Quote: Live Wired "1/ no idea what you are getting at, but saurday is still the main sporting day, hence, the more chance of injury.
2/ doctors still work out of hours, but some do private work aswell, others think that working 60+ hours/ week is enough.
3/ white middle/class are proberley private protected ( health-wise)
4/ 8 people in A+E and the place was rammed???? On a saturday? Staff werent white or English because they were neither. Obviously Asians who had desires to be doctors and nurses, and thus, had undertaken the training needed to do so.
5/ Because we have a NHS, everyone is entitalled to mediacal help, though I must agree, druggies can rot in their cess for all I care.'"
1. The point I was making was it was Saturday and there were no sporting, etc injuries but the place was still packed.
2. Clearly not enough.
3. I don't know of health cover that covers A&E requirements.
4. No, 8 white people. Loads of other people.
5. Yes but it seems to me that triage does not usually prioritise the potentially serious cases over the self-inflicted and non-serious. That's what I find wrong not the access to treatment for all.
I think for people who turn up to A&E rather than going through GPs there needs to be sanctions. It would be wrong to charge them because that may put off people in genuine need who play by the rules. Maybe each person / family should have a scorecard and when they've done it 2 or 3 times they should be charged?