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Originally Posted by itsme123
I have spoken to 10 doctors who work in NHS hospitals and a around 5 nurses. Every single one of them said that it is over-stretched.
Surely it is bounds to collapse at some point as everyone and anyone can walk in and use it. Anyone from any country on earth can do.
About half of NHS employees feel overstretched. They are wrong. They are also free to leave the industry if they dont like it.
By definition the medical industry will never be comfortable, its a stressful job with long hours but the only significant figures are ability to attract staff, waiting lists and some measure of successful outcomes. All of which the NHS is perfectly good to excellent at.
As for the second bit, you realise that "for some reason" lots of people from any country on earth dont just walk into the NHS for healthcare. I mean, surprising i know, but whilst 7 billion people could get emergency care if they travel all the way to Britain they dont.
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Treatment which is always free of charge
Some hospital treatment is free of charge for everyone who needs it, regardless of how long they have been or intend to stay in the UK. This is:-
treatment for accidents and emergencies as an outpatient in a hospital’s accident and emergency department. Emergency treatment in a walk-in centre is also free of charge (England and Wales only). However, if you are referred to an outpatient clinic or admitted to hospital from an accident and emergency department, you will be charged
compulsory psychiatric treatment
In England and Scotland, compulsory treatment under a court order
treatment for certain communicable diseases, such as tuberculosis, cholera, food poisoning, malaria, meningitis and pandemic influenza. Testing for the HIV virus and counselling following a test are both free of charge, but any necessary subsequent treatment and medicines may have to be paid for
family planning services.
The point is they only offer "free" treatment of emergencies or things that directly effect others.
Its a pathetic argument to say the NHS is bad because it treats people in emergencies. Pathetic as a viewpoint on how others should be treated and pathetic in that it has no real world application as an argument because its been this way for three generations and yet its still never bankrupted the country.