Warning from the President!

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Khuutra said:

TheRealMafoo said:

SamuelRSmith said:
My nan was diagnosed with bowl cancer last year, within two days she had the tumour out. She's on NHS.

I've had several operations, myself, none life threatening, but I've had them within the week of going to the doctor. When I went in with an emergency a few years ago at around 5ish, I was on the operating table by the time the evening was out.

Like I said, though, I live in an really good area for the NHS (that article you linked to referred to the "post-code lottery"), so my experiences will be better than others.

So in the UK, you can't go to any hospital you want? It's based on where you live?

This is one of the weirdest assumptions about socialized healthcare. I mean, I know insurance companies have approved lists of hospitals that you can or can't go to, but I've never heard of that sort of thing in socialized countries - though, granted, the only ones I've bothered to look into are Canada and the UK.

It's not that weird an assumption.

The UK and others have a "postcode" lottery systen often because treatments are decided by local councils with help of NICE guidlines.

Often some areas of the country won't treat stuff the same way others will.  Hence if you had a problem you would think you would always head to one of the "nicer" areas... or more leniant then.  So you didn't get stuck with a more cheapscate council.