Yeah but try getting it when you're retired.
I assume like dog insurance, it's cheap when young. But rockets when old?
So err, What’s Happened to the Princess of Wales?
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Yeah but try getting it when you're retired.
I assume like dog insurance, it's cheap when young. But rockets when old?
Hope you're making progress.I just spent 23 days at Mount Vernon Cancer hospital having Radiotherapy, not a single Royal jumped the queue...
Most disappointed
Soldato
yeah my son in law got a comprehensive allergy test done privately for my granddaughter when the nhs were dragging their feet ,, pretty basic cows milk allergy found and turned from a sad to happy baby, they are now laddering, not because they want her to drink milk but the inevitable chance of consuming biscuit's ect from others at day nursery (she's had 2 casualty trips already)
They get the care they pay for, the same as any very wealthy person would. The Monarchy is not held in the same regard as they used to be. Now they are seen more like a business, with the type of jobs they do they would need to be well basically 24/7 , 365 days of the year.
Would you have the same attitude towards the partners of Alan Sugar and Richard Branson? Both self made very wealthy people
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Most don’t out of the box unless you request it but you will of course end up paying more as it’s a taxable benefit. I decided to put my misses in it as of April renewal because waiting lists for non-urgent stuff was silly and in the end it’s just money. Do feel alittle guilty though because it shouldn’t be needed and if things improve after a Labour term I’d remove her again.
You may need to keep her on it as it will not be a quick fix like a lot of people think. Labour will not be the saviour of the country I'm afraid.
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If you’re prepared to pay for it, you can book it today. Be aware that one type of scan isn’t going to work across your entire body.
Google “private mri uk” and you’ll see a bunch of providers offering such a service.
I know someone that works in this sector and using them doesn’t “jump the queue” as they are privately owned businesses that sell scanning resources in blocks to both public and private healthcare providers.
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Look, I'm a person who certainly has no love for the royals, I've said it on here prior, and certainly didn't care about the “conspiracies” flying about over doctored photos, but you wouldn't wish this upon anyone or their family, regardless if they're a public figure or not, hopefully she powers through and can use her status in society to just further highlight the awareness of cancer in younger people / adults and push for easy access to treatments for everyone.... Bottom line is, she'll be receiving the best treatment available, again no doubt something people will just pick out as negative, but its something we'd all want and happily take if in the position to afford / have it.
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Thanks.
Finished the Radiotherapy and HDR Brachytherapy, now the wait to see if my PSA levels have dropped
I mean, I think the slant of that advert was to get yourself checked out if there's a reason to suspect a problem, not just because it's Tuesday. I'm not sure it's unreasonable to expect a symptom.
But that doesn't remove the daftness of that ad campaign. My mum got a sudden and abiding chest pain which, partly off the back of seeing that advert, she thought she should go to the doctors with. Nearest appointment is 3 weeks. Maybe, instead of spending the money on telling everyone the obvious, they should have kept it for the actual provision of healthcare.
Back to the subject of Kate, the British press spending a month hounding her and then suddenly fawning all over her after the cancer diagnosis like they've always been there to support is nauseating.
No. Because they are self made and deserve what they’ve worked for. I still wouldn’t agree with them getting priority over someone else on private health care though.
I don’t know why everyone thinks I have a problem with PHC when I haven’t once said that. I have family who have and are benefitting from PHC. I just disagree with someone getting priority due to a stupid status.
That’s the last I’m going to say on it cause I’m fed up of everyone twisting what I say. My issue is NOT private health care. My issue is the RF getting something ‘regular’ people on PHC would not receive.
As I said. I understand life is about the haves and have nots.
Caporegime
Has your mum been seen yet?
Caporegime
What are they getting that people on PHC don’t receive?
Soldato
Do we know what that is yet?
Unless there is a treatment that is very expensive that is easy on the body I would say her and Charlie will get the same treatment as the rest of us would, just in more comfortable surroundings and quicker because they have paid for that privilege. Nothing more than that, no queue jumping, that is what their payment for PHC would entail.
