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Post by Dabbit on Apr 30, 2007 9:57:06 GMT -5
When my youngest daughter lived at home she was alway feeling unwell and to be honest I began to think she had a case of hypochodria. I took her blood pressure and Blood glucose at home and the BP was raised but the BG normal. I advised her to see a GP where we live which she did - and they said it was nothing to be concerned about.
Now she has moved to another town she has been to the doctors again who this time were thorough and did blood tests along with other swabs etc and today she got the results. Nothing over alarming but nonetheless things my own GP over looked. She has an 'ladies' infection for which she is on anti-biotics, she has glandular fever, and she has raised BP which they are concerned about, so have given her a mahcine to measure her own BO at home for two weeks before returning.
I think we'll all move to her new town for our GP services
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Post by Mark on Apr 30, 2007 10:40:25 GMT -5
Interesting isn't it? The variation in skill levels, that is - proving once more that not all medical professionals make high marks in school.
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Post by Dabbit on May 1, 2007 6:58:00 GMT -5
It's amazing that two different counties can say two different things...
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Post by Mark on May 1, 2007 7:18:00 GMT -5
I'm sure it's largely money-driven, Dabbit, two different systems funded differently rather than any decision made on what's ultimately most beneficial for the patient. Since the public here are paying for medical services as they are delivered as opposed to through a system of taxation, the medical profession can afford to take a more cautious approach. However, I have to wonder whether private physicians in the UK might take a more cautious approach as well, what do you think?
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Post by Dabbit on May 1, 2007 9:58:03 GMT -5
Private health care here is like a different world to the NHS in more ways than one. A friend of ours had problems with their hips and was seen immediately, offered an operation within days of the results coming back (though he refused due to running his own business and needing a little time), and not only do the patients get a three course meal so do their partners, the hospitals are spotlessly clean and each patient has a private room. Once upon a time I disagreed with privat ehealth care, but now if I could afford it I more likely would
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Post by louise90 on May 1, 2007 16:12:19 GMT -5
Yeah, it's funny how different doctors work, isn't it? It just goes to show how thorough some doctors are compared to others.
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Post by Mark on May 2, 2007 8:06:32 GMT -5
I wonder if the motivation to provide better care stems more from a private physician's 'bottom line' than from his 'higher calling'. I hate to sound cynical, but I think the 'profit motive' outweighs personal conscience in most instances for most practicioners in whatever country they practice.
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Post by Dabbit on May 2, 2007 11:21:53 GMT -5
I think you're right there Mark
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Post by Mark on May 20, 2007 8:50:26 GMT -5
And, it's even truer for the legal profession. But that's another subject - a sore one in fact.
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Post by Dabbit on May 20, 2007 13:12:49 GMT -5
What a £100 per hour type lawyer do you mean Mark
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Post by Mark on Jun 1, 2007 23:17:51 GMT -5
Right, Dabbit - if you can find one well-qualified for that low a price anymore. You might have gathered I don't have a lot of respect for the legal profession as a whole. There are some ethical lawyers, but they're in the minority, I believe.
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