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"if you get an STI due to risky sex or promiscuity should you pay for your own treatment? For example Leslie could have used condoms but didn’t. Leslie now has Gonorrhoea and requires 1 weeks worth of antibiotics to clear the infection. Its Leslies own fault and Leslie admitted this. Should Leslie pay the £20 for the course of medication? (Of course this relies on telling the truth about your sexual activity) Would more ppl be careful if they knew the cost of treatment would hit them in the pocket? " You would hope people on here would not intentionally harm the health of others and would ensure they are STI free before participating in such activities. | |||
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"I'm fine with it being free and doubt people would be more careful if they had to pay,they just wouldn't go for tests or get cured and still have free sex." Should be everyone pays or everyone gets it free. | |||
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"I'm fine with it being free and doubt people would be more careful if they had to pay,they just wouldn't go for tests or get cured and still have free sex. Should be everyone pays or everyone gets it free. " What do you mean all medication or just sexual health medicines? | |||
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"It’s not free anyway. The NHS is funded by the tax paying public." Yeah. Most of us pay twice for medication | |||
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"So, Leslie's boyfriend decides to play behind her back. He contracts an STI and passes it on to her. It's all too easy to blame those with STIs as irresponsible. " | |||
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"No. Its a slippery slope once that starts. I can see why it makes sense but once you start 'it's your fault' then it won't end. You'll have mothers paying for birth/pregnancy complications. Overweight people paying for treatment. Type 2 diabetics paying for medication. Our NHS is free for all citizens. We pay our tax, we pay for prescriptions and that's that. " In wales we dont pay for prescriptions. It's a great concept, but denying valuable funding elsewhere and more worthy in some cases. But I agree it's a slippery slope. What about means tested ? | |||
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"No. Its a slippery slope once that starts. I can see why it makes sense but once you start 'it's your fault' then it won't end. You'll have mothers paying for birth/pregnancy complications. Overweight people paying for treatment. Type 2 diabetics paying for medication. Our NHS is free for all citizens. We pay our tax, we pay for prescriptions and that's that. In wales we dont pay for prescriptions. It's a great concept, but denying valuable funding elsewhere and more worthy in some cases. But I agree it's a slippery slope. What about means tested ?" It is already means tested. | |||
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"I agree some medications should be free but not all, if it’s for a long term illness it should be free all other cases I’m fine with a prescription charge." I agree. Not sure how and what but it certainly needs reviewing in my opinion. | |||
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"I agree some medications should be free but not all, if it’s for a long term illness it should be free all other cases I’m fine with a prescription charge." According to NHS choices 90% of medicines and treatments are dispensed free of charge. | |||
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"I agree some medications should be free but not all, if it’s for a long term illness it should be free all other cases I’m fine with a prescription charge. According to NHS choices 90% of medicines and treatments are dispensed free of charge. " How come? | |||
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"I believe all prescription slips should show the cost of the drugs prescribed. You would be shocked at the cost of some items " But would that not make someone who's life depends on that medication feel guilty or a burden. | |||
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"I believe all prescription slips should show the cost of the drugs prescribed. You would be shocked at the cost of some items But would that not make someone who's life depends on that medication feel guilty or a burden. " And why should someone with an illness feel bad about the profiteering of drug companies, deals the NHS can or can't do, etc? | |||
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"No. Its a slippery slope once that starts. I can see why it makes sense but once you start 'it's your fault' then it won't end. You'll have mothers paying for birth/pregnancy complications. Overweight people paying for treatment. Type 2 diabetics paying for medication. Our NHS is free for all citizens. We pay our tax, we pay for prescriptions and that's that. In wales we dont pay for prescriptions. It's a great concept, but denying valuable funding elsewhere and more worthy in some cases. But I agree it's a slippery slope. What about means tested ?" Scotland dont pay either | |||
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"I agree some medications should be free but not all, if it’s for a long term illness it should be free all other cases I’m fine with a prescription charge. According to NHS choices 90% of medicines and treatments are dispensed free of charge. How come?" Because the list of people who are entitled to free prescriptions is huge. Anyone under 16, students, pregnant woman, anyone over 65, anyone with a serious long term health condition and those with a cancer diagnosis. So I guess those are the people that recive most of the prescribed medication. | |||
