Man of Honour
Not at our hospital.
NHS=Negligent Health Service
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Not at our hospital.
Not at any hospital I've ever worked at either
My wife used to do the ward catering at our local mental health hospital which used the frozen meals which were reheated and due to that fact, for patient health and safety they couldn't keep the heated meals after 20mins.
Sandwiches were slightly different as the wards have a small kitchen attached to them with a fridge for patients to use.
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Man of Honour
but was your wife one of those that refused patients food after they came back late from a scan?
Yes, agreed they would not keep a meal 'to the side' for a patient who has gone for a scan, but they'd never go hungry, hospital kitchens will always have food available for these patients, even if it's a sandwich/salad
Soldato
One of the advantages of private hospitals - they'll bring the food when you're ready, not when they're ready.
No, she cooked it, set it out then cleaned up after. It would have been the nursing staff that would have done that as the wife would be cleaning the ward area after the food was dished up.
Yes the GH would get food for my mum or dad when they had to go in after the meals had been served, normally sandwiches, biscuits and deserts.
Soldato
And much nicer.
Also another issue with some NHS hospitals is when patients get discharged later that day, they aren’t allocated a lunch. Majority of the time patients who were going to be discharged in the morning are still waiting for medication, notes, sick note until the afternoon and miss out on lunch.
Man of Honour
but they can ask for something, just because you can't be bothered to ask doesn't mean you need to miss out.
Obviously they cater for far fewer patients in a day and you're paying through the nose for that privilege.
They maybe not allocated a lunch but the staff will if asked try to get them something.
Soldato
My monthly national insurance payment outstrips my Bupa payment by at least £100. I'd argue that I'm paying through the nose if I go NHS too.
That's the welfare state, we pay in for everyone that uses it. The NI is mainly for pensions, a bit goes to the NHS it's your tax that pays for the majority of the NHS budget.
Soldato
Well in that case, my point stands even stronger!
You're arguing that the money you pay for your pension is more than the money you choose to pay for private health care
Soldato
No I'm arguing I pay more in tax than NI than private healthcare.
Rather than paying twice, the logical solution would be for everyone to pay more tax/NI to improve the NHS lunch options etc. so you don't need to go private.
Soldato
That's 1 logical solution. Another would be to be able to claim tax relief on private healthcare.
But you would still end up in the NHS if things went beyond what you're private healthcare was willing to pay for