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banmeyoubitch t1_isa5upg wrote

Lol the UK government at the moment is not planning to adequately provide heat during the coming winter, I doubt they're going to do anything for this issue at all.

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-little-dorrit- t1_isahjt1 wrote

Three year waiting lists for ADHD referral currently. This is correct.

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ok-NOTok t1_isallqu wrote

No fucking way. Why so long?

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-little-dorrit- t1_isanrmh wrote

I’m not qualified to say, but here is a little more info:

https://www.bigissue.com/life/health/adhd-nhs-diagnosis-waiting-times-crisis/

I started looking into it as a friend told me this had happened to him. To my shame I didn’t believe it could be true at first (although I’m currently on an NHS referral waiting list myself and it’s 6 months). I believe this would vary quite considerably with region and healthcare authority though.

NHS is suffering right now due to chronic underfunding, piecemeal privatisation and increasing costs of care, and long waiting lists are a symptom of all of that. Very sad. NHS standard of care is excellent in general, but performs poorly on waiting times. I’d take it over private healthcare any day though.

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ColgateSensifoam t1_isanp0g wrote

Tory governments keep cutting funding

In England, there's the Right to Choose, which means you can go to a private provider on the NHS's dime, but that doesn't apply outside of England

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-little-dorrit- t1_isb06hk wrote

That’s handy, thanks. I’ll pass it on to my ADHD friend who brought this up to me in the first place. The Big Issue article I cited above is from 2021, so I guess it is now out of date for England at least.

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SnapcasterWizard t1_isam3z0 wrote

That poster is a conservative liar. There are no waiting lists for medical services in the UK.

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ok-NOTok t1_isammpy wrote

That’s good to hear. I’m American and was thinking there’s no way in hell we could truly be the home of the worst healthcare system on Earth with that long of a wait lol.

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vicblck24 t1_isasv5b wrote

Don’t even have to travel far… go look at Canada

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-little-dorrit- t1_isaywyr wrote

It’s not just about waiting times, but access to care, affordability of care, heath outcomes, etc. As far as I understand US is pretty bad when you combine such metrics

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ColgateSensifoam t1_isanh5x wrote

Six months in England, because of the Right to Choose

8 years in much of Wales, because fuck you that's why

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