World's most dullest sockpuppet account ever.
It would be interesting, I guess, if it popped up and told people harshly facts about their lives, a bit like bert or whatever, but spouting irrelivent statistics isn't going to get anyone's juices going. Never mind, I'm sure that dullard is very smug about the whole thing; maybe they'll log back into that account and cause a bit of a kaffafule later on.

I'm going to write a letter to my MP this weekend, Barnet PCT have been fucking me around on funding for a treatment that would change my life, for 8 months. I'm going to end up shitting in a bag thanks to them. Apparently they meet up once a month to discuss giving funding for verious treatments, but this covers 5 PCTs.

There was something on the news about how they're delaying treatments so people eaither die off or give up,..
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2020048/NHS-cuts-waiting-lists-letting-people-die.html
www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23973964-nhs-cuts-waiting-lists-by-waiting-for-people-to-die.do

Bit sickening, really.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Fri 29 Jul 2011, 9:55, 6 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

Get Chompy to use his clout with the NHS
he can threaten to withhold paperclips.

Seriously, that sucks dude. It's ridiculous how the NHS is constantly having to do this kind of shit because of government targets and spending cuts.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Fri 29 Jul 2011, 10:00, Reply)

I know, right?
You'd think the NHS would be the single most important thing for the country.
( Kroney, Fri 29 Jul 2011, 10:03, Reply)

Yet they can still hire translators at £250/hour or whatever it is.
Not saying they aren't important, just that it's a rediculous amount.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Fri 29 Jul 2011, 10:08, Reply)

Stop reading the Mail, gonz.
Honestly. The stress of all that bullshit is probably doing your guts no fucking good at all.
( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Fri 29 Jul 2011, 10:11, Reply)

Nah', that figure was given by ex flatmates who both work in the NHS.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Fri 29 Jul 2011, 10:21, Reply)

"whatever it is" is not a figure

( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Fri 29 Jul 2011, 10:29, Reply)

I can't remember the figure, but it was somewhere between £250-500.
So I went for the lowest one
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Fri 29 Jul 2011, 10:43, Reply)

Complete balls.
You're out by a factor of ten. Two minutes with google shows that it's up to about £50 an hour for face-to-face translation.

edit: and that's top end, I just looked at a list of freelancers offering translation services and they average less than half that.
( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Fri 29 Jul 2011, 10:51, Reply)

And yet when I had to have two harmless lumps removed, (no, not them), I was in within a week or so, albeit as an out patient.

( girlinthehole, Fri 29 Jul 2011, 10:01, Reply)

I didn't read his thread because he looked like a sucker.
Was it awesome?
( Kroney, Fri 29 Jul 2011, 10:02, Reply)

That report is purest bollocks, gonz.
It's from a right wing think tank run by a bloke who made his fortune in private health care and whose basic aim is to dismantle the NHS and replace it with a US-style private insurance system.

The clue should have been in the fact that the story is only running in the Mail and Standard.
( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Fri 29 Jul 2011, 10:10, Reply)

Still though, 8 months I've been waiting, since mid-dec, that's not right by any stretch of the imagination.
Apparenlty, according to the PALS person, they meet up for a few hours once a month to diguss funding for treatments that are given outside of their PCT. I don't see how that's right.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Fri 29 Jul 2011, 10:20, Reply)

Sorry Gonz, but there will like as not be a good reason for this.
Drugs aren't cheap. We can't just all have whatever we want. There has to be a "value" judgement. Not because your treatment isn't important, but because there has to be an assessment of what else could be done with the money.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 29 Jul 2011, 10:23, Reply)

They aren't cheap, deffo, but they're cheaper than an operation and having someone not be able to work and pay tax on that work for a year that it'd take for recovery.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Fri 29 Jul 2011, 10:41, Reply)

It really doesn't work like that.
And I bet you they aren't cheaper. Sorry, I know this is a late reply, work got in the way.

Chrone's is a chronic indication. You'd need the drugs all your life. That's probably a few hundred thousand quid at least.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 29 Jul 2011, 11:52, Reply)

That does sound a bit shit.
But resources are finite and the people who form the funding panel have real jobs - they're generally made up of senior medical staff.

If you want more money spent on your treatment then there are only really two choices: go private or support a better-funded NHS. Reading the NHS-hating Daily Mail and getting annoyed about it isn't helping anybody.
( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Fri 29 Jul 2011, 10:24, Reply)

To be fair, I heard about it on LBC and TalkSport, and then just googled it so I can link to it on here.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Fri 29 Jul 2011, 10:42, Reply)

I'm sure I don't need to say this, Gonz.
The Mail. THE MAIL. It's bullshit.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 29 Jul 2011, 10:12, Reply)

Needs more house prices, asylum seekers and Princesses of Hearts.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 29 Jul 2011, 10:16, Reply)

let's not forget one-legged muslism lesbians here.

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 29 Jul 2011, 10:20, Reply)

who could forget them?

( rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 29 Jul 2011, 10:24, Reply)

I've got a semi now.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 29 Jul 2011, 10:24, Reply)

How do you scissor with one leg?

( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Fri 29 Jul 2011, 10:25, Reply)

In a burqa.

( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Fri 29 Jul 2011, 10:26, Reply)

Aaaaand I'm done.

( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Fri 29 Jul 2011, 10:26, Reply)

the door is over there

( rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 29 Jul 2011, 10:27, Reply)

Where are the curtains?

( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Fri 29 Jul 2011, 10:29, Reply)

who cares so long as they match the carpet
and close tightly
( rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 29 Jul 2011, 10:29, Reply)

I've got venetian blinds.
And a broken metaphor.
( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Fri 29 Jul 2011, 10:31, Reply)

you can probably get some cream for that
it will help them go up and down a bit more smoothly.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 29 Jul 2011, 10:33, Reply)

I keep getting the string caught on the window latch.

( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Fri 29 Jul 2011, 10:34, Reply)

you only have the one window latch?
that is a very specialist complaint
( rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 29 Jul 2011, 10:36, Reply)