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the surgeon who performed this operation on 2 seperate occasions was also a NH surgeon doing private work in his own time.
yes I had to see a cardiologist about just over a year ago , the waiting time for the NHS was about 4 months. I wanted to get it done quicker as I wanted to arrange my yearly travel insurance which couldn't be done if I was waiting for any sort of investigation (that was money well spent wasn't it) so I arranged through my GP to see one in the local private hospital. The surgery said they would cancel the NHS request and I got one within a week.
Anyway I saw the specialist and all resolved with no further treatment needed. But in the middle of the first lockdown I got a call from Sunderland cardiology department and the head of the department said they were doing telephone calls before having people in. For some reason they hadn't got the cancel request from the GP.
But It was the same chap that I had seen five months earlier.
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We've been hearing for some weeks now that Ashton Gate in Bristol will be one of the mass vaccination centres and according to tonight's local news it will be up and running .....er....."some time in the next couple of weeks"!
Where the hell is the sense of urgency in dealing with this situation?
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The consultants and surgeons who work at private healthcare hospitals are it seems in the majority ,the same as would see you when attending NHS departments,
As a friend of ours and OH will say and backed up by OHs cousin he has always said,if you can wait , go for NHS every time it will normally be the same surgeon or consultant but with far superior facilities
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It happens, WN.
Our neighbours are both in their 80s and Mrs had an appointment for the jab but Mr didn't. Mr drove his wife to the centre about 8 miles away and got his jab as well because they had surplus due to no shows.
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As a friend of ours and OH will say and backed up by OHs cousin he has always said,if you can wait , go for NHS every time it will normally be the same surgeon or consultant but with far superior facilities
yup and you wait 12-24 months instead of 1 - 2 weeks brilliant
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That's the thing isn't it, can you wait. I was told it would be nothing, and it was, but apart from not getting any insurance one does worry and it was worth every penny to walk out knowing I was OK.
Also had a operation many years ago that would have meant about a year of waiting with a constant ache.
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"with regards to the vaccine, if somebody came along tomorrow and said to anybody on this forum
"you can have it tomorrow FOC but you know you would be jumping the queue", would you refuse it ??? "
wow!!! not seen one response to this, i assume that is a big fat NO then
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It’s all those lost back of fag packets WN. Not only is Mr Bumble inept at planning, he’s no good at filing either......👍
Its called “making it up as you go along”
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I think in order to criticise you need to be aware of what else is going on. The top priority groups are more likely to be dealt with in local community settings like GP surgery, workplace or care home etc, so it’s possible that’s where the focus of activity currently lies? Subsequent priority groups are better able to access and be processed in mass immunisation centres like Ashton Gate (is that Park & Ride or Football Stadium?) and they’ll come on stream in the forthcoming weeks as local resources allow.
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Sorry, too much of a conditional mood indicating the consequences of an imagined event or situation type question for me.
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yes +1
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I think we're all aware of what else is going on, Bill, how could we not be?
Are you really satisfied that a centre which has been available for over a month now can still not state a definitive date when it will come into operation? You're obviously more easily satisfied than many others I talk to about this.
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The proof is in my quote😀
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Well said and put Bill. There is no doubt that the plan is coming along and moving as it was intended. It could do with speeding up but I appreciate it is not something that can be done with the snap of your fingers. It would be nice if more people would try to understand that.
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Unfortunately at the moment, the speed at which the vaccine can be put into peoples arms is being dictated by the speed at which the drug makers can produce it. I know my local surgery has been giving the vaccine right from when it was first authorised. They are doing another session tomorrow but after that they don't know when the next batch will be available. All the staff are willing to work 7 days a week and have worked Sundays 8am to 7pm but producing it ready for delivery appears to be the problem at the moment.
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