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I waited over 3 hours on none emergency number I gave up I'm probably dead by time this posted. Bye bye

PERSONAL EYEZ, 2 HARBEN PARADE LONDON NW36JP. AFTER WE AGREED 2 WEEKS FOR MY GLASSES, HE EMAILED ME OVER A WEEK LATER AND CANCELLED,AND SAID THE SHOP WILL BE CLOSED FOR 2 WEEKS, THAT'S RUBBISH SERVICE, AND HE COULDN'T CARE LESS, AND HE ALSO LOST MY CASE & LIED ABOUT IT . . . NB: the date is approximate...

Where to begin? I have been back in the UK for just over a year and have non stop bad experiences with Edzell GP clinic, Laurencekirk GP clinic and Taybank GP service. I have been bullied, dismissed and shouted at (by the administrator at Laurencekirk). I dread to think how much money is wasted each year by NHS GPs in evasiveness, incompetence, inability to leave their ego at the door and actually listen to the the patient. On several occasions my daughter has not been taken seriously, having to see doctors on repeat for the same condition each time with no resolution and no clear treatment plan. I do not believe it now when i hear the NHS is chronically underfunded. From what I can see its terribly run, answerable to no-one, accountable to no-one, and lacking any competition. The majority of staff have forgotten they are a service provider working for the benefit of the patient and not just at work to pick up a salary. In the latest instance of time wasting we had a doctor at Taybank surgery request a meeting with my daughter to tell her he could not fill out a form for her. This should have been a phone call to me but instead he requested a meeting with my teenage daughter which left her in tears and will no doubt charge us the taxpayer for it. I did not have any health issues before returning to the UK but the stress of having to navigate the NHS on behalf of my two children is quite literally making me ill. Its a terrible state of affairs but from what i hear from friends and family everyone just feels powerless to do anything about it and the NHS is making no plans to do a root and branch review and get rid of the people that do not perform their jobs properly. Anyone complicit in this should take a long hard look at themselves and ask what they can and should do about it.

I am disgusted and appalled about an urgent visit to Eastbourne District General Hospital on Monday 2 June at 9pm. We were there for 13 hours. We were discharged at 10am. After spending the night on horrid hard plastic chairs, with no sleep. There were elderly vulnerable people. Cold, tired and In pain, We wouldn't treat a sick animal this way. Why is the government throwing Money at this ridiculous organisation? It's severally broken. It needs a total reorganisation. This old Gal, arriving just after the 2nd World War is now absolutely unfit for purpose and has been abused for years by some who consider it a free good. Its on its knees. It would have failed years ago, without its faithful, hard working, team - medics, cleaners, admin staff. Also there are too many managers going to meetings about meetings. What's that about?

I been to Maidstone Hospital today over woman problems and all they keep doin is giving me appointments and tell me go to bk if I want to go bk I wouldn’t have gone in first place it’s a joke dont ever go to Maidstone Hospital they don’t do there job like they ment to they all a joke and useless

Im happy I was introduced to Mental Health Services. It takes a lot of courage to understand this organization. I promise each and every staff member will be rewarded for undermining a fellow Human, i hope every one of you experiences old age, where your bones become feeble.

Patients are being mocked and abused and used to make money and made to beg for treatment at the same time. Millions of patients ring every month wait on the phone lines for 3_4 hours never to get an appointment or have the call answered. After ringing the practice you can walk into the surgery staff are wondering around eating crisps or warming feet on fan heaters.NOBODYS ANSWERING PHONES YET MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE ON HOLD FOR HOURS. SOMEONE IS PROFITTING MILLIONS FROM THESE CALLS. Patients are being made to.suffer tormented at not being able to get through to.the Dr's and ARE PAYING TO BE ON THE PHONES FOR HOURS DAILY. This is a clear form of profiting from patients desperately trying to make appointments and as such A FORM OF ABUSE. If you ever do get through appointments are usually gone as only 8 are available to.serve 10000 patients per day!!! This is a rota set by the government!!! Surgeries get paid for.doing it!! How much money does the NHS make out of people's calls. It must be billions on a. DAILY BASIS!!! EVEN WHEN YOU RING 111 IT TAKES ABOUT AN HOUR TO GET THROUGH TO.SOMEONE. ITS THEM ANOTHER HALF TO.ONE HOUR OF PATIENTS LETTING SYNPTOMS OUT. ONLY TO BE TOLD A CONSULTANT WILL RING BACK IN A FEW HOURS. psychologically patients will only repeat themselves 3 times. The NHS expects you to break through this barrier if you want any hope of getting treated. All the time making money out of desperate patients calls !!! Psychologically patients are put off asking the NHS NO HOPE SERVICE due.tk the stress of it all. Repeatedly saying the same thing and still not getting proper treatment. Yet at the same time NHS makes money out of the calls. Its appalling and exploitation and a form of torture. Patients ring up with hope only to be duped into thinking they will be helped but are usually fobbed off to.someone else to repeat themselves to death. Who then passes them onto someone else. Their is an NHS but it is a service that is there. It doesn't mean that it's available or accessible by you. It is now a dangling red herring of hope which you are extremely lucky to catch.

3 years ago l saw my local GP regarding painful swollen varicose pains in my left leg. I have been through the related scans and listed for surgical procedures. Several times I have spoken to the relevant departments with the result that my personal waiting time for treatment is a further 18 months. The veins continue to enlarge with very unpleasant feelings. I now have the complications of serious pain in my left hip and incapacity as a result of osteoarthritis in that joint which will require surgery as soon as possible. I am l consider a fairly fit male of 73 years and enjoyed life until incapacitated. Despite having fully contributed to national insurance throughout 30 years as a police officer who served the public l feel l am now being neglected completely by the authorities. Neglectful Disgraceful and uncaring. Same for everyone of my age who put their lives into this now pathetic country which is the laughing stock of the world