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[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

I think Mother Theresa is a lot like Thatcher inasmuch as she thinks she's the queen. She is patronising, condescending and superior. Just for the sake of mischief, I'd like to see Jeremy give her a kick up the front. 

An inherent Tory trait.

[Sir Tigger KC]

I'm warming (mildly) to 'Flaccid Fallon'.......anyone who is willing to legalise wacky baccy can't be all bad. A couple of billion each year in tax to help the NHS along with the 350 million each week from Brexit.

We all know that if we want a 1st class health service then we have to pay for it and that either means direct charges (£20 to see the Dr) or increased taxation.  The trouble is, is that nobody wants to pay.  The poor think the rich should pay and the rich have BUPA.   

The NHS in it's current form is ultimately unsustainable, and yes we could put a penny on income tax as the Limp Dems propose to raise the extra cash, but what do we do in 5 years time when the NHS has bust it's budgets yet again?  Keep on raising taxes?   

I was in my local surgery last week and they have a big board showing how many people didn't turn up for appointments, and in my little town there were 15!    Fine them £100 and that's £1500 going in the pot, roll that out nationally and your probably looking at substantial amounts.   

[STEMO]

They might be old people who missed because they died 

[Kevin Wood]

I wouldn't mind betting that £20 to see the quack would make all the hypochondriacs think twice, along with those who can't be arsed to turn up for their appointments. I'd be all for it.

[Auto Addict]

I wouldn't mind betting that £20 to see the quack would make all the hypochondriacs think twice, along with those who can't be arsed to turn up for their appointments. I'd be all for it.

 

[STEMO]

I wouldn't mind betting that £20 to see the quack would make all the hypochondriacs think twice, along with those who can't be arsed to turn up for their appointments. I'd be all for it.

Yes, maybe, but I would prefer a bidding system. If you ring up and say you want an appointment at half nine, and somebody has already paid £20 for it, you should be able to offer 30...and get a ring back if the other patient ups the ante. 

[aaronjb]

I wouldn't mind betting that £20 to see the quack would make all the hypochondriacs think twice, along with those who can't be arsed to turn up for their appointments. I'd be all for it.

You can do it already, online via video: https://www.pushdoctor.co.uk/

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

It's a case of old people clogging up the system.

A TB type cull of everybody over 65 would solve the problem. Billions saved on running the NHS and further billions saved because the pension bill  (which is by far the biggest drain on the public purse) would become zero.

STMO.......are you 65 yet?

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Think 'Logans Run' but at 65 instead of thirty.

[STEMO]

It's a case of old people clogging up the system.

A TB type cull of everybody over 65 would solve the problem. Billions saved on running the NHS and further billions saved because the pension bill  (which is by far the biggest drain on the public purse) would become zero.

STMO.......are you 65 yet?

Getting close, I was 64 on Tuesday 

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

The Illiberal undemocrats want to legalise wacky baccy and are demanding mental health problems are given higher priority and funding at the same time. Are these retards really so dim that they are unaware of the connection between the explosion in the use of wacky baccy, and mental health hospitals being completely unable to cope with demand ? 

[STEMO]

It's a case of old people clogging up the system.

A TB type cull of everybody over 65 would solve the problem. Billions saved on running the NHS and further billions saved because the pension bill  (which is by far the biggest drain on the public purse) would become zero.

STMO.......are you 65 yet?

Getting close, I was 64 on Tuesday 

You wouldn't begrudge me my state pension, knowing how hard I've worked all my life, surely Opti?

[TD]

I wouldn't mind betting that £20 to see the quack would make all the hypochondriacs think twice, along with those who can't be arsed to turn up for their appointments. I'd be all for it.

id go for that as well, as long as I was exempt.....I get called in the surgery loads of time....for diabetic check ups....and get prescriptions changed all the time...just changed again on Tuesday....but I get them free....being diabetic....and I always turn up for appointments 

[STEMO]

Yes, I'd go for it too. As long as I was exempt. 

[TD]

Yes, I'd go for it too. As long as I was exempt. 

So...when was the last time your surgery wrote to you asking you to come in.....