ahh the uk.
my husband is from england and hates the health care here. he hates people's ignorance about "socialized" medicine even more so maybe you can shed some light on it for us.
if you needed your yearly checkup, how long would it take you to get the appointment, how much would the appointment cost and approximately how much are your prescription refills?
ah you have a sadistic streak... LOL
I live just outside Lonon (and yea that makes a huge difference).... It would take 5-8 days to get an appointment although that in part would be because I work in town so not always close enough to drop in durign the day or it would be sooner. Typically one wouldn't get a yearly check up, one would only go when one was ill. If I was properly ill, I'd get seen either same day or the next day. I think in rare cases I can get the the doctor to make a house call, although I don't know that for sure, not had a house call since I live in Scotland.
London is different, it's more pile them high ship them out - longer wait for elective appointments.
All doctor appointments are free unless it was a check up for work, or just a check up for the hell of it. I don't think people go just for a medical check without it being about insurance... they only turn up when feelign poorly. Then it's free. No idea how much a paid for check up would be... never had one ever
Prescriptions are about £7.50 for a months worth of pills, irespective of the pill or treatment. If you have two treatments you would pay £15.
OK now you can be sick. At no point would I see a consultant unless there was a medical reason and my GP would need to send me. So I'd see a nurse for Cervical exams, and hzave never seen a Gyny specalist ever.
Dentists are expensive, I've got a root canal work going on which will cost me c£300 private medical. On the NHS it would probably be £150... bu the standard of the work would sulk.
In terms of your current prescription, compare the ingreidients to see what the Brand has changed - bet it's buggar all
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