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[dave.m]

This was from July:

The 24-year-old was taken to London's University College Hospital after treatment for reaction to "medication".
A London Ambulance Service spokeswoman said: "We were called at approximately 8.40pm to an address in NW1 to reports of an adult female taken unwell.
"We sent an ambulance and a fast response car”

Having tied up an ambulance plus a rapid response car that may have been needed by a genuine patient, and considering the money she earns and the problem being ‘self inflicted’, the N.H.S. should black ball her.
When is the N.H.S. going to say “No more” when it comes to wasting money on ‘Smackheads’?


This was from this week:

Singer ~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ is being treated at a private London clinic after a reaction to medication she was taking, her spokesman has said.
The singer was taken to the facility after she fell ill on Sunday.
"Some part of her medication is making her sick," spokesman xxxxx xxxxxx said. The medication formed "part of her ongoing treatment", he added.

Not being a medic I can only surmise, but the only ‘reaction to medication’ would probably have been a conflict between the medication that had been prescribed and the ‘stuff’ she was either snorting or injecting.

 

[Bahco]

You know my missus

 

[^woody^]

When is the N.H.S. going to say “No more” when it comes to wasting money on ‘Smackheads’?

Probably just after it says "No more" to the thousands of "tourists" who come over here on a holiday just to get the treatment which they can't get (or won't pay for) at home

Don't forget the fatties and smokers too in this crusade

 

[holmslaw]

Amy Madhouse

 

[noseall]

Don't forget the fatties and smokers too in this crusade

good point woodster, they must cost the country squillions.

 

[Shytalkz]

Think you'll find the smerkers put more into the NHS by way of taxes than they take out in the way of using the facilities.

 

[peteftw]

Think you'll find the smerkers put more into the NHS by way of taxes than they take out in the way of using the facilities.

True almost 6 fold the amount.

wanna do something for your country? forget joining the army, pick up a packet of fegs!

 

[Donkmeister]

They're introducing a "grammes of CO2/cm of fag" tax in the next budget... It will encourage people to buy less-polluting cigarettes, or even the new generation of hybrid fags (an AA battery wrapped up in a rizla with a bit of baccy).

Some people have said to me "legalise it all, then you can tax it". Valid and perfectly true. But it begs the question... crackheads aren't well known to be whizzes at longterm financial planning. Just look at the silly tart the OP refers to.

Heroine users aren't to be heard saying "I'll jack up on this scag today, and I'll leave that stuff in the fridge for the weekend!". They'll still be thieving to feed their habit, it'll just be one less tick on their scorecard when they're (eventually) brought in by the police.

 

[dave.m]

This could sum it up

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=BZENBND_heI

 

[toptec]

Don't forget the fatties and smokers too in this crusade

good point woodster, they must cost the country squillions.

And don't forget all the accident prone builders, plumbers, tilers, electricians, surveyors and roofers who cost us taxpayers dezillions!!!!

 

[^woody^]

There is a documentary film " Sicko " (2007) which details the US healthcare and insurance industry, and its highly dubious practice and policy of trying its utmost not to pay out for claims - and therefore denying people treatment.

Its worth watching, and will serve as an example of how bad it could be if (when) the NHS is privatised.

 

[JohnD]

the Septics spend more on healthcare than we do, and have worse outcomes

Their perinatal mortality rates are down with the third world.

I hear the majority of US Personal bankruptcies are caused by medical bills

 

[RF Lighting]

accident prone....electricians

Did somebody want me?

 

[NS215]

Don't forget the fatties and smokers too in this crusade

good point woodster, they must cost the country squillions.

where do you stop
don't treat people involved in road accidents as everyone knows how dangerous driving can be.
Don't treat construction workers they know the risks of working in the industry

If people need treatment then give it to them no matter how caused

 

[Donkmeister]

The main problem for the NHS is not Labour. It's not the Tories either. It's the fact that its remit has expanded beyond belief.

The original plan for the NHS was to provide a basic level of healthcare for every person regardless of ability or inability to pay for it. This was in the 1940s, back when penicillin was a new wonder-drug. Priorities were treating the war-wounded, polio, typhoid, STDs, those sorts of things that can be treated with simple macrosurgery and antibiotics but make a BIG difference to quality of life for the population at large.

Advanced treatments such as chemotherapy for cancer and gene therapy for hereditary conditions simply did not exist, nor did MRI machines or CAT-scans.

Now, how often do you hear a report on the news about a drug that costs £50k a year but will stop someone going blind, or extend their life expectancy from 30 years to 80 years? Such conditions might affect 10-1000 people throughout the UK. Not big numbers, but that's £50M off the NHS budget to treat things that affect millions or tens of millions of people.

At the other end of the serious-illness spectrum, most of us will succumb to cancer, heart disease, diabetes or stroke at some point in our lives. These aren't cheap to treat either, a couple of MRI sessions run into the thousands of pounds in real costs.

Some of this will be down to our own poor choices - risk factors include tobacco, alcohol, bad diet, lack of exercise, lack of rest, living near a busy road, all things which ARE addressable directly by us.

When you take the "it's their own fault" argument to it's logical conclusion, we could refuse to treat anyone for almost anything.