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"I agree some medications should be free but not all, if it’s for a long term illness it should be free all other cases I’m fine with a prescription charge. According to NHS choices 90% of medicines and treatments are dispensed free of charge. How come? Because the list of people who are entitled to free prescriptions is huge. Anyone under 16, students, pregnant woman, anyone over 65, anyone with a serious long term health condition and those with a cancer diagnosis. So I guess those are the people that recive most of the prescribed medication. " Ah ok. So people with serious long term health conditions or cancer don’t pay? That’s good. I didn’t know that. | |||
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"As someone who has in the past had to borrow money for food as I couldn't afford to pay for that and my heart medication as according to the government, even on a student loan I didn't qualify for free prescriptions, I would say no." You should have been able to under the low income scheme. It's covers students over the age of 19 who are on a low income. | |||
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"I agree some medications should be free but not all, if it’s for a long term illness it should be free all other cases I’m fine with a prescription charge. According to NHS choices 90% of medicines and treatments are dispensed free of charge. How come? Because the list of people who are entitled to free prescriptions is huge. Anyone under 16, students, pregnant woman, anyone over 65, anyone with a serious long term health condition and those with a cancer diagnosis. So I guess those are the people that recive most of the prescribed medication. Ah ok. So people with serious long term health conditions or cancer don’t pay? That’s good. I didn’t know that. " Also if you don't qualify for free prescriptions but need regular medication you can pay for a pre payment card, it makes it cheaper. | |||
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"I believe all prescription slips should show the cost of the drugs prescribed. You would be shocked at the cost of some items But would that not make someone who's life depends on that medication feel guilty or a burden. " I don’t think so Lorna, it may help people think about reordering when they don’t really need too. | |||
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"I agree some medications should be free but not all, if it’s for a long term illness it should be free all other cases I’m fine with a prescription charge. According to NHS choices 90% of medicines and treatments are dispensed free of charge. How come? Because the list of people who are entitled to free prescriptions is huge. Anyone under 16, students, pregnant woman, anyone over 65, anyone with a serious long term health condition and those with a cancer diagnosis. So I guess those are the people that recive most of the prescribed medication. Ah ok. So people with serious long term health conditions or cancer don’t pay? That’s good. I didn’t know that. Also if you don't qualify for free prescriptions but need regular medication you can pay for a pre payment card, it makes it cheaper. " Yes I think it’s if you have more than 3 a month or something like that. It works out cheaper. | |||
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"I believe all prescription slips should show the cost of the drugs prescribed. You would be shocked at the cost of some items But would that not make someone who's life depends on that medication feel guilty or a burden. I don’t think so Lorna, it may help people think about reordering when they don’t really need too. " Yes I agree that some people do this and it's a waste. However I know a lot of pharmacys and doctors do long term medication reviews so I would say it's a small minority and you will always have people who aduse the system but people who already feel like a burden could stop taking medicine they really need as they don't think they are worth it. | |||
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"if you get an STI due to risky sex or promiscuity should you pay for your own treatment? For example Leslie could have used condoms but didn’t. Leslie now has Gonorrhoea and requires 1 weeks worth of antibiotics to clear the infection. Its Leslies own fault and Leslie admitted this. Should Leslie pay the £20 for the course of medication? (Of course this relies on telling the truth about your sexual activity) Would more ppl be careful if they knew the cost of treatment would hit them in the pocket? " I say no. I want people to be cured and not spread it around or go without checks | |||
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" Ah ok. So people with serious long term health conditions or cancer don’t pay? That’s good. I didn’t know that. " Not all serious long term health conditions get free prescriptions. Asthma, kidney disease, and Parkinson’s don’t for example. Only those that had a reliable medication when the list of exemptions was created are included. The list has only been updated, in 2009, to include cancer since its creation. Any other revisions have been avoided by successive governments | |||
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"No. Its a slippery slope once that starts. I can see why it makes sense but once you start 'it's your fault' then it won't end. You'll have mothers paying for birth/pregnancy complications. Overweight people paying for treatment. Type 2 diabetics paying for medication. Our NHS is free for all citizens. We pay our tax, we pay for prescriptions and that's that. In wales we dont pay for prescriptions. It's a great concept, but denying valuable funding elsewhere and more worthy in some cases. But I agree it's a slippery slope. What about means tested ? It is already means tested. " Prescriptions in Wales? I dont think so. | |||
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"Anything that makes people less likely to seek early treatment is a bad idea " Totally | |||
