Happy Brexit day everyone
I watched it! Who did you think did better?With that dimwit HRH prince Andrew and mod I'd forgotten about the election
Anyone watching the debate? It's background noise but maybe a few interesting bits
How can they both be offering so much spending and saying austerity is over when public debt as a percentage of GDP has been increasing?
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I know, he was so ridiculous with that. He would have known he would be asked that, what point is he trying to make? Why couldn’t he surprise his critics with a definite answer ? Instead he just gave them ammunition - every single party in their response attacked him over that. It’s so pathetic.How can Corbyn not just answer the bloody question - not a tory just a very frustrated voter
I have been eligible to vote for more years than i care to remember and i have never been more clueless as to where to put my tick in the box.
I think the whole idea is that Corbyn wants to put the decision to the British people to leave or remain so there is no point campaigning for either as he will carry out whatever the people decideHow can Corbyn not just answer the bloody question - not a tory just a very frustrated voter
I have been eligible to vote for more years than i care to remember and i have never been more clueless as to where to put my tick in the box.
I completely agree re the struggles of single people vs families. If you look at countries like Sweden, their welfare system is universal and everyone has access to things such as free university. Nordic countries also have shorter working weeks than us (around 32-35 hours full time) but labour is laughed at for wanting the same for this country to improve work/life balance and mental health.The whole thing was terrible, just short answers and not any time for detail. It really didn't work. I'd prefer it to be longer without trying to stick to a TV schedule. I ended up watching im a celeb afterwards because I was so bored.
Really didn't like BJ saying the institution of the royal family is beyond reproach. And JC's pound shop glasses falling all over the place were annoying.
The issues I really want from a GE are
* A second elected second chamber
* Proportional representation
* State pension linked to Life Expectancy, as public spending is way too high while essential services are cut back
All this extra spending they are all promising despite the national debt increasing during the so called austerity.
The lib Dems have just launched their manifesto, making it all about helping struggling families. I'm probably biased but I'm fed up of hearing about helping hard working families, why not help everyone that needs it regardless of if they've decided to have children or not.
Single people do seem way more likely to fall into the cracks into society because families are better looked after. I've been poor, living on JSA and having to spend lots of the £68 JSA just on bus fares (couldn't even buy a week ticket as it's 4 different bus companies for different locations!) all while they are full of pensioners that didn't pay even though most of them could. The system has so many failings. I could go on with this unpopular rant but I won't
Exactly this, someone full time on nmw that's single can really be struggling. But someone doing the same job part time with children can get alot of topups, even when the children are at secondary school. Creates a divide.I think this creates a divide amongst the working class and it is usually single people working poorly paid jobs that struggle the most cause they are not entitled to a lot of benefits (if any).
Why oh why oh why can't we introduce a system like New Zealand for health care? It certainly stops people taking the piss out of the health system. If people had to pay for missed appointments and fined for going to A&E for a minor thing, they might thing twice about wasting the NHS's time. I . manage a team of 20-30 something year olds, and the amount who seem to think the NHS is a bottomless pit there to serve their hypochondria. One of my team get recurring tummy ache every six months or something (tummy ache!!!) so now he's getting a prescription for a natural herbal tablet from the GP apparently and if that doesn't work, he'll get dietary advice and a colonoscopy. God help him if he were female and had to suffer period pain and the monthly stomach issues we all have that go with it!The NHS I don't know how to solve.
I value it a lot but wonder if there's a 3rd way not like USA insurance model.
My son gets speech therapy and they taken over by sirona health and they awful.
It doesn't seem to matter how much we invest in NHS never seems enough.
Logically year on year we need to invest more.
More work friendly hours or private cheap gp surgeries might ease the pressure on regular gp surgeries.
With rising population and aging population and inadequate social care NHS needs more and more investment each year.
Wtf!Why oh why oh why can't we introduce a system like New Zealand for health care? It certainly stops people taking the piss out of the health system. If people had to pay for missed appointments and fined for going to A&E for a minor thing, they might thing twice about wasting the NHS's time. I . manage a team of 20-30 something year olds, and the amount who seem to think the NHS is a bottomless pit there to serve their hypochondria. One of my team get recurring tummy ache every six months or something (tummy ache!!!) so now he's getting a prescription for a natural herbal tablet from the GP apparently and if that doesn't work, he'll get dietary advice and a colonoscopy. God help him if he were female and had to suffer period pain and the monthly stomach issues we all have that go with it!
