"James Annan" <still_the_same_me@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Elbow wrote:
>
>
> > Japan Medical V  UK N.H.S
> > Japan wins every time.
> > Doctors in England have been the rudest Ive ever met.
> > Genaralization of course but you get the point.
> > And another point
> > If you calculate the amount of National Insurance you pay here compared
with
> > UK its almost the same if not cheaper here. So why does UK suck big
time??
>
> I have no idea, but I agree with your overall assessment. The curious
> thing is, total healthcare spending in UK and Japan is very similar (as
> a % of GDP) and the vast amount of waste in Japan is clear to see
> wherever you turn. However, despite this, they also manage to have (ffor
> example) 4x as many hospital beds per capita as the UK (yes, really 4x)
> and the UK has fewer GPs than just about every other country in the
> developed world. I don't know where all the money goes in the UK, or
> alternatively there is a lot of hidden funding in Japan (I wonder how
> the cost of these health checks is accounted for). It can't just be that
> everyone is so scarily healthy here, can it?
>
> James
> -- 

4x beds!!! thats unbielievable.
But I was thinking, in UK you get people queueing up to the doctors if they
got a splinter in their finger or a 'slight' cold.  I dont go to the doctors
if Im feeling a little under the weather because I know I'll have to hand
over some cash.
I think people tend to abuse the 'free' N.H.S. service in UK and this doesnt
help the patients with real cases of illness.