Just got back from a longer evening out than expected. We drove to a village, in order to walk and have tea overlooking a favoured hillside. Our route was blocked by a "road closed" sign, on three occasions. Finally got there. Lovely and quiet place. On returning, all routes out of the village, bar one, were closed, taking us down lanes that got narrower, and more potholed. Finally came face to face with another vehicle, and couldn't pass. It was only a motorbike!! Eventually arrived home, with a rather frazzled wife - she drives, not me. Somewhat relieved. Will check under the car tomorrow. Why do they close so many roads at the same time, taking you miles from where you want to be? Four directions out of the village, and three of them closed for road repairs.
We took the kids to the beach today. The weather forecast said a cold front was passing through but it would stay warmish and that's fine for us since we're not hot beach people anyway. I chucked on my long sleeved UV-blocking top and a hat despite the grey skies and spent a happy hour knee-deep in freezing water while shivering in the near gale force wind while the kids had a whale of a time in the sea. Eventually the sun did come back out and took the edge off the cold. It's only now as the back of my legs are burning like mad that I realised that the suntan lotion probably wasn't very waterproof. I've pruned the aloe vera plant and slapped on some E45 but since my pasty legs hadn't seen the sun for a year or so they've got the full lobster treatment on the go. Proper British seaside holiday. The only thing missing was a gull nicking my chips but my wife did her best to fill the vacancy.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
@Obelixx, you have a remarkable knowledge of medicine, for someone untrained.
Finding your magician on line, was remarkably lucky and would not be recommended by any practitioner, and as for surgical outcomes data anywhere in the world, it is really not worth the paper it is written on.
I am fascinated that you think chatting to people about the best restaurants might be similar to choosing the best surgeon, you cannot judge the quality of surgeons by what non trained customers might say.
You might say I got lucky, but I am very happy with the surgeon who I have been given. Obviously I still have contacts, but if I am honest, any Orthopaedic surgeon who can't do a hip, or a knee, won't be working at my old hospital, so maybe I got an unfair advantage, as well as the speed at which my surgery has been arranged.
How can you lie there and think of England When you don't even know who's in the team
I have a friend whose 19 year old son is a drug addict, he has ODed 3 times this month and had to be resuscitated and says he wants to die. The NHS will do nothing to help her. Mental health say not their problem he is an addict, drug addiction team won’t help as he won’t give up drugs because he is suicidal. This is an intelligent young man from a loving family, up until 6 months ago he was working. So very young and on the scrap heap, the NHS is on its knees. If it can’t help people like him then who will?
I recently had issues with HRT and was told by my GP to go to a private clinic. Most surgeries don’t have the doctors trained to deal with a condition that affects over 50% of the population directly at some time and actually affects 100% of the population in some way.
My youngest son was misdiagnosed with “gastric trouble “ by 4 separate doctors until his appendix burst and he nearly died of sepsis.
My mother had MND and my father cancer, their treatment was patchy and inconsistent , their care barely adequate. I steer clear of the medical profession as much as I possibly can.
I am sure there are many excellent doctors and nurses. The surgeon who saved my sons life is one of them, many are not excellent and the NHS itself is so badly run and wasteful. If you have had a good experience be grateful, but “best in the world “ I don’t think so.
@punkdoc - certainly not a medical expert but certainly bright enough to know to ask questions. Having the idiot at Namur tell me a load of cr*ap about my feet and knowing there were other specialists available I looked online for the details of those clinics and then went to see them and selected the one who suited me best. Can't do that in the UK unless you go private.
Found the back magician after reading an article in a magazine about a pain management clinic and setting up an appointment. I didn't even need a GP referral for that.
The knee chap here did a friend's knee so that was word of mouth. I'd already been warned off getting it done closer to home at La Roche because of different meds used and different approaches to physio afterwards.
I'm afraid the experience of people like @debs64's family are all too common in the UK. The NHS is under-funded, badly managed and very wasteful. There are pockets of excellence from GP practices to leading edge surgery, treatments and research but there is no "best practice" where the ones that succeed are used as models for those which are failing. That's how you get dreadful stories like 2 decades of catastrophic failure at Telford and Shrewsbury maternity services.
When it comes to the NHS it's definitely a case of caveat emptor and do your research.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
The problem is, this is a largely British forum, and people are much more likely to tell you their bad news stories, than their good.
From my experience abroad, there were just as many complaints about health care, as there are here.
I am glad you had such good outcomes, but the way you chose your care, could have ended very badly. There are surgeons the world over, who will tell you about their fabulous results, their colleagues may tell different stories. It alarms me how many people get their medical advice from Dr. Google, without the knowledge to be able to verify what it is telling them.
How can you lie there and think of England When you don't even know who's in the team
I just had a phonecall to say the new washing machine I'd ordered was out of stock but they could get me one by Friday. I said I was a bit desperate for a new machine so did they have anything similar that I could have a bit sooner and the lady went off to look for something. She rang back an hour later with a better machine that was originally out of my budget and discounted it to the same price plus adding same day delivery. What great service
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
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Eventually arrived home, with a rather frazzled wife - she drives, not me. Somewhat relieved. Will check under the car tomorrow.
Why do they close so many roads at the same time, taking you miles from where you want to be? Four directions out of the village, and three of them closed for road repairs.
Oh, and no satnav!!
Finding your magician on line, was remarkably lucky and would not be recommended by any practitioner, and as for surgical outcomes data anywhere in the world, it is really not worth the paper it is written on.
I am fascinated that you think chatting to people about the best restaurants might be similar to choosing the best surgeon, you cannot judge the quality of surgeons by what non trained customers might say.
You might say I got lucky, but I am very happy with the surgeon who I have been given. Obviously I still have contacts, but if I am honest, any Orthopaedic surgeon who can't do a hip, or a knee, won't be working at my old hospital, so maybe I got an unfair advantage, as well as the speed at which my surgery has been arranged.
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
I steer clear of the medical profession as much as I possibly can.
think so.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jun/26/girl-didnt-identified-as-a-cat-post-truth-politics-media-gender-identity
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Found the back magician after reading an article in a magazine about a pain management clinic and setting up an appointment. I didn't even need a GP referral for that.
The knee chap here did a friend's knee so that was word of mouth. I'd already been warned off getting it done closer to home at La Roche because of different meds used and different approaches to physio afterwards.
I'm afraid the experience of people like @debs64's family are all too common in the UK. The NHS is under-funded, badly managed and very wasteful. There are pockets of excellence from GP practices to leading edge surgery, treatments and research but there is no "best practice" where the ones that succeed are used as models for those which are failing. That's how you get dreadful stories like 2 decades of catastrophic failure at Telford and Shrewsbury maternity services.
When it comes to the NHS it's definitely a case of caveat emptor and do your research.
From my experience abroad, there were just as many complaints about health care, as there are here.
I am glad you had such good outcomes, but the way you chose your care, could have ended very badly. There are surgeons the world over, who will tell you about their fabulous results, their colleagues may tell different stories.
It alarms me how many people get their medical advice from Dr. Google, without the knowledge to be able to verify what it is telling them.
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border