NHS Or Private?
Where do you get medical care as and when you need it, without any delays or sitting around hospital corridors surrounded by patients, bored and fidgeting children, wheelchairs, old uncle Tom Cobley and all? Certainly not in the NHS and it's a long time since we could even dream of it.
The NHS is strapped for cash, we're told that often enough.
Waiting times are a joke.
Whilst no-one minds waiting up to three months for a minor illness, where the condition doesn't appear to be too worrying, to wait for up to three months for investigation of something more serious is another matter altogether.
You must all recognise the scenario where your hospital appointment comes through for, say, 10 September.
10 September is ingrained in your mind, until lo and behold- on the 4 September - you receive that letter from the hospital.
They regret that they are unable to see you on that day but hope that the appointment for 2 November will fit in with your plans.
If that date is not suitable, please ring and arrange an alternative appointment.
When will that be ...
Christmas! It's enough to make you contact your GP and ask for a private referral - normally available in a very short time, but at a cost of at least £100 - and that's just the start.
It's no joke and shouldn't be necessary but you just have to accept that, if you can afford it, private treatment is the way forward.
It's not just the waiting times, either.
There's the bug factor to consider.
Whilst there's no denying that some NHS hospitals have a good reputation for maintaining strict standards of hygiene, others haven't.
Bad press reports regarding you local hospitals hardly fill you with confidence.
Once you're actually in hospital, private care gives you the chance to be treated in a clean and private environment.
A private room give you the privacy to recuperate in pleasant surroundings and with a choice of food equal to a good restaurant.
If you can't put off the hoards of visitors, at least you just have the noise and germs of your own few and not those of a whole ward of people.
This is all very nice, but the real benefit of private treatment is that it's there for you, when and where you need it.
Whatever the diagnosis, you can be assured that you'll receive expert care and treatment and hopefully be back on your feet in the shortest possible time.
There are lots of healthcare plans.
A fully comprehensive one can be costly and probably you're talking of a premium of over £1,000 per year.
For that you can get on with your life knowing that whatever happens, health-wise, you're going to get the treatment you need, fast and with no quibbling.
If this sort of cost is prohibitive then it's possible that one of the less comprehensive ones may meet your needs.
There's basic, simple cover for the less serious conditions such as dentistry, physiotherapy and podiatry or you may rely on the NHS for this, but choose to take cover for the very best that the NHS can't afford, in the way of cancer treatment.
Whatever your need, take some independent advice.
Get on line and find an independent broker who can advise you on the types of plan available and find you the right plan from a very large choice of private health care providers.
The NHS is strapped for cash, we're told that often enough.
Waiting times are a joke.
Whilst no-one minds waiting up to three months for a minor illness, where the condition doesn't appear to be too worrying, to wait for up to three months for investigation of something more serious is another matter altogether.
You must all recognise the scenario where your hospital appointment comes through for, say, 10 September.
10 September is ingrained in your mind, until lo and behold- on the 4 September - you receive that letter from the hospital.
They regret that they are unable to see you on that day but hope that the appointment for 2 November will fit in with your plans.
If that date is not suitable, please ring and arrange an alternative appointment.
When will that be ...
Christmas! It's enough to make you contact your GP and ask for a private referral - normally available in a very short time, but at a cost of at least £100 - and that's just the start.
It's no joke and shouldn't be necessary but you just have to accept that, if you can afford it, private treatment is the way forward.
It's not just the waiting times, either.
There's the bug factor to consider.
Whilst there's no denying that some NHS hospitals have a good reputation for maintaining strict standards of hygiene, others haven't.
Bad press reports regarding you local hospitals hardly fill you with confidence.
Once you're actually in hospital, private care gives you the chance to be treated in a clean and private environment.
A private room give you the privacy to recuperate in pleasant surroundings and with a choice of food equal to a good restaurant.
If you can't put off the hoards of visitors, at least you just have the noise and germs of your own few and not those of a whole ward of people.
This is all very nice, but the real benefit of private treatment is that it's there for you, when and where you need it.
Whatever the diagnosis, you can be assured that you'll receive expert care and treatment and hopefully be back on your feet in the shortest possible time.
There are lots of healthcare plans.
A fully comprehensive one can be costly and probably you're talking of a premium of over £1,000 per year.
For that you can get on with your life knowing that whatever happens, health-wise, you're going to get the treatment you need, fast and with no quibbling.
If this sort of cost is prohibitive then it's possible that one of the less comprehensive ones may meet your needs.
There's basic, simple cover for the less serious conditions such as dentistry, physiotherapy and podiatry or you may rely on the NHS for this, but choose to take cover for the very best that the NHS can't afford, in the way of cancer treatment.
Whatever your need, take some independent advice.
Get on line and find an independent broker who can advise you on the types of plan available and find you the right plan from a very large choice of private health care providers.
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