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Doctor only 30 miles away? Luxury! It’s unrealistic for me to get treatment from a GP in my area so I simply travel thousands of miles away to another country
by nindalf 3y ago
Doctor only 30 miles away? Luxury!
It’s unrealistic for me to get treatment from a GP in my area so I simply travel thousands of miles away to another country once a year for treatment.
Thousands more homes being built as well, so this isn’t changing any time soon.
- quickthrower2 3y agoTravelling to another country for treatment sounds like the luxury to be honest. The unluxury would be no health care, or travelling 100 miles within the UK by train/bus.
- nindalf 3y agoHaving to wait 6 months for treatment isn’t luxury, what are you talking about. That’s effectively no health care.
- quickthrower2 3y agoI am contesting the "having" part of that sentence. The UK has problems, but it is not a country in dire straits. To be clear: We are talking about GP right? To say get your blood pressure checked, or some mild antibiotics, or a rash cream, or referral to specialist? Not a specific treatment or surgery.
- adhesive_wombat 3y agoGPs gatekeep a most referrals, it's often virtually impossible to get any substantial treatment or surgery unless referred by a GP. Furthermore, for NHS treatments, it has to be a referral from an NHS GP, so you can't simply pay for a private GP to check something out. Or, you can just wait for it to become bad enough that you go directly from A&E to inpatient care.
- yamazakiwi 3y agoHaving to wait 6 months is not as bad as having no other option. Although, I do empathize for your inability to go somewhere local and need of another option.