Useless NHS redux
June 24th, 2008 by mikeSo, I’ve been having some pain in my big toe for a while now (over a month), and went to my GP to get it looked at. After a prod and a poke, she sent me off to Derbyshire Royal Infirmary for an x-ray. I duly went, and a couple of weeks later got the results back - no sign of break, everything ok.
On going back to my GP again for a discussion, I mentioned I was now covered by my employer’s private healthcare scheme, so she suggested I went off to see them. On Monday, I saw a specialist orthopaedic surgeon who had a very quick poke and prod and bundled me off to x-ray. I was sent immediately and fifteen minutes later (not two weeks), was back in his office and he was pointing to the x-ray and saying, “Look, there’s the stress fracture…”, i.e. I have a broken toe.
Again, the NHS has missed something, primarily due to the fact that I was lying down for the x-ray, instead of being on my feet, which is when the pain occurs - genius! How much extra money has been pissed away on the NHS by Labour? Useless, totally useless…