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Post by Deleted on Jan 9, 2023 22:31:12 GMT
Anyone can get online appointments with "pushdoctor" for £45 video calling with a smart phone.
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Post by Steve on Jan 9, 2023 23:56:15 GMT
Anyone can get online appointments with "pushdoctor" for £45 video calling with a smart phone. But will a private health insurance policy reimburse you? 'Access' to private GP appointments isn't the same and only some private health insurances do so cover.. |
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Post by Red Rackham on Jan 10, 2023 0:09:09 GMT
Anyone can get online appointments with "pushdoctor" for £45 video calling with a smart phone. Good heavens, are you serious? |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 10, 2023 8:56:07 GMT
Anyone can get online appointments with "pushdoctor" for £45 video calling with a smart phone. Good heavens, are you serious? On this occasion, yes. www.pushdoctor.co.uk/But you've guessed, I can be a bit of a joker. |
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Post by Toreador on Jan 10, 2023 10:13:38 GMT
Good heavens, are you serious? On this occasion, yes. www.pushdoctor.co.uk/But you've guessed, I can be a bit of a joker.I'd have never guessed that.  |
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Post by ratcliff on Jan 10, 2023 21:37:49 GMT
Anyone can get online appointments with "pushdoctor" for £45 video calling with a smart phone. But will a private health insurance policy reimburse you? 'Access' to private GP appointments isn't the same and only some private health insurances do so cover.. Anyhow you only need a phone number to Depends on the excess , you don't require health insurance to make a an appointment with a private GP but you generally need a phone to make the appointment |
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Post by jonksy on Jan 11, 2023 13:28:28 GMT
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Post by Fairsociety on Jan 11, 2023 13:44:22 GMT
Would be selfish of people to clog up the NHS if they could afford to go private, well done Rishi
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Post by Handyman on Jan 11, 2023 15:24:13 GMT
The only solution is to means test patients. Charge patients £5 to £10 to see a GP. One thing I have noticed is that propietary medication (Cough medication, allergy treatments etc.) have rocketed in price. Paracetamol was 29p now 62p. As usual, someone somewhere is making a fortune out of the public. In France 10 years ago it was 20euros to see a doctor, the NHS subsidised part of that for expats. The French Health Care System is like ours failing falling apart and it has more Doctors and Nursing Staff than we have , in addition in Rural parts of the country there are no local GP's available according to the BBC www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-64216269?at_medium=RSS&at. |
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Post by Toreador on Jan 11, 2023 17:28:53 GMT
In France 10 years ago it was 20euros to see a doctor, the NHS subsidised part of that for expats. The French Health Care System is like ours failing falling apart and it has more Doctors and Nursing Staff than we have , in addition in Rural parts of the country there are no local GP's available according to the BBC www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-64216269?at_medium=RSS&at. Ten years ago I spent some four weeks out of twelve in hospital, all connected with the same problem. Nurses were running round like headless chickens and when I said to one I could save them at least 25% of their time she looked at me, laughed and asked how. My answer was to reduce the ridiculous amount of admin they were forced to endure; it looks like France is being similarly affected. It isn't just the sheer amount of admin but that when the nurse is finished with it it's sent on for someone else to read, tickbox and file. |
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Post by Handyman on Jan 11, 2023 18:43:00 GMT
I would think other countries across Europe may well have similar problems, Italy certainly got hit hard by Covid
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Post by seniorcitizen007 on Jan 11, 2023 21:11:35 GMT
I went to my GP with a health problem. She said she didn't know what was wrong and would make am appointment for me with a hospital clinic ... but added:"It will be long time!" I asked at the reception if I could possibly pay to be seen sooner and was told that for £30 (cash upfront) I could be seen within a week. If I then needed treatment I could go on the NHS waiting list. As I didn't then have £30 available (I was unemployed) I sought private advice the next day from a clinic that advertised for volunteers to be assessed, for free, by students. The person I saw convinced me that my problem was trivial and would soon go away ... which it did. 6 months later I was sent an appointment by the NHS climic.
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