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"My post was purely about a consequence of being irresponsible and admittedly so. People who have other illnesses not their own fault, cancer, genetic disorders etc were not who I was on about. But as said folks would be less honest about their activities or not get tested. " But it's a slippery slope as others have said. If you are overweight or a smoker and get cancer that is linked to these things should you also be denied free treatment? | |||
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"No. Its a slippery slope once that starts. I can see why it makes sense but once you start 'it's your fault' then it won't end. You'll have mothers paying for birth/pregnancy complications. Overweight people paying for treatment. Type 2 diabetics paying for medication. Our NHS is free for all citizens. We pay our tax, we pay for prescriptions and that's that. In wales we dont pay for prescriptions. It's a great concept, but denying valuable funding elsewhere and more worthy in some cases. But I agree it's a slippery slope. What about means tested ? It is already means tested. Prescriptions in Wales? I dont think so." No in Wales it's free as it is in Scotland. I was talking about England. | |||
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"if you get an STI due to risky sex or promiscuity should you pay for your own treatment? For example Leslie could have used condoms but didn’t. Leslie now has Gonorrhoea and requires 1 weeks worth of antibiotics to clear the infection. Its Leslies own fault and Leslie admitted this. Should Leslie pay the £20 for the course of medication? (Of course this relies on telling the truth about your sexual activity) Would more ppl be careful if they knew the cost of treatment would hit them in the pocket? " Yes I think that's fair . Come on everyone can't subsidise everything can they ? Free clap treatment is a bit much for idiots who can't use a condom ..again another very good reason against bareback ! But no doubt all the responsible types will tell me to mind my own Similarly I think people who cause accidents should pay a fee to emergency services before anything else. A bit too much irresponsibility around IMHO . | |||
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"As someone who has in the past had to borrow money for food as I couldn't afford to pay for that and my heart medication as according to the government, even on a student loan I didn't qualify for free prescriptions, I would say no. You should have been able to under the low income scheme. It's covers students over the age of 19 who are on a low income. " I applied and they they said I didn't meet the criteria. Which was that the difference between my income and rent was more than the prescription charge. Doesn't matter that I still needed to pay gas and electric, water, internet and buy food apparently. So apparently £6,500 a year doesn't qualify as low income. | |||
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"I think if you bareback then that is reckless and you should pay for you treatment.. why should the state subsidise stupidy " Is it "stupid" to bareback with your wife/husband/partner? Why is that "reckless" | |||
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"if you get an STI due to risky sex or promiscuity should you pay for your own treatment? For example Leslie could have used condoms but didn’t. Leslie now has Gonorrhoea and requires 1 weeks worth of antibiotics to clear the infection. Its Leslies own fault and Leslie admitted this. Should Leslie pay the £20 for the course of medication? (Of course this relies on telling the truth about your sexual activity) Would more ppl be careful if they knew the cost of treatment would hit them in the pocket? I say no. I want people to be cured and not spread it around or go without checks" Agreed. Or if an untreated chlamydia infection became pelvic inflammatory disease it could cost the NHS a lot more than a course of basic antibiotics. | |||
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"I pay for my prescriptions am I doing it wrong somehow? " Re-read it. Ignore me | |||
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"Not using the STI example here. I've worked in the NHS in Scotland, Wales and England. There was an unmistakable difference in the size of medical prescriptions (some as long as my arm) between patients from England and those from Wales and Scotland, particularly the latter. It wouldn't be uncommon for patients to have overlapping medication to treat the same problem when only one medicine was required. From my perspective, when something is free, it's rarely given is due worth and taken for granted, which can give rise to abuse of the system and increased costs. A symbolic fee should be charged for medications for all but the lowest income earners and most importantly, the government needs to renegotiate the prices that pharmaceutical companies charge for a lot of drugs that are way too overpriced." I get that but surely the people doing the prescribing should take some of the responsibility. | |||
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"I'm fine with it being free and doubt people would be more careful if they had to pay,they just wouldn't go for tests or get cured and still have free sex. Should be everyone pays or everyone gets it free. " If you like. I know condoms and tests are free but never had a prescription so don't know what the deal is with that? | |||
