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chav1 · 16-12-2005, 10:18

lets all goto abroad and see how hospitable they are there when we turn up for free treatment

its only fair we have been paying for foreigners long enough

Neil · 16-12-2005, 10:34

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Originally Posted by SPUGGIE J

It stinks and I am glad I have access to private medical services because the NHS is driving me bonkers.

I bet you won't turn your nose up at the NHS when the paramedics drag you out of a smashed car and take you to a NHS hospital to save your life.

geoff70 · 16-12-2005, 14:37

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Originally Posted by SPUGGIE J

The attitude prevailing is why should the NHS pay for something that is self inficted. Yet people pay all their lives for this service and then get nelsoned when they need it most. So someone who has never worked and needs an operation would be put ahead of a 68 year old smoker that has worked all their life and paid for what they need on the NHS. It stinks and I am glad I have access to private medical services because the NHS is driving me bonkers.

hehe old money bags spugs paying tax, national insurance and private medical care ....nothing like doing your bit for the illegals ,lol

Less · 16-12-2005, 14:40

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Originally Posted by Neil

I bet you won't turn your nose up at the NHS when the paramedics drag you out of a smashed car and take you to a NHS hospital to save your life.

If he's fat, drinking and smoking when he has the accident I fear it will be classed as self-inflicted so it will be left to the Fire Brigade to just sweep him into a tidy pile by the side of the road!

chav1 · 16-12-2005, 14:55

i wonder if local councils will br providing bins for the bodies of those left to die by the NHS...?

i recomend a yellow tub

Less · 16-12-2005, 15:05

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Originally Posted by chav1

i wonder if local councils will br providing bins for the bodies of those left to die by the NHS...?

i recomend a yellow tub

Oh no, not yet another thing to put out with my wheelie bin I just won't have room in the house for anything of my own! This recycling is going too far!

SPUGGIE J · 16-12-2005, 15:55

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Originally Posted by Neil

I bet you won't turn your nose up at the NHS when the paramedics drag you out of a smashed car and take you to a NHS hospital to save your life.

Not knocking it that way as I might have to go for a brain scan and it is quicker through private than the NHS. I waited 3 months last time and dont fancy another 3 month wait.

pendy · 16-12-2005, 18:50

So when are we going to charge all those people who get run over and need hospital treatment because they stepped off the pavement without looking? That's self-inflicted, if you like.

My nephew died of a virulent form of lung cancer at the age of 46, never having smoked in his life. My cousin is 80, has smoked at least 20 a day since she was 18, and is the picture of health.

What about industrial illnesses? - should we refuse treatment to ex-miners who develop silicosis, because they knew the risks?

I can see the point of saying to someone that they will not get a particular operation unless they make a lifestyle change - in some circumstances, as Lettie says, it is self-defeating. George Best managed it though, he got a nice new liver and proceeded to cane it to death.