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You don't think emergencies happen in a maternity ward?
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You don't think emergencies happen in a maternity ward?
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The comment above doesn't make any sense and is also stupid
The irony
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Oh no £9! As said, go to the US and see how you feel about £9k.
Congrats on the news though.
Not quite though, we pay for the NHS through our taxes, over there they pay for health care with insurance. Sure different ways of going about it but we still have to pay for our NHS.
My girlfriend's a midwife so I might get her to chip in later.
Would be interesting to get more inside input
Granted, we had a nice chat with the midwife but I'm sure they would like to spend time doing less paperwork I know all about them. My wife's friend introduced herself to me by telling me a story that included the phrase "Oh ****, I'm pooing through my fanny!". Doctor put finger in front and it came out the back
Oh no £9! As said, go to the US and see how you feel about £9k.
Congrats on the news though.
Thanks, and my issue with price was parking as I mentioned above. I'd of paid £10 just for the scan. Also spent a few quid in the shop while I was there
And thanks
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I know the building, thought it was a canteen though
Well actually pretend the canteen isn't there and I'm in the old listed building behind it called Trust Headquarters.
The canteen is now full of Medical Secretaries.
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Move to Wales , it's free to park.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/7323027.stm
Our local maternity hospital in Dorchester is the same, however it dissuades local shoppers so has a point.
However when you come in for the actual birth the maternity ward issues you a parking permit for a few days.
, it's free to park.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/7323027.stm
Our local maternity hospital in Dorchester is the same, however it dissuades local shoppers so has a point.
However when you come in for the actual birth the maternity ward issues you a parking permit for a few days.
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None that would effect the HCAs taking blood or the sonographers doing the OP scans.
We recently had a pretty positive experience at Peterborough, though it did take about an hour for the three HCAs doing bloods to get through the 3 people waiting. Scan however happened as soon as we arrived and no unnecessary paperwork or questions apart from the UK citizen check.
Oh no £9! As said, go to the US and see how you feel about £9k.
Congrats on the news though.
Lmao I doubt it's 9k
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It doesn't cost £9000 to park a car and receive a printout in the US either.
He hasn't been charged £9 for any of the care aspects, just for a copy of his scan to take home and parking in the carpark.
What's ridiculous?
Isn't that what they're rolling out now and what all the opt out forms are for at the GP? I thought they wanted to make a giant database but also sell anonymous data to companies, so they've given the option to opt out.
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You might be able to answer this better even though I work there.
Did you just go to the pay machine and decide to have 4 hours worth or did you keep going back to pay?
I often wonder if patients keep running back to the pay machines when they get delayed and see their parking running out.
Also when I'm on a walkabout one of the most common questions I get asked by patient motorists is "Where can I park that's close to that entrance" and I just pull a confused face.
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I really wouldn't waste your time.
Ahh the wonders of parking at hospitals. My youngest was kept in NICU for a few days after he was born and the wife was kept in hospital too. I was of course popping in and out of hospital and the parking charges soon racked up. Only on the 3rd or 4th day did someone in NICU ask me if I had a car and then filled out a form I could use so I only had to pay the minimum £1.70 charge each time. This after I'd just forked out £11.40 to nip to the shops. Better late than never though
To be fair though, I find Portsmouth QA hospital's parking charges aren't really that bad considering. It's only when you're repeatedly in and out that it starts to get a bit irritating. 2.5 hours there is only £3 which is fairly reasonable but that several times a day gets steep. That's clearly what the pass that NICU issued me was for, if only they'd told me about it sooner.
To be fair though, I find Portsmouth QA hospital's parking charges aren't really that bad considering. It's only when you're repeatedly in and out that it starts to get a bit irritating. 2.5 hours there is only £3 which is fairly reasonable but that several times a day gets steep. That's clearly what the pass that NICU issued me was for, if only they'd told me about it sooner.
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Every hospital I've worked in offer week/month passes for the relatives of people staying for long periods.
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However if you don't ask you don't get.
I can never quite get my head around the concrete garden area around the main entrance. It looks okay I guess but surely a hospital needs to be putting functionality first..
Indeed, which is fair enough in a way. I just had no idea you were entitled to such a thing. At least I know now though.