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No, I noticed that - here, a 16 tab box of store-brand ibuprofen is around 30p, in the States, where I've lived, it would be upwards of $1.50, possibly even close to $2. Bigger containers cost less, so something like a 50 tab container of ibuprofen might cost $6.
Aren't prescription drugs here all subsidised so you only pay like £6.50 or something?
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i'm canadian (where we also have a good public healthcare system), but have lived here for pretty much a decade now.
in general, yes it has huge problems. there can be long waiting times to see a specialist, or for specialist operations. it's sometimes overly beaurocratic. and it suffers from the same types of problems as any large institutions. but it's also one of the best healthcare programmes in the world, and that care is available to anyone in the uk, regardless of income.
i can make a same-day appointment to see my g.p. (on any weekday except wednesday, i think) if i need to.
i have this exceedingly rare skin disorder (not deadly or contageous, in case you're curious). i was referred to a dermatologist here in london, and was really unhappy with the care i was getting from him. so i did some research and found the world expert in the type of disorder i have, who practises in oxford. i asked my doctor for a referral to her. she's now in care over my skin problem. the nhs rocks.
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Don't know how relevant this is. . .
I went to the dentist today and had a filing replaced, a clean up and it cost me £50, And it was really easy to get an appointment, phoned up on the monday and got an appointment for today.
I also got some antibiotics for my tender wisdom tooth. But i haven't got the antibiotics yet, i'll let you know. -
oh that reminds me of another good nhs story. when i first arrived here, i broke my front tooth (long story involving a lot of alcohol). i went to dental casualty (who knew?) and got referred to an nhs dentist who gave me a new crown. for about £40. i was trying to think about how much that would have cost in the us...
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oh that reminds me of another good nhs story. when i first arrived here, i broke my front tooth (long story involving a lot of alcohol). i went to dental casualty (who knew?) and got referred to an nhs dentist who gave me a new crown. for about £40. i was trying to think about how much that would have cost in the us...
A lot more than 40 bucks for sure, or whatever the exchange rate is.
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Increasingly, though, services provided by the NHS are commissioned by people in the public purse from private companies. So, in some forms of complex care you might find yourself in a private facility, run by a private company, but with everything paid for by the NHS. T**here's no longer a clear-cut distinction between NHS and private. **In fact, the NHS is moving to separate its commissioning functions from its provider functions completely to encourage competition between public providers and private providers.
True Nigel; had that come about by the nationalisation of private clinics I'd celebrate it; but it's come about by the underhand privatisation of the NHS, so I don't. Anecdotal evidence is always to be treated with caution but I know quite a few GPs none of whom are happy with what's happening and a couple who have direct experience of tendering being rigged to ensure that new practices are run by private companies.
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True Nigel; had that come about by the nationalisation of private clinics I'd celebrate it; but it's come about by the underhand privatisation of the NHS, so I don't. Anecdotal evidence is always to be treated with caution but I know quite a few GPs none of whom are happy with what's happening and a couple who have direct experience of tendering being rigged to ensure that new practices are run by private companies.
Corporatists will always keep trying to find new ways to screw the public.
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Let put it this way;
I'm profoundly deaf, my parents would've already spend ten of thousand of pounds on me before I turn into a teenager, particually on hearing aids, which cost shitloads, the NHS allowed my then struggling family to be able to not go into debt.
look at the price list for hearing aids;
I tend to get them replaced almost yearly ever since I was a child, my current one cost £1,800 given to me free by the NHS.
this is why my family move back to the UK from America (they lived there for two years before my father knocked my mother up in St Louis.
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Let put it this way;
I'm profoundly deaf, my parents would've already spend ten of thousand of pounds on me before I turn into a teenager, particually on hearing aids, which cost shitloads, the NHS allowed my then struggling family to be able to not go into debt.
look at the price list for hearing aids;
I tend to get them replaced almost yearly ever since I was a child, my current one cost £1,800 given to me free by the NHS.
this is why my family move back to the UK from America (they lived there for two years before my father knocked my mother up in St Louis.
+1 because Im profoundly deaf too.
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born deaf, yes, and what post? this is a big forum mate.
Just kidding around.
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