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"Not using the STI example here. I've worked in the NHS in Scotland, Wales and England. There was an unmistakable difference in the size of medical prescriptions (some as long as my arm) between patients from England and those from Wales and Scotland, particularly the latter. It wouldn't be uncommon for patients to have overlapping medication to treat the same problem when only one medicine was required. From my perspective, when something is free, it's rarely given is due worth and taken for granted, which can give rise to abuse of the system and increased costs. A symbolic fee should be charged for medications for all but the lowest income earners and most importantly, the government needs to renegotiate the prices that pharmaceutical companies charge for a lot of drugs that are way too overpriced. I get that but surely the people doing the prescribing should take some of the responsibility. " They should and better auditing of this should take place. GP's are overworked and overwhelmed in many areas as is and I can appreciate how difficult and time consuming periodic medication reviews can be. | |||
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"Not using the STI example here. I've worked in the NHS in Scotland, Wales and England. There was an unmistakable difference in the size of medical prescriptions (some as long as my arm) between patients from England and those from Wales and Scotland, particularly the latter. It wouldn't be uncommon for patients to have overlapping medication to treat the same problem when only one medicine was required. From my perspective, when something is free, it's rarely given is due worth and taken for granted, which can give rise to abuse of the system and increased costs. A symbolic fee should be charged for medications for all but the lowest income earners and most importantly, the government needs to renegotiate the prices that pharmaceutical companies charge for a lot of drugs that are way too overpriced. I get that but surely the people doing the prescribing should take some of the responsibility. They should and better auditing of this should take place. GP's are overworked and overwhelmed in many areas as is and I can appreciate how difficult and time consuming periodic medication reviews can be." Is that not something pharmacys can do more of to help lighten the load. | |||
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"Free clap treatment is a bit much for idiots who can't use a condom " When used correctly, a condom cuts the chances of getting chlamydia or gonorrhea by more than half. So aren't 100%. What about the idiots who use them and catch it coz they didn't know they weren't guaranteed protection? | |||
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"Promiscuity or otherwise if you can afford it you should pay it. I think it’s a awful attitude to have if you think it’s fine for others to pay for you when you could easily afford it." I pay for it but and if my contributions go to help those that need medication so be it. if we're talking meds from a pharmacy then those earning and 'deemed' to afford it do pay don't they | |||
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"Free clap treatment is a bit much for idiots who can't use a condom When used correctly, a condom cuts the chances of getting chlamydia or gonorrhea by more than half. So aren't 100%. What about the idiots who use them and catch it coz they didn't know they weren't guaranteed protection?" This | |||
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"if you get an STI due to risky sex or promiscuity should you pay for your own treatment? For example Leslie could have used condoms but didn’t. Leslie now has Gonorrhoea and requires 1 weeks worth of antibiotics to clear the infection. Its Leslies own fault and Leslie admitted this. Should Leslie pay the £20 for the course of medication? (Of course this relies on telling the truth about your sexual activity) Would more ppl be careful if they knew the cost of treatment would hit them in the pocket? " Just stop having sex. It will save the NHS a fortune. They can get rid of all the midwives and close down all the materinty hospitals as well as sexual health clinics. | |||
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"So, Leslie's boyfriend decides to play behind her back. He contracts an STI and passes it on to her. It's all too easy to blame those with STIs as irresponsible. " | |||
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"So, Leslie's boyfriend decides to play behind her back. He contracts an STI and passes it on to her. It's all too easy to blame those with STIs as irresponsible. " I was thinking this..who pays. The unfaithful person or the ever trusting 'innocent' partner? | |||
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"if you get an STI due to risky sex or promiscuity should you pay for your own treatment? For example Leslie could have used condoms but didn’t. Leslie now has Gonorrhoea and requires 1 weeks worth of antibiotics to clear the infection. Its Leslies own fault and Leslie admitted this. Should Leslie pay the £20 for the course of medication? (Of course this relies on telling the truth about your sexual activity) Would more ppl be careful if they knew the cost of treatment would hit them in the pocket? Just stop having sex. It will save the NHS a fortune. They can get rid of all the midwives and close down all the materinty hospitals as well as sexual health clinics." Ok you stop first | |||
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"Not using the STI example here. I've worked in the NHS in Scotland, Wales and England. There was an unmistakable difference in the size of medical prescriptions (some as long as my arm) between patients from England and those from Wales and Scotland, particularly the latter. It wouldn't be uncommon for patients to have overlapping medication to treat the same problem when only one medicine was required. From my perspective, when something is free, it's rarely given is due worth and taken for granted, which can give rise to abuse of the system and increased costs. A symbolic fee should be charged for medications for all but the lowest income earners and most importantly, the government needs to renegotiate the prices that pharmaceutical companies charge for a lot of drugs that are way too overpriced." That sounds sensible to me. The only thing is for me those on the lowest of income don't have a nominal fee. | |||
