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they are in some circumstances already taking weekend appointments. This is easiest if it doesn't require a senior consultant in attendance. I've attended a hospital appointment at 7pm on a Sunday night .... it came as quite a surprise

They can use private resources when they have free slots, but again, i believe they are already doing this. I've always been seen in nhs facilities so i can't say for sure, it probably relates more to the treatment required.

I hear all these bad things about the NHS, and my experience is that GP surgeries are a mess, but, i have found NHS hospitals and staff to be quite wonderful and i have attended 4 hospitals in my region.

It very much depends on your ailment I think, but I can't speak highly enough from my personal experience

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Originally Posted by bitontheslide

they are in some circumstances already taking weekend appointments. This is easiest if it doesn't require a senior consultant in attendance. I've attended a hospital appointment at 7pm on a Sunday night .... it came as quite a surprise

They can use private resources when they have free slots, but again, i believe they are already doing this. I've always been seen in nhs facilities so i can't say for sure, it probably relates more to the treatment required.

I hear all these bad things about the NHS, and my experience is that GP surgeries are a mess, but, i have found NHS hospitals and staff to be quite wonderful and i have attended 4 hospitals in my region.

It very much depends on your ailment I think, but I can't speak highly enough from my personal experience

Very little of that is actually being done.

That's why Steeting intends to invest more innit to make it work faster and effectively.

Plus yes, there's reasonably good areas for the NHS in the Country but most areas are struggling dangerously.
To ignore that and carry on as it is would be more disastrous.

The other thing Wes Streeting needs to get to work on is social care.
To get people back in their homes to free up the hospital beds.
I know he's looking at that.
Which is more than the Cons have in 14 years.
Or the Lib Dems in their 5 years of shared power.
When social care policies were dumped