What A Waste Of Money

[the other bob wilson]

I think the OP was referring to people who are offered the treatment they want then just don't turn up for their operation and also don't bother to let the hospital know they aren't going so the hospital can schedule someone else for the time.
As it is that slot is wasted when there are many thousands of people on the waiting lists who would jump at the chance if it was offered to them.
I don't believe anyone was suggesting a person should be denied NHS medical care just because the happen to smoke or drink or be fat.
Should those that don't turn up without good reason be charged for the wasted costs, would it focus peoples minds of taking the opportunity to have the care their body needs when it is offered?

You can never tell if something he posts are his own words or someone else’s. At least this time he mentions from where his message comes, but it’s not clear if all of his first post is down to the Daily Mail - my guess is that as the final para doesn’t read like one you’d read in a paper, that’s the OP summing things up, but I might be wrong.

LoM then agrees with a “summing up” by another poster as to what his message means, but, trying to be fair, that could be his opinion as to what is being said than his personal view. However, based on the OP’s posting history, it seems more likely that he supported what the Daily Mail was saying than he posted it because he was against what was being said.

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You can never tell if something he posts are his own words or someone else’s. At least this time he mentions from where his message comes, but it’s not clear if all of his first post is down to the Daily Mail - my guess is that as the final para doesn’t read like one you’d read in a paper, that’s the OP summing things up, but I might be wrong.

LoM then agrees with a “summing up” by another poster as to what his message means, but, trying to be fair, that could be his opinion as to what is being said than his personal view. However, based on the OP’s posting history, it seems more likely that he supported what the Daily Mail was saying than he posted it because he was against what was being said.

Eric all political factions stick together regardless of if they stand to the left of Corbyn or the tight of Atilla. I was just commenting on what I saw as the main thrust of the article, and as I said I don't think anyone has or will be refused the medical cre they need jusy because they are not perfect weight to height, abstemious, or anything else.
But people who leave operating room and treatment centres sitting idle may think twice if they knew it might cost them. It only takes a phone call to cancel or postpone. I know a man in my local who had a heart c'warning' as the doctors put it. He was scheduled for surgery but was overweight so was given a special diet regime and rescheduled. He has now gone3 times and been sent away because he hasn't lost an ounce.To compound it he is a coach driver so now cannot work and is claiming lots of benefits which if he had lost weight as asked would not be a continuing burden on our taxes.
I think these are the kind of people that need to be addressed.
But I don't intend to get into a slanging match with some on here, (I don't mean you) they are just my thoughts on the matter.

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Eric, Paul, all political factions stick together regardless of if they stand to the left of Corbyn or the tight of Atilla. I was just commenting on what I saw as the main thrust of the article, and as I said I don't think anyone has or will be refused the medical care they need just because they are not perfect weight to height, abstemious, or anything else.
But people who leave operating room and treatment centres sitting idle may think twice if they knew it might cost them. It only takes a phone call to cancel or postpone. I know a man in my local who had a heart c'warning' as the doctors put it. He was scheduled for surgery but was overweight so was given a special diet regime and rescheduled. He has now gone 3 times and been sent away because he hasn't lost an ounce.To compound it he is a coach driver so now cannot work and is claiming lots of benefits which if he had lost weight as asked would not be a continuing burden on our taxes.
I think these are the kind of people that need to be addressed.
But I don't intend to get into a slanging match with some on here, (I don't mean you) they are just my thoughts on the matter.

This is meant to reply to both TOBW and The half a Bee, but I don't know how to add 2 quotes lol