In Canada, we have a slightly different system and it works well, at least where I live. I am from the UK and my experience with the NHS and people that I know has been atrocious.Why oh why oh why can't we introduce a system like New Zealand for health care? It certainly stops people taking the piss out of the health system. If people had to pay for missed appointments and fined for going to A&E for a minor thing, they might thing twice about wasting the NHS's time. I . manage a team of 20-30 something year olds, and the amount who seem to think the NHS is a bottomless pit there to serve their hypochondria. One of my team get recurring tummy ache every six months or something (tummy ache!!!) so now he's getting a prescription for a natural herbal tablet from the GP apparently and if that doesn't work, he'll get dietary advice and a colonoscopy. God help him if he were female and had to suffer period pain and the monthly stomach issues we all have that go with it!
Have a look at this. It explains the basics.Wtf!
I agree... can you tell me more about the healthcare system in NZ? How does it work?
Here, you get fined if you have false alarms too.Have a look at this. It explains the basics.
Doctors & Dentists
www.justlanded.comState Healthcare
www.justlanded.com
Under the state healthcare scheme, a flat rate is levied for each visit to a doctor, irrespective of the nature of the visit. The basic consultation fee is from $45 to $55 and visits at night and weekends cost $10 to $15 extra. Visits to a GP are subsidised by $15 for children aged 6-17 and by $35 for children under six. Some GPs waive the fee for treating children under six.
Adults who visit the doctor often or who receive social benefits receive a $15 subsidy. If you have a Community Services Card, a doctor’s visit costs $15 to $20 for an adult and around $10 for a child over five. If you need to visit the doctor frequently (at least 12 times a year), you can apply for a High Use Health Card from your doctor, which entitles you to the same reductions as a CSC.
I lived there for 3 years and if I had a pre-existing condition I would have had to pay for it or head back to the UK to have work done on the NHS. If I had an accident there, I would be covered under their AC scheme, the money wouldn't come directly from their health system, which also means compensation for injury is heavily controlled by them too. Most inpatient hospital treatment there is free outpatient treatment isn't. The links above explain it better than I can! They just have much better control over it.....
Forgot to say, they also have a policy around emergency services. Charges for certain ambulances (Not in an emergency) and also if I remember rightly, fire engines fined for coming on a call out which was deemed unnecessary and if it happened 3 times in a year the address would be blacklisted... one of the guys at my work got in a lot of trouble for setting off the fire alarm in the kitchen! Everyone is really more careful because of it!
There should absolutely not be a basic consultation fee in the UK, some people can't get by as is and a trip to the doctors would become a luxury they'd have to forgo. Fines for not turning up to appointments, sure, but charging I can't agree with.Have a look at this. It explains the basics.
Doctors & Dentists
www.justlanded.comState Healthcare
www.justlanded.com
Under the state healthcare scheme, a flat rate is levied for each visit to a doctor, irrespective of the nature of the visit. The basic consultation fee is from $45 to $55 and visits at night and weekends cost $10 to $15 extra. Visits to a GP are subsidised by $15 for children aged 6-17 and by $35 for children under six. Some GPs waive the fee for treating children under six.
Adults who visit the doctor often or who receive social benefits receive a $15 subsidy. If you have a Community Services Card, a doctor’s visit costs $15 to $20 for an adult and around $10 for a child over five. If you need to visit the doctor frequently (at least 12 times a year), you can apply for a High Use Health Card from your doctor, which entitles you to the same reductions as a CSC.
Definitely agree with charges for failing to turn up if there isn’t a good reason. I work for NHS Therapy Services, and the amount of patients who do not attend is shocking for a service that is so in need.There should absolutely not be a basic consultation fee in the UK, some people can't get by as is and a trip to the doctors would become a luxury they'd have to forgo. Fines for not turning up to appointments, sure, but charging I can't agree with.