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Embarrassingly, I need to check that with her. This happened right in the middle of my dad being in hospital with a fairly major health scare (pneumonia, possible fluid on the brain which was thankfully ruled out, and a final diagnosis of an underlying cause of Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation), so it didn't get the attention it should have.
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Personally, if I had a high enough profile that I could draw attention to the utter state the NHS has been left in by foregoing private healthcare I would seriously consider it. The royal family would be doing us all a huge service as a result.
And possibly leave your kids parentless.....
And death..
Ok, easy to take moral stances like this without death knocking for you I guess.
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Unfortunately for my family we are going through very similar to what Kate is. Due to that though I can feedback on the NHS. My wife went into hospital on 3rd March. After many tests a 'mass' was found in her bowel. On March 17th the mass was removed from her bowel. We're still waiting to hear the results for the biopsy of what they removed. The first biopsy taken during the colonoscopy when they found the mass came back as pre-cancerous cells. Docs voice they still think it is cancer but we've everything crossed it isn't. I don't know if that time frame for things to happen is quick for the NHS or not, however I suspect if private things would have moved quicker by maybe a week at best? My wife is only 43, how life can change in a blink of an eye. We also have young children, a 4yo and a 6yo. My head was a complete mess for a while. It's better now but a dark cloud is still looming over me a bit.
Those who have concerns just go buy yourself a FIT bowel health test kit. You can pick up SelfCheck ones for around £10. I read that doing two of these (two different stool samples) gives a 97% accurate reading. That's better than waiting until 55 when the NHS start there checks. As said by someone else, it is very hard to get checks if you don't meet specific requirements. I took my wife to the docs, after the event which eventually lead me taking her to A&E, and they said because there was no blood in either vomit or stool the wait for checks like CT scan / colonoscopy would be several weeks. Two days later A&E got on things for us.
Kind of wish I'd not read some of the things in this thread too as I've had lower back pain for some time now and with my current mindset reading that this can be cancer has set me into overthink mode. Fun
Those who have concerns just go buy yourself a FIT bowel health test kit. You can pick up SelfCheck ones for around £10. I read that doing two of these (two different stool samples) gives a 97% accurate reading. That's better than waiting until 55 when the NHS start there checks. As said by someone else, it is very hard to get checks if you don't meet specific requirements. I took my wife to the docs, after the event which eventually lead me taking her to A&E, and they said because there was no blood in either vomit or stool the wait for checks like CT scan / colonoscopy would be several weeks. Two days later A&E got on things for us.
Kind of wish I'd not read some of the things in this thread too as I've had lower back pain for some time now and with my current mindset reading that this can be cancer has set me into overthink mode. Fun
Hope everything goes well for your wife and youUnfortunately for my family we are going through very similar to what Kate is. Due to that though I can feedback on the NHS. My wife went into hospital on 3rd March. After many tests a 'mass' was found in her bowel. On March 17th the mass was removed from her bowel. We're still waiting to hear the results for the biopsy of what they removed. The first biopsy taken during the colonoscopy when they found the mass came back as pre-cancerous cells. Docs voice they still think it is cancer but we've everything crossed it isn't. I don't know if that time frame for things to happen is quick for the NHS or not, however I suspect if private things would have moved quicker by maybe a week at best? My wife is only 43, how life can change in a blink of an eye. We also have young children, a 4yo and a 6yo. My head was a complete mess for a while. It's better now but a dark cloud is still looming over me a bit.
Those who have concerns just go buy yourself a FIT bowel health test kit. You can pick up SelfCheck ones for around £10. I read that doing two of these (two different stool samples) gives a 97% accurate reading. That's better than waiting until 55 when the NHS start there checks. As said by someone else, it is very hard to get checks if you don't meet specific requirements. I took my wife to the docs, after the event which eventually lead me taking her to A&E, and they said because there was no blood in either vomit or stool the wait for checks like CT scan / colonoscopy would be several weeks. Two days later A&E got on things for us.
Kind of wish I'd not read some of the things in this thread too as I've had lower back pain for some time now and with my current mindset reading that this can be cancer has set me into overthink mode. Fun