Re: Time to choose sides?
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Originally Posted by monday21
Some may accuse me of scaremongering, but don’t bet against my predictions.
I would ;)
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Time will tell Gerry, not sure about the horse riding thing though because of ballot box reprisals.
Whether or not people going off in to the mountains should make provision for their own insurance to cover medical treatment in the unforunate event of an accident, is already under discussion.
We live in times when everyone is pointing the blame and different groups in society are attacking each other. Sadly, minority groups like bikers are soft targets.
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The beginning of the end, IMHO >:( we are on the slippery slope to anti-collectivism :-/
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All politicians are the same and just want to pull the wool over eyes.
They will keep raising taxes, making cuts that screw everybody but themselves over and enjoying lots of 'perks' courtesy of the tax payer.
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I do question where the money goes, for example - the NHS is always making cuts and constantly delivering a poor service.....
But at my local hospital (RUH) theyve got a really pretty atrium. Why was it necessary? And how much did it cost? ::)
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I failed to mention in my earlier post that denying patients who smoke routine operations will only encourage them to lie about their daily intake of nicotine - even the numbskulls who drafted up these reforms must have seen the implications before they rubber-stamped the bill.
I couldn’t help but notice that the obese and smokers, but not those with alcohol dependency problems are being discriminated against for NHS treatment.
Probably because the lawmakers must have been p*ssed-up in the commons bar courtesy of the taxpayer, when they drafted up this ridiculous bill.
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Originally Posted by monday21
I failed to mention in my earlier post that denying patients who smoke routine operations will only encourage them to lie about their daily intake of nicotine - even the numbskulls who drafted up these reforms must have seen the implications before they rubber-stamped the bill.
I couldn’t help but notice that the obese and smokers, but not those with alcohol dependency problems are being discriminated against for NHS treatment.
Probably because the lawmakers must have been p*ssed-up in the commons bar courtesy of the taxpayer, when they drafted up this ridiculous bill.
There are tests that are used to tell if you're still smoking or not and can also be quite accurate on the amount you smoke. These are used in the sponsored councelling and support programmes which are jointly funded PCT (NHS if you like) and the County Councils. As there's a high cost to this 1-1 counselling service on quiting smoking all the candidates take one of these tests at each appointment otherwise they lose the financial support they're getting to help them quit. Seems fair to me.
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Oh I see Graeme. The Clinical Commissioning Groups will insist that all local GPs test smokers waiting for an op before a referral is made to a surgeon.Hmmm :-/
Beginning to understand now why so many GPs are against the reforms
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Originally Posted by monday21
Oh I see Graeme. The Clinical Commissioning Groups will insist that all local GPs test smokers waiting for an op before a referral is made to a surgeon.Hmmm :-/
Beginning to understand now why so many GPs are against the reforms
No, that's not what I meant Ken. All I was mentioning was that the technology is available for testing smokers to prove if they have quit and if not how much they're still smoking. It was just in referenc eto your comment about them lying about whether they have quit or not. Also, in the service I mentioned, the GP's are not in the loop.