Sadly all true as politicians and prospective candidates all view the job as an MP in the figurehead celebrity mode before they think about, if they are even capable, and get down to serious effective law making.
The NHS staff are in a tough position, without an ID system I'm not sure how they can identify non-UK residents. I've always been opposed to digital ID, but with this issue, fraudulent voting, inability to measure visa timeouts etc, I may have to reconsider. We are no longer in a high trust society and we can't just wish it back.
As an ex-serviceman I'm used to carrying ID. In the USA, the Driving licence was your ID and when we lived there, in our state you could even obtain a non-driving driving licence, because so many places needed photo ID. I'm in favour of photo ID, but vehemently against digital ID. However I do see the danger of compulsory ID cards being a slippery slope to Digital ID.
Other countries seem to manage blocking those not entitled or able to pay for medical treatment before they enter the system, why can’t we? The entire NHS needs radical reform but it will get worse before it gets better.
I agree, with the state that is the NHS and the sheer unwillingness of GP’s, surgeons, nurses and medical staff to comply with any meaningful changes, there just does not appear to be any fast answer to the problem and drain on public finances that is forever ongoing. At some point something has got to give, the entire system is broken. I eventually saw a GP for the first time face to face the other day after years of telephone appointments as there is never any availability for much more. And I had to really kick up a fuss to get that appointment too! The idea of going to A&E for anything at all is more than I could ever cope with these days, I think I’d rather google my symptoms and how to remedy them with DIY methods is more palatable. The most horrifying tales of people dying in hospital waiting rooms are happening all too frequently now and yet this conniving and lying government fidget the statistics and change the wording to give the appearance of a NHS that is improving and cutting waiting lists. There is so much nonsense and rubbish that is taking away from the everyday job of giving medical care, surely I’m not the only person that believes the DEI agenda has got to go first thing. Back to basics and common sense. I don’t actually see why there should be an issue with having to provide a NI number in order to access services. Similar has to be done when in other countries, throughout the EU and America for example so why is it such an issue here? Clearly I’m no expert on fixing the utter mess that is the NHS with all of its many departments and backlogs and shortages but there truly needs to be such a drastic overhaul or it will continue to creak on until it finally breaks down irreparably, and I don’t see that as being too far in the distant future.
Wait is the NHS *not* collecting this? They sure did for me. I remember going in for treatment (some mild injury), when I was living in the UK, and on the basis of nothing more than my American accent, being asked at the end of my visit how I was going to pay for the care I had received (technically a microaggression?).
I explained that I actually lived and worked in the UK, had an NI number, and was paying taxes (plus a “NHS surcharge” as an additional visa fee on top of the regular visa fee), so I’ve paid with that, thankyouverymuch. And they said fair enough and sent me on my way.
A passport, a driving licence, a utility bill? These can be forged, yes but so can a digi ID card. Are the NHS police? If someone turns up at your door in dire illness straits they should get help. Judging by the number of white indigenous hypochondriacs and shirkers who take the mickey out of the system - why not filter them through 3 year uni medics? Half of the 7-10 year medics google the symptoms already, Pharma gives them handbooks.
Sadly all true as politicians and prospective candidates all view the job as an MP in the figurehead celebrity mode before they think about, if they are even capable, and get down to serious effective law making.
The NHS staff are in a tough position, without an ID system I'm not sure how they can identify non-UK residents. I've always been opposed to digital ID, but with this issue, fraudulent voting, inability to measure visa timeouts etc, I may have to reconsider. We are no longer in a high trust society and we can't just wish it back.
As an ex-serviceman I'm used to carrying ID. In the USA, the Driving licence was your ID and when we lived there, in our state you could even obtain a non-driving driving licence, because so many places needed photo ID. I'm in favour of photo ID, but vehemently against digital ID. However I do see the danger of compulsory ID cards being a slippery slope to Digital ID.
The NHS is a long story so I’ll refrain from speaking on it for now.
As for religious slaughter (of animals) the simple answer is to ban it in this country but allow importation.
There are three advantages to this :
1) animals are killed humanely in UK abbatoirs .
2) Haram and none Kosher meat/offal of religiously slaughtered animals does not end up on the tables of the general public.
3) the commercial advantage of higher slaughter rates of religiously operated abattoirs, ceases.
The advantages of importing religiously slaughtered animals outweigh disadvantages.
If only there was some near-universal, totally free method of identifying immigrants just by visual and audible cues alone.
Well if there was, they’d probably make it illegal right?
Other countries seem to manage blocking those not entitled or able to pay for medical treatment before they enter the system, why can’t we? The entire NHS needs radical reform but it will get worse before it gets better.
I was going to say the same.
I agree, with the state that is the NHS and the sheer unwillingness of GP’s, surgeons, nurses and medical staff to comply with any meaningful changes, there just does not appear to be any fast answer to the problem and drain on public finances that is forever ongoing. At some point something has got to give, the entire system is broken. I eventually saw a GP for the first time face to face the other day after years of telephone appointments as there is never any availability for much more. And I had to really kick up a fuss to get that appointment too! The idea of going to A&E for anything at all is more than I could ever cope with these days, I think I’d rather google my symptoms and how to remedy them with DIY methods is more palatable. The most horrifying tales of people dying in hospital waiting rooms are happening all too frequently now and yet this conniving and lying government fidget the statistics and change the wording to give the appearance of a NHS that is improving and cutting waiting lists. There is so much nonsense and rubbish that is taking away from the everyday job of giving medical care, surely I’m not the only person that believes the DEI agenda has got to go first thing. Back to basics and common sense. I don’t actually see why there should be an issue with having to provide a NI number in order to access services. Similar has to be done when in other countries, throughout the EU and America for example so why is it such an issue here? Clearly I’m no expert on fixing the utter mess that is the NHS with all of its many departments and backlogs and shortages but there truly needs to be such a drastic overhaul or it will continue to creak on until it finally breaks down irreparably, and I don’t see that as being too far in the distant future.
In my limited recent experience of Our Awful NHS, I have found the doctor invariably consults Dr Google for the answer.
Wait is the NHS *not* collecting this? They sure did for me. I remember going in for treatment (some mild injury), when I was living in the UK, and on the basis of nothing more than my American accent, being asked at the end of my visit how I was going to pay for the care I had received (technically a microaggression?).
I explained that I actually lived and worked in the UK, had an NI number, and was paying taxes (plus a “NHS surcharge” as an additional visa fee on top of the regular visa fee), so I’ve paid with that, thankyouverymuch. And they said fair enough and sent me on my way.
A passport, a driving licence, a utility bill? These can be forged, yes but so can a digi ID card. Are the NHS police? If someone turns up at your door in dire illness straits they should get help. Judging by the number of white indigenous hypochondriacs and shirkers who take the mickey out of the system - why not filter them through 3 year uni medics? Half of the 7-10 year medics google the symptoms already, Pharma gives them handbooks.