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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
In my limited recent experience of Our Awful NHS, I have found the doctor invariably consults Dr Google for the answer.