RANT NO 1
THE NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE OR RATHER THE LACK OF SERVICE IN THE NATIONAL HEALTH.
RECENTLY WHEN MY LITTLE SON WAS ILL WE TOOK HIM TO OUR GP ON THE ADVICE OF NHS DIRECT (WHO ARE USELESS ALSO) WHO TOLD US HE HAD A COLD AND TO GIVE HIM SOME CALPOL. THE COLD GOT WORSE WE WENT BACK SAME THING. WE WENT TO THE HOSPITAL SAME THING. BACK TO THE GP AGAIN. BY THIS TIME I WAS GETTING A LITTLE FED UP. ON THE LAST VISIT THE GP GAVE SOME ANTIBIOTICS AND SAID HE WOULD RING US IN THE AFTERNOON TO SEE HOW HE WAS. GUESS WHAT DIDNT RING. SO WE TOOK HIM BACK TO THE HOSPITAL AND INSISTED ON SEEING A REAL DOCTOR IT TOOK 7 HOURS FOR A REAL DOCTOR TO SEE US. IT TURNS OUT THAT HE HAS SOME KIND OF BRONCHIAL VIRUS. TOUCH WOOD HE SEEMS OK NOW BUT IT ACTUALLY TOOK 3 WEEKS TO FIND THIS OUT. WHY DO WE PAY OUR GOOD MONEY INTO THIS SYSTEM IF THE PROFESSIONALS (AND I SAY PROFESSIONALS WITH CAUTION) DONT HAVE A CLUE WHAT THEY ARE DOING.