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"In normal countries there is A price list" I've never even heard of such a thing in the UK NHS - i guess some kind of cost accounting must occur but I don't t
by arethuza 5y ago
"In normal countries there is A price list"
I've never even heard of such a thing in the UK NHS - i guess some kind of cost accounting must occur but I don't think it goes anywhere near patients or care givers.
- ChuckNorris89 5y agoIn Romania there is a price list on display at my public insurance general practitioner which applies if you're uninsured but private practices also have pricelists on display. In Austria I've also never seen a pricelist in the public system as the system assumes everyone must be insured if they live here but you do get a bill at the end of a hospital stay to pay for food and such things. Ironically, many private practices here also have a scummy system where they don't share their pricelist publicly neither online, neither by phone, you only know the prices after a "talk with the doctor" (that you also pay for), presumably to keep their competitors and their customers, sorry, I meant patients, in the dark about the market prices.
- oliwarner 5y agoIf you're not UK resident or otherwise excused, the NHS charges and therefore does have a price-list. https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/overseas-patient-upfront-price-list-2021-22/ https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/overseas-patient-upfr... And even residents are charged prescription fees for drugs given in A&E.
- arethuza 5y agoI wasn't implying that there isn't a price list - just that for the overwhelming majority of cases it is irrelevant to both patients and medical staff. Also, as far as I understand it there are only prescription charges in England and not in the rest of the UK. Certainly here in Scotland there are no prescription charges anywhere.