nhs

Tagged Discussions

Rosie @rosie230 (1700) 8 Jun 24

Anyone here had gallbladder issues? Like Gallstones? I feel like I have been living with this awful pain for ages. I was first diagnosed last year around January 2023. In April 2023 I was admitted to hospital with a pancreatic...

3 responses •

2 people

Captain Tom Moore and the relatives who wanted moreeee......

Winterishere @thedevilinme (5216) • Northampton, England 18 Feb 22

I didn't think anyone could upstage the gold digger Virginia Guiffre this week but I was wrong. You may not have seen this story outside of the U.K, but there was this 100-year-old ex army guy called Captain Tom Moore, who, during...

7 responses •

4 people

Six hours to wait for an ambulance for an old lady with a broken leg outside !!!

Winterishere @thedevilinme (5216) • Northampton, England 21 Jan 22

An old lady fell in our local park. I hear the bone snap. Her lower leg was not pointing the same way as her foot. It took me and another guy 15 minutes to carry her to a park bench as she was in that much pain. We also had to...

7 responses •

8 people

Killing three birds with one stone!

Fleur @Fleura (34951) • United Kingdom 29 Mar 21

I reported a week or two ago that I had booked my Covid-19 vaccinations. Now I’m happy to report that I received the first one a few days ago and all has gone well. It turned out to be quite a nice morning so I decided to cycle....

16 responses •

18 people

Good news and bad news

Fleur @Fleura (34951) • United Kingdom 19 Mar 21

The good news is I have booked my Covid vaccinations - yay! The bad news is I booked them in the wrong place : ( I previously received two invitations by text message from my local GP practice, asking me to follow a link. I...

12 responses •

12 people

Back After A Long Break

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 13 Feb 21

Gosh I have been away much longer than I thought. Thank you to everyone for messages of concern and worry for me. Initially I drifted away as there was very little traffic on Mylot, and in fact there still isn’t really. The...

56 responses •

55 people

What is the point?

John Welford @indexer (4852) • Leicester, England 12 Feb 21

My Covid-19 vaccination notification letter arrived in the post this morning, headed "Book your appointments now". It gave full instructions on how to do this, including the line: You can book online at: (giving the URL). I duly...

covid vaccinations

nhs

6 responses •

6 people

Do you clap for the NHS ?

Traceyjayne @Traceyjayne (11277) • United Kingdom 1 May 20

For those who aren't aware ...maybe from other countries... since the Corona Virus has taken hold, each Thursday evening at 8pm we are encouraged to stand on our doorstep...or safely in the street and clap ( bang saucepans, blow...

5 responses •

4 people

The weekly 8 pm tribute to our brave health workers

Winterishere @thedevilinme (5216) • Northampton, England 2 Apr 20

In the United Kingdom we are now paying tribute to the National Health Service at 8pm every Thursday night. We stand outside our house and clap for 5 minutes. Its well supported across the land. Tonight it was even louder,...

4 responses •

6 people

Donald Trump unites all parties!

John Welford @indexer (4852) • Leicester, England 6 Feb 18

In the United Kingdom, that is! His latest absurd claim that the British National Health System is broke and that thousands are marching in protest against it has had robust responses from politicians on all sides of the...

nhs

national health system

president trump

health care

2 responses •

3 people

Risk, lawyers and the NHS don't mix

Winterishere @thedevilinme (5216) • Northampton, England 24 Jan 18

There was an unmanned railway crossing in Texas a few years back that was suffering above average incidents of train collisions with traffic, resulting in deaths and serious injury, and so huge legal claims against the trains and...

3 responses •

4 people

Compulsory organ donors anyone?

Winterishere @thedevilinme (5216) • Northampton, England 13 Dec 17

The government here are moving to make organ donation an ‘opt out’ process and if you don’t sign a form to say you can’t have your bits, they can take your bits. Some religious groups here are not happy as they don’t like to give...

5 responses •

4 people

Movie Review – Sicko

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 10 Mar 17

2007 A Michael Moore investigative documentary in the style of his earlier productions, Fahrenheit 9/11 and Bowling For Columbine. This time, Moore looks at the state of the US health services from the Nixon era to the George W...

3 responses •

5 people

Putting financial considerations before children’s lives

Fleur @Fleura (34951) • United Kingdom 26 Oct 16

Not too long ago I heard a group of parents angrily accusing the government of putting financial considerations before children’s lives, because the NHS (national health service which provides free-at-the-point-of-use healthcare...

7 responses •

10 people

Why would you get rid of an emergency room?

AmberLynn @ScribbledAdNauseum (104615) • United States 1 Jun 16

Not enough funding maybe? I don't know but that is what is happening now. I come across these things in some of the most backwards ways. I follow groups on fb for medieval history, mostly British history. This actually came...

1 response •

1 person

I want to become a Ken Doll and the NHS should pay for it!!

AmberLynn @ScribbledAdNauseum (104615) • United States 30 Apr 16

Obviously, I don't want to become a ken doll. Was just scrolling through my news feed and an article from Huffington Post UK popped up. Apparently a Brazillian born gentleman claims the NHS should pay for his reconstructive...

nhs

national health service

plastic surgery

surgery

12 responses •

8 people

Plastic Surgery reversal on the NHS

shelly @shellyjaneo (1076) • United Kingdom 2 Dec 15

Sam Barton is a 23 year old who spend £50,000 on plastic surgery so that he could look more like Joey Essex from the only way is Essex. Sam has declared himself bankrupt after racking up £30,000 of debt to fund his plastic...

3 responses •

2 people

Our NHS

oldchem1 @oldchem1 (8132) 16 Jul 12

So often our NHS gets slated as being inadequate and giving poor service. However I am currently waiting to go into hospital to have a hip replacement and I have to say that the service I have received as been wonderful so far. I...

5 responses

the tangle..

chicksdigscars @chicksdigscars (5483) 20 Apr 12

I am a smoker. 20 a day. And not proud of it. I have tried to quit on numerous occasions since I started smoking at 16. I’m 25 on Monday, and the longest I have gone without smoking is probably about 3 weeks. My last attempt...

10 responses •

3 people

Why do blood stocks run low after easter?

NatashaBird @NatashaBird (640) 13 Mar 12

I was on spotify earlier when an advert asking for blood donations came on. It stated that blood doantions were eargently needed as blood stocks always ran low after easter. Why is that? Is it something to do with how easter is...

blood

donations

nhs

3 responses •

1 person