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"Not using the STI example here. I've worked in the NHS in Scotland, Wales and England. There was an unmistakable difference in the size of medical prescriptions (some as long as my arm) between patients from England and those from Wales and Scotland, particularly the latter. It wouldn't be uncommon for patients to have overlapping medication to treat the same problem when only one medicine was required. From my perspective, when something is free, it's rarely given is due worth and taken for granted, which can give rise to abuse of the system and increased costs. A symbolic fee should be charged for medications for all but the lowest income earners and most importantly, the government needs to renegotiate the prices that pharmaceutical companies charge for a lot of drugs that are way too overpriced. That sounds sensible to me. The only thing is for me those on the lowest of income don't have a nominal fee." I said that in the post As an example, in Portugal, where the NHS is mostly "free" a 5€ charge is applied to every GP visit. A trip to A&E will cost you a 20€ fee. When the last one was implemented, you saw A&E visits take a serious nosedive because it put people off from abusing the system. | |||
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"I agree some medications should be free but not all, if it’s for a long term illness it should be free all other cases I’m fine with a prescription charge. According to NHS choices 90% of medicines and treatments are dispensed free of charge. How come? Because the list of people who are entitled to free prescriptions is huge. Anyone under 16, students, pregnant woman, anyone over 65, anyone with a serious long term health condition and those with a cancer diagnosis. So I guess those are the people that recive most of the prescribed medication. Ah ok. So people with serious long term health conditions or cancer don’t pay? That’s good. I didn’t know that. Also if you don't qualify for free prescriptions but need regular medication you can pay for a pre payment card, it makes it cheaper. Yes I think it’s if you have more than 3 a month or something like that. It works out cheaper. " If you have more than 1 a month. | |||
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"Not using the STI example here. I've worked in the NHS in Scotland, Wales and England. There was an unmistakable difference in the size of medical prescriptions (some as long as my arm) between patients from England and those from Wales and Scotland, particularly the latter. It wouldn't be uncommon for patients to have overlapping medication to treat the same problem when only one medicine was required. From my perspective, when something is free, it's rarely given is due worth and taken for granted, which can give rise to abuse of the system and increased costs. A symbolic fee should be charged for medications for all but the lowest income earners and most importantly, the government needs to renegotiate the prices that pharmaceutical companies charge for a lot of drugs that are way too overpriced. That sounds sensible to me. The only thing is for me those on the lowest of income don't have a nominal fee. I said that in the post As an example, in Portugal, where the NHS is mostly "free" a 5€ charge is applied to every GP visit. A trip to A&E will cost you a 20€ fee. When the last one was implemented, you saw A&E visits take a serious nosedive because it put people off from abusing the system." Ahh..all those but | |||
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"Not using the STI example here. I've worked in the NHS in Scotland, Wales and England. There was an unmistakable difference in the size of medical prescriptions (some as long as my arm) between patients from England and those from Wales and Scotland, particularly the latter. It wouldn't be uncommon for patients to have overlapping medication to treat the same problem when only one medicine was required. From my perspective, when something is free, it's rarely given is due worth and taken for granted, which can give rise to abuse of the system and increased costs. A symbolic fee should be charged for medications for all but the lowest income earners and most importantly, the government needs to renegotiate the prices that pharmaceutical companies charge for a lot of drugs that are way too overpriced. That sounds sensible to me. The only thing is for me those on the lowest of income don't have a nominal fee. I said that in the post As an example, in Portugal, where the NHS is mostly "free" a 5€ charge is applied to every GP visit. A trip to A&E will cost you a 20€ fee. When the last one was implemented, you saw A&E visits take a serious nosedive because it put people off from abusing the system. Ahh..all those but " I'm careful with wording | |||
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"Not using the STI example here. I've worked in the NHS in Scotland, Wales and England. There was an unmistakable difference in the size of medical prescriptions (some as long as my arm) between patients from England and those from Wales and Scotland, particularly the latter. It wouldn't be uncommon for patients to have overlapping medication to treat the same problem when only one medicine was required. From my perspective, when something is free, it's rarely given is due worth and taken for granted, which can give rise to abuse of the system and increased costs. A symbolic fee should be charged for medications for all but the lowest income earners and most importantly, the government needs to renegotiate the prices that pharmaceutical companies charge for a lot of drugs that are way too overpriced. That sounds sensible to me. The only thing is for me those on the lowest of income don't have a nominal fee. I said that in the post As an example, in Portugal, where the NHS is mostly "free" a 5€ charge is applied to every GP visit. A trip to A&E will cost you a 20€ fee. When the last one was implemented, you saw A&E visits take a serious nosedive because it put people off from abusing the system. Ahh..all those but I'm careful with wording" Yes..I should be more careful reading | |||
