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Sending NHS patients abroad...
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I think I've mentioned this before but my Trust is a pilot for sending patients abroad to Germany/France for treatment.
It comes as a result of the EU saying that all EU citizens have the right to treatment anywhere in the EU.
As a result the Govt has asked us to pilot the scheme and set up the systems.
We've found that most patients don't want to travel abroad for their treatment - the just want the same waiting times as our EU counterparts.
What do you think? Would you want to spend up to 3 weeks in a foreign hospital?
It comes as a result of the EU saying that all EU citizens have the right to treatment anywhere in the EU.
As a result the Govt has asked us to pilot the scheme and set up the systems.
We've found that most patients don't want to travel abroad for their treatment - the just want the same waiting times as our EU counterparts.
What do you think? Would you want to spend up to 3 weeks in a foreign hospital?
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Obviously id rather be treated in my own country but if the waiting times are much less in Europe then id be glad to go.
No problem with it being in another country. Most of Europe speaks English as well as their own language anyway so theres no problems there.
That said, I think I could stomach it too...I'd just rather that we spent the money here so that we could provide those same service locally.
I dont know anyone who wouldnt be willing to pay a little more tax to improve the NHS and other public services but labour are terrified of telling people they will raise taxes.
And what are the waiting times like for East Kent Hospitals trust? Like Baldy says, getting an operation done quickly in Europe has got to be better than waiting forever on a list.
Hip replacements, cataracts...anyone that will go to be honest.
Waiting times are like most places, but (again like most places) in roads are being made and there will be NO-ONE waiting over 15m by March. In fact in many cases we're much better than that - 6m for cataracts, 70% ENT wait less than 6m for example - but this isn't about waiting times, it's all political.
Milburn (and the EU) say it should be done, and so it will be and sod the cost...
We pay in an awful lot more money than we get out of the EU. Added to that theres the vast beurocratic costs that need to be covered to keep us in the EU.