i was in Spain a few years ago and had to pay nearly £700 for a broken ankle before I got the insurance sorted etc. |
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"Did it point out that NHS spending on non residents healthcare is less than half of one percent of the total budget ? "
Shhhhhh, that doesn't make a good Daily Mail headline  |
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"Did it point out that NHS spending on non residents healthcare is less than half of one percent of the total budget ? "
They recon they will only claw back about half a million a year by doing this which is nowhere near half a percent of the total budget |
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"On bbc1 now it is about hospitals are you watching it too? It is interesting. about oversea stayers that come here and they think it is free, they got a chock of how much they have to pay daily, one couldnt pay £800, many dont have id's."
The money supposedly "stolen" by "health tourists" is a side show considering the massive staff and financial gaps.
There is a much bigger picture and much larger problems within the NHS |
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"On bbc1 now it is about hospitals are you watching it too? It is interesting. about oversea stayers that come here and they think it is free, they got a chock of how much they have to pay daily, one couldnt pay £800, many dont have id's.
The money supposedly "stolen" by "health tourists" is a side show considering the massive staff and financial gaps.
There is a much bigger picture and much larger problems within the NHS"
Completely this!
Unfortunately, the NHS just isn't run efficiently. I say this as someone who works in it. We have a tiny percentage of overseas patients and this is in London. |
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"Did it point out that NHS spending on non residents healthcare is less than half of one percent of the total budget ?
They recon they will only claw back about half a million a year by doing this which is nowhere near half a percent of the total budget"
It's a bit late at night to be getting into my thoughts on the ethics and morals of health provision, but to summarise I don't believe it should be as cut and dried 'pay up / pay in or we won't help you'
I have a feeling Shag that your thread might end up in the politics forum, which is a shame because the programme has been great. Sad, but great TV.
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It's a good distraction technique from the real problem though isn't it. The govt aren't daft.
If someone has been in this country 6 months they become resident and entitled to free healthcare. If you are British and paid all your taxes here etc but move abroad for 6 months you loose your entitlement to nhs care.
I have worked in hospitals for 8 years and only come across one person who had to pay and that was an ex pat. I think it must only really be a problem in the London hospitals, maybe a couple of the biggest cities. |
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Has been good - episode about juggling intensive care bed was hard 
You're on fire with the puns tonight Wyrdy 
