What good has Welsh Labour done for us?

[cityhammer]

Free prescriptions is one of their worst decisions.The result is that many people are now using up GP appointment slots in order to get a prescription for treatment that is readily available over the counter in a pharmacy. This of course is placing unnecessary demand on an already broken system.

Exactly, people go to dr to get a prescription for paracetamol, which costs the NHS stupid money, rather than buy 24 for 50p or whatever it is in Lidl.

[cityhammer]

Most people in Wales vote Labour - so they obviously want and like what they get from Labour. I had a mate of a similar view talking about Thatcher and the mines - he seemed somewhat shocked when it was pointed out to him that Harold Wilson shut twice has many mines than Thatcher did - he had no words after that revelation.
It was also a shock to him that both Govts stopped the tax payer assistance that was given to the coal board.

And Harold Wilson made the Aberfan fund pay for the clean up of the disaster, horrible c@nt.

[goats]

Nan mate - it doesnt annoy me - that's democracy - something I accept. Pity you cant seem to do the same.

Nothing changes anyway….what was so great under Labour when Blair won? Nothing….a year or two of thinking a change is good but if anything the uk has plummeted since the millennium…..nothing will ever change in wales, it’s a poor area a bit like Cornwall/ West Country, heavily reliant on tourism yet doing all it can to pi$$ Tourists off from coming. Get yourself some private healthcare as the nhs here is phucked.

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

Nothing changes anyway….what was so great under Labour when Blair won? Nothing….a year or two of thinking a change is good but if anything the uk has plummeted since the millennium…..nothing will ever change in wales, it’s a poor area a bit like Cornwall/ West Country, heavily reliant on tourism yet doing all it can to pi$$ Tourists off from coming. Get yourself some private healthcare as the nhs here is phucked.

You think the NHS is doing OK in England ?

[goats]

You think the NHS is doing OK in England ?

Not everywhere, but as an example it’s a lot better over the bridge. Got friends who live in north Devon, Bristol and Cornwall and they don’t need to wait months for a hospital app, plus they have the drop in centres, no doubt they can’t do them here because they will be inundated and overrun

[MOZZER2]

Not everywhere, but as an example it’s a lot better over the bridge. Got friends who live in north Devon, Bristol and Cornwall and they don’t need to wait months for a hospital app, plus they have the drop in centres, no doubt they can’t do them here because they will be inundated and overrun

i,ve mentioned this above the walk in centres are great . Would take lots of pressure off GP's in Wales and wait times for patients

used them in the west midlands with an urban population of 3 million . if they could work there they could work here

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

Not everywhere, but as an example it’s a lot better over the bridge. Got friends who live in north Devon, Bristol and Cornwall and they don’t need to wait months for a hospital app, plus they have the drop in centres, no doubt they can’t do them here because they will be inundated and overrun

It's not a lot better

In fact today they announced record waiting times in England

[Alan Lung]

Exactly, people go to dr to get a prescription for paracetamol, which costs the NHS stupid money, rather than buy 24 for 50p or whatever it is in Lidl.

This. Got a neighbour who boasts about claiming paracetamol, rather than spending 41p for a pack at Sainsburys. Costs the NHS around a tenner.

[MOZZER2]

parking at welsh hospitals free up to 4 hours

been a godsend for me the last 6 weeks !

on the flip side the english healthcare is much better and the walk in centres over there was a godsend for me when working in england

we should set up walk in centres in Wales . No need for booking appointments

just looking at the parking costs at NHS England for patients /staff for 2022/23 .What a scandal

Would have cost me a small fortune this year if I lived over the border the amount of times i've been up to the heath this year !

https://news.sky.com/story/price-of-...%20every%20day.

[Gofer Blue]

I'm amazed that a G.P. would prescribe paracetamol on a routine basis.

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

I'm amazed that a G.P. would prescribe paracetamol on a routine basis.

Lots of people with chronic pain are on a regular 2 tablets , 4 times a day dose of paracetamol

[stevo]

I'm amazed that a G.P. would prescribe paracetamol on a routine basis.

When you’re in a high-pressure job and stressed to the max and faced with demanding patients, sometimes you’ve got to take the path of least resistance.

[stevo]

Not sure if you’re aware but Welsh Labour are proposing to bring back the Severn Bridge tolls in an effort to reduce the number of cars coming into South Wales in favour of more sustainable travel. Page 42.

[+ the native hipster]

they haven't imposed the income tax levels our friends up north have

[NinianOpinion1927]

I'm amazed that a G.P. would prescribe paracetamol on a routine basis.

Me too

[NinianOpinion1927]

Lots of people with chronic pain are on a regular 2 tablets , 4 times a day dose of paracetamol

Which they could easily fund themselves

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

Which they could easily fund themselves

Dr's like to prescribe paracetamol to people in chronic pain to try and ensure they are taking it regularly

Those on regular delivery of medication can therefore be monitored

[+ the native hipster]

they saved a newt by not building the newport py pass

[North Cardiff Blue]

I think the free prescriptions are alright. Thats about it.

Tonight, on a night out, I told my friends from England that I couldn't get a doctor's appointment until January in Birchgrove surgery in Cardiff. They laughed. Thats the reality. Being laughed at.

What the hell do we get from it?

Anything?

Anything?

What do we get from it?

Slowest speeds, worst roads, most closed shops, longest NHS queues and longest A&E waiting times and ruined the country.

[TWGL1]

Slowest speeds, worst roads, most closed shops, longest NHS queues and longest A&E waiting times and ruined the country.

Just come back from the dentist, I’ve had to go private with a new dentist as my old one was no longer allowing kids free treatment.

Apparently the dentist system is so bad literally hundreds of people are going straight to A and E for what was routine dental care daily throughout the my local area.

[NinianOpinion1927]

Dr's like to prescribe paracetamol to people in chronic pain to try and ensure they are taking it regularly

Those on regular delivery of medication can therefore be monitored

Dr's can do the shopping for housebound patients too. Or would thaat be a waste of money and time?

[+ the native hipster]

according to the last test results they have allowed our children to be free from the bondage of education

[Elwood Blues]

Dr's can do the shopping for housebound patients too. Or would thaat be a waste of money and time?

What is your point?

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

What makes me chuckle is how the Conservative voting idiots on here think it would be better under those tosspots

And that in Wales it's ever going to be a Conservative assembly government

Absolute complete arse on both counts

[life on mars]

Not an easy one to answer is it ??

We know of nothing else other than single rule by a single party .

Yes life has changed from the tough Welsh landscape /workplace of the steel / Iron industrial age , into the cosmopolitan better world ,where folk live longer have have more that our parents /grandparents , bugger to do with Labour in Wales though .. Probably served better by Westminster via Thatcher / Blair policy making and changes .. those two changed changed the UK