Difficulty is people’s expressed opinion on NHS is much worse than their personal experience. Because…believing Daily Mail etc My own recent NHS experience was getting my 1st WMD injection the *day after* it was diagnosed. Then at 4 wk intervals, on a Sunday. (Only downside is the needle in the 👁️!)
fwiw, my experience of the NHS has been significantly better over the past 18 months. It had become v v difficult to access, other than via A&E. That is no longer the case. Here anyway.
Out of interest, whereabouts are you? (If you don't mind saying!)
N Bucks
I think fairer to say that people's expressed opinion on the NHS is much worse than *your* personal experiences. Lots of people having some truly dreadful experiences right now. Some groups and geographical areas much more than others.
Or maybe the majority of people are happy with the nhs and their experience isgood, but those that have a negative view tend to be louder in the disapproval. We mainly only leave feedback when the experience is bad (IMO)
Nothing but praise for the NHS appointments through very quick GP practice appointments good
If only there was some actual research into this... www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/research/pub....
My own view (and I talk to a lot of people in detail about healthcare experiences in my job - though admittedly not a representative sample) is that there is massive regional variation, and huge differences in access for different groups even within the same region.
I dont doubt the survey, taken 3 months after labour taking power, I think next years will be more of a true reflection of how they are progressing
Yep - we'll see how many have noticed improved treatment vs how many (often from more disadvantaged groups) have been "managed" off waiting lists without treatment.
My own experience is very different, with the local hospital desperate to discharge my elderly mother on a Friday afternoon, despite the fact that she needed a home oxygen supply and a commode that she didn't need when she was admitted. The idea that such things have a lead time to arrange was alien
She ended up being readmitted yesterday when her oxygen levels plunged, just like we'd forecast.
How awful for her - sorry to hear that you've had to go through this. (Not "liking" the post, obvs, just expressing sympathy)
Thanks. She's in her final hours now. While I'm not going to be melodramatic and say they killed her, I'm really quite angry that they've made her last days much more difficult than they needed to be.
I'm so sorry. 🫂