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Why do people go to hospital?

Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
in Politics & Debate
Found this story.

Some of the reasons given are intriguing... :eek:

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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Or klintock.

    I like the 'unspecified forces of nature'
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Unless they're flying straight from Tenerife into Britain and the nearest hospital, how on earth can A&E departments in this country admit people with injuries sustained by "volcanic eruptions"? :confused:
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Do hospitals in various British dependencies still come under NHS?

    If it were so then that might make sense e.g. in Monserrat?
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    The article says some of the incidents happened abroad, but required treatment at home.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    il like how politicians think people want to choose what hospital they get treated in, normally most people just want to gre treated safely and quickly


    im havcing a heart attack can i be treated in that top quality hospital up in the outer hebrides please
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    wheresmyplacebo wrote:
    il like how politicians think people want to choose what hospital they get treated in, normally most people just want to gre treated safely and quickly


    im havcing a heart attack can i be treated in that top quality hospital up in the outer hebrides please

    "Choice" is more elective treatment not emergency. Relax, you're aren't going to be getting in an ambulance only to be asked which hospital you want to be taken to.

    It will be really useful for students who may want treatment at "home" rather than at the hospital nearest their Uni (for example)...
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Man Of Kent wrote:
    It will be really useful for students who may want treatment at "home" rather than at the hospital nearest their Uni (for example)...
    Surely they should be registered with a GP in their university city or town and therefore automatically be referred to their nearest hospital. :p
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    BumbleBee wrote:
    Surely they should be registered with a GP in their university city or town and therefore automatically be referred to their nearest hospital. :p

    Sorry think you misunderstood, or I wasn't clear.

    Choice means that the student can be treated in their home town even though they may be registered with a GP hundreds of miles away at the Uni.

    Currently the GP must get permission before he can refer like this.
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