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i don't follow your logic here, at all. The NHS doctor told him, he didn't have ADHD, 3 private clinics told him he did and your reply is 'The NHS is not fit

• madaxe_again 3y ago
  Because the waiting time for an ADHD assessment on the NHS is currently >2 years, which is why he was talking to the director of services rather than an actual practitioner at an actual assessment, and there are therefore private entities providing the service the NHS should be providing. As far as I’m aware the NHS actually sends most of its patients to the three profiled to be assessed, so really I’m not sure what an “NHS assessment” actually is.
• Nextgrid 3y ago
  My logic is that those clinics shouldn't be able to remain in business if the NHS did its job and was fit for purpose. Nobody pays £500+ if they have an equivalent, free alternative. The reason he was able to get a diagnosis from the NHS is because he is a BBC journalist, and is able to navigate any bureaucracy as part of his work day and get paid for it, and ultimately does not suffer from the disorder and thus doesn't really care how long it takes for him to get seen by the doctor. The average person would be stuck in a kafkaesque maze of bureaucracy and months-long waiting lists before they get anywhere close to a diagnosis (which is even worse if you actually do have a disorder and is impeding your day-to-day life and/or work) - that's why these private clinics have business.
• seanp2k2 3y ago
  Obviously the proposed solution is to privatize all healthcare, because what we have in the US should be a model for the rest of the world.