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"To be honest it's not so much about making pay for their own medication it's about trying to educate people that they are not really ill" Huh? | |||
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"It's not free.. people's wake up.. it's only free at the point of delivery.. that's why out taxes are high " National insurance. | |||
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"Hundreds of appointments are missed at my surgery every month because people cannot be arsed to turn up or book an appointment.. sickens me" Reread what you put... Do you not like to make sense? | |||
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"Actually I have changed my mind because of these posts. Those with sti should be treated free to help prevent others being infected. " its great to be open to changing one's mind | |||
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"It’s not free anyway. The NHS is funded by the tax paying public." This ^^^ Why people think it's free is beyond me. Look at that huge chunk of tax being taken out of your wages... that's you paying. | |||
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"It’s not free anyway. The NHS is funded by the tax paying public. This ^^^ Why people think it's free is beyond me. Look at that huge chunk of tax being taken out of your wages... that's you paying." Yes so a lot of us pay twice. Like I said. Needs reviewing. | |||
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"I really should have worded the OP better. Generally i’m glad we have the NHS its a very good system. As pointed out we do many things that have risk and consequence. But in this instance: I specifically meant if you are deliberately irresponsible with your sexual activity i.e. unprotected sex with people whos sexual health you know little or nothing about and you catch something should you pay for your own treatment? If you catch something because you were cheated on not your fault, if you did the necessary to protect yourself and still catch something not your fault, as mentioned earlier ‘free’ sexual health screening and treatment is certainly better for everyone. Ps Leslie could be a man or a woman " ok, so its only people who are sexually irresponsible? Someone who deliberately refuses to vaccinate their children, should they pay for any medication required when one of their kids gets measles? | |||
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"I really should have worded the OP better. Generally i’m glad we have the NHS its a very good system. As pointed out we do many things that have risk and consequence. But in this instance: I specifically meant if you are deliberately irresponsible with your sexual activity i.e. unprotected sex with people whos sexual health you know little or nothing about and you catch something should you pay for your own treatment? If you catch something because you were cheated on not your fault, if you did the necessary to protect yourself and still catch something not your fault, as mentioned earlier ‘free’ sexual health screening and treatment is certainly better for everyone. Ps Leslie could be a man or a woman " People would just lie about how they caught it. They already do now when they don't have to pay. | |||
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" ok, so its only people who are sexually irresponsible? Someone who deliberately refuses to vaccinate their children, should they pay for any medication required when one of their kids gets measles?" Good question! Should they? What do you think? I’m curious to hear your opinion. | |||
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" ok, so its only people who are sexually irresponsible? Someone who deliberately refuses to vaccinate their children, should they pay for any medication required when one of their kids gets measles? Good question! Should they? What do you think? I’m curious to hear your opinion. " No, they shouldn't. We all make choices and decisions based on our personal beliefs and the things we like to do for pleasure, eg mountain climbing, rugby etc. I firmly believe that the NHS should be free at the point of delivery for everyone regardless of how stupid (in my or anybody else's opinion) they've been. | |||
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"I believe all prescription slips should show the cost of the drugs prescribed. You would be shocked at the cost of some items But would that not make someone who's life depends on that medication feel guilty or a burden. And why should someone with an illness feel bad about the profiteering of drug companies, deals the NHS can or can't do, etc? " | |||
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"A health care system which is free at the point of delivery based on whether you deserve it or not according to some state monitored moral code (doubtless drawn up by portly, middle aged, white men with more than adequate private health insurance, a mistress or male lover and generous salary) is not in my opinion, the way to run the NHS. We would be asking medical professionals to make decisions about their patients according to whether they'd adhered to somebody else's idea of how they should behave. What next? No pain relief during labour for women who have unplanned pregnancies." | |||
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