Re:Investors Extracted $400M from a Hospital Chain
by fakedang on Tuesday October 20, 2020 @12:58PM
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My SO worked in the NHS previously and is currently working in the German system. Either system has their faults, but the German system of public-regulated private health care offerings far outweighs the NHS experience. Plus, it is much better for her iho, since her departments don't have to deal with some nonsensical cuts because of some bullshit political maneuvering. Personally it has been a lot healthy for her and for us, since she isn't as overworked and underpaid (as much) as before.
As for everything else - I literally have no complaints about the treatment anyone in our family has had from the NHS. Of course, other people will have had bad experiences - that is inevitable with something the size of the NHS but I don't.
NB We have neighbours who are NHS doctors who complain about the costs of the German healthcare system - everybody has some problems!
Edit: About a month ago, on a Sunday, my wife got what appeared to be an insect bite that had become infected. She phoned NHS 24, spoke to someone and had to wait for an hour for a nurse to phone back. The nurse said it was best to play safe and arranged a hospital appointment for about 7pm. I drove her to the appointment and she was in, examined by a doctor and out again in about 30 minutes with a pack of antibiotics to take.
Cost: £0 (prescriptions are free in Scotland).
That is pretty typical of my experience of the NHS.