I'm a "medic with balls" (although 2/3 of new medical graduates in the UK have ovaries) and it saddens me that you use this extreme example to induce "what is wrong with the NHS". Presumably a smoker with terminal cancer should not have expensive drugs thrown at him, and the late Gerry Rafferty should not have had terminal alcoholic liver disease treated in a top London Hospital.Originally Posted by Dedworth
It sums up what is wrong with the NHS this Fat B_astard with a self inflicted terminal condition has resources thrown at him...
Sickening
There would be many empty hospital beds if no illnesses were treated which were the consequences of self - inflicted "lifestyle choices", cutting the annual 100 billion GBP NHS budget by half at a stroke. But it would need an army of "pen-pushing administrators" to attempt to enforce these rules on doctors and nurses who are expected to do their best for ALL patients. The increased litigation which followed this unlikely nightmare scenario would be promptly re- directed from the healthcare workers to the administrators.
Thank God my GP parents before me, and I, managed to complete many years of work in the health service doing our very best without judgement - indeed my own Dad eventually died from smoking-induced lung disease ( the NHS helped keep him alive until the age of 78). It's my pleasure now to give free advice to ANY members on this excellent forum
