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In what way?

The articles first point was ensuring hospitals don't release asymptomatic and untested patients to care homes.

 

Wagamamas

 

Yeah, that makes sense, I just looked them up and the hospital. I never realised that Bupa had rebranded. Would preferred to have stayed at the NHS hospital, they've always looked after me, oh well, will be able to compare.

 

Spire hospitals are very nice, or the one down here is at least. Expect it'll be much better than your local NHS hospital.

 

In terms of a ‘customer’ experience, there’s no comparison mate. The rooms are very nice and all en-suite.

 

one of my worries about private hospitals is they are normally individual rooms so i believe and alwaus think it is safer to have others in the room . For example last time i was in i heard a "bump" type noise from behind someones curtains and called for the nurses as i thought the bloke in that bed had collapsed .
i was right & he was out cold on the floor and in a single toom god knows how long he would have been there for .

 

Oh ffs they are having a who can make the most noise for carers night tonight including some div who has got an imitation emergency siren

 

Car horns and fireworks round my way. It's all become a huge dick waving competition.

Tossers.

 

I had an op about 20 years ago and went privately. I remember being given a menu for dinner which had a wine list. That was quite strange!

 

It will be the same people who’ve just got back from a day at the beach

 

Tonight was OK here , but last couple of weeks have been who can be the loudest !

As an aside , did you see the ITV programme that was on at 7:30 ?

 

Nah don't really watch much TV. Don't even have a setup of channels etc.

 

Fair enough , my brother in law was on there . That’s my claim to fame

 

The thing about private hospitals is you get what you pay for... and not a penny more. Especially if the private hospital provision is through some sort of employer benefits or other private insurance claim. You can often find yourself having the nice beds and lovely surroundings but paying for every medication you'll need.... and you WILL need them.

Of course that's nowt to do with this outsourcing by the NHS under current circumstances so all's good if you can get it.

 

In the UK private hospitals only exist and make money because of the safety net provided by the NHS. This lets private hospitals save money on safety standards because the moment anything goes wrong they just dump you at the nearest A&E and walk away.

 

There's some truth to that but the way you put it is hilarious.

Btw Astro one thing I would recommend anyone wanting diagnosis of, or investigation of an illness they are concerned about. Pay the few hundred notes to get it done private with a GP referral. After the results come in get referred to the consultant on the NHS. The Spire are great at that. Saves you about 6 months on the waiting list as well

 

Most private hospitals won't have ICU facilities either meaning a patient can go privately for an entire pathway until the actual surgery. They do really well out of more simple procedures I believe.

 

Sister works in a private hospital, they are currently doing emergency Eye, trauma and cancer surgery for the NHS.

They have limited ICU but most patients they receive are staying at the hospital.

 

This is very true.

I met with my surgeon before a major op, and he gave me a choice. He said I can do the op here in the private hospital, you’ll have a lovely en-suite room and I’ll have 1 assistant and 1 anaesthetist and there’s no ICU facilities if we have a problem.

Or I can do it in the NHS hospital, you’ll be in shared ward, but I’ll have 6 assistants and 2 anaesthetists and there’s an ICU up the corridor.

Your choice......