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Better together?? - 'British' soldier from Scotland, denied treatment in England... I know that when Scottish people get treatment in England, the Scottish NHS pays for it (NHS in England/Scotland are different) but is this not a bit ridiculous?
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But in any case it doesn’t surprise me.
The ridiculous devolution arrangements put in place for the three minor constituent parts of the UK was always going to lead to such scandals. To shovel money from England to the other parts and then set up a bureaucracy to claim it back is bad enough. But to deny somebody treatment on the basis of the part of the UK they come from is scandalous.
Lance-Corporal Brown is entitled to feel miffed. Strangely enough this girl:
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was also treated in the Queen Elizabeth hospital in Birmingham (the same place that told L/Cpl Brown they could no longer tend his wounds). I don’t recall there being any argument about whether she would be treated there or not on the basis that she did not come from England, When things like this happen the UK becomes the laughing stock of the civilised world. Devolution is one of the most ridiculous fiascos that UK politicians have presided over in recent years (and there have been plenty to choose from). I suppose we’d all better watch out when travelling outside our “Home Nation” (but still within the UK, which is the nation that “national” in NHS refers to).
The ridiculous devolution arrangements put in place for the three minor constituent parts of the UK was always going to lead to such scandals. To shovel money from England to the other parts and then set up a bureaucracy to claim it back is bad enough. But to deny somebody treatment on the basis of the part of the UK they come from is scandalous.
Lance-Corporal Brown is entitled to feel miffed. Strangely enough this girl:
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was also treated in the Queen Elizabeth hospital in Birmingham (the same place that told L/Cpl Brown they could no longer tend his wounds). I don’t recall there being any argument about whether she would be treated there or not on the basis that she did not come from England, When things like this happen the UK becomes the laughing stock of the civilised world. Devolution is one of the most ridiculous fiascos that UK politicians have presided over in recent years (and there have been plenty to choose from). I suppose we’d all better watch out when travelling outside our “Home Nation” (but still within the UK, which is the nation that “national” in NHS refers to).
"Surely the army should be paying?"
Why? Organisations that see their employees injured whilst in their employ do not routinely pay for their medical treatment. That's why we have a (so-called) National Health Service. And in any case, who funds the Army? The same people who fund the NHS. So we need another load of scribes to transfer money from the Army (Benefactors: the hard-pressed taxpayer) to the NHS (Benefactors; the hard-pressed taxpayer).
Why? Organisations that see their employees injured whilst in their employ do not routinely pay for their medical treatment. That's why we have a (so-called) National Health Service. And in any case, who funds the Army? The same people who fund the NHS. So we need another load of scribes to transfer money from the Army (Benefactors: the hard-pressed taxpayer) to the NHS (Benefactors; the hard-pressed taxpayer).
And instead of getting the Army to pay for treatment to injured troops, if the NHS has any spare scribes doing nothing they would be better employed securing payment for medical treatment provided to foreign (i.e. non-UK) visitors. Apparently people running the NHS seem to suggest that they have neither the time nor the inclination to do this properly so I don't see how they've got the resources to oversee the transfer of cash from one taxpayer funded organisation to another.
“You misread me. I meant the army should pay”
So once again: Where does the army gets its funding from? Where does the NHS (in all parts of the UK) get its funding from? As you say, the army no longer has its own military hospitals and that’s scarcely L/Cpl Brown’s fault.
“Surely the answer is for him to continue his treatment at the hospital with NHS Scotland funding the cost.”
Why? He lives in the United Kingdom. He served in HM Armed forces (which represents the entire United Kingdom). The funds managed by NHS Scotland (whatever that might be) come from the United Kingdom’s taxpayers, not solely Scottish taxpayers. Presumably it has an English counterpart and its funds do not come solely from English taxpayers.
This business is a farce of the first order and it is people like L/Cpl Brown who are the victims of political nonsense.
So once again: Where does the army gets its funding from? Where does the NHS (in all parts of the UK) get its funding from? As you say, the army no longer has its own military hospitals and that’s scarcely L/Cpl Brown’s fault.
“Surely the answer is for him to continue his treatment at the hospital with NHS Scotland funding the cost.”
Why? He lives in the United Kingdom. He served in HM Armed forces (which represents the entire United Kingdom). The funds managed by NHS Scotland (whatever that might be) come from the United Kingdom’s taxpayers, not solely Scottish taxpayers. Presumably it has an English counterpart and its funds do not come solely from English taxpayers.
This business is a farce of the first order and it is people like L/Cpl Brown who are the victims of political nonsense.
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