Published on 12, July, 2020
Hi, I have been waiting 6 years for an Autism Assessment on the NHS. A colleague came into the office last week claiming that the NHS were sending him to a private clinic due to the waiting lists....I was really angry! it totally triggered me.
I have not heard this myself personally. Has anyone here?
david
Have you been hearing from the autism diagnosis service during those six years? It is not unknown for people to drop off waiting lists sometimes.
It is the case that they can send patients to private services (through schemes such as right to choose) and they do do so. It's very possible that this has happened for your colleague but I can understand the frustration.
I would recommend contacting your assessment centre about this. To check where you are on the waiting list (and thus if you're still on it) and also to ask about this scheme and whether you could be part of it.
Hi, i did contact the assessment centre and i did receive a letter - pretty much saying 'yes you are on the list - don't contact us again'! Thanks for your advice, I will contact them again and see what they say.
yeah i think the issue is... they are on strike all the time lol sorry, cant process anyone or move the que, were too busy striking, chasing more money, putting money above the health of the people... very capitalist of them for a socialist system using a socialist idea and a socialist strike, all for money, all for want of greed of more money. very capitalist these so called socialists that theyd throw away the peoples health all for a extra buck lol
Caelus said:either way if you want nhs to be paid more in real terms you are then against the poor majority and saying their minimum wage should remain low as possible. but yet this entire mindset wants to pander to everything and please everything... you cant do that.
I don't follow your logic here - who are the poor majority whose minimum wage I am trying to keep low?
Where was I saying it should be low? I'm not - they all need to advocate for their own pay structure in my opinion.
I also don't get where this extends to saying everything should be pandered to - in the discussion above we are advocating for a salary in keeping with inflation at the very least - ideally a better income than they have now to prevent further losses to the private sector.
What other minimum wage earners want to fight for is their business.
but yet it goes down in real terms because the minimum wage of everyone elses goes up.... you cant win this here because either way if you want nhs to be paid more in real terms you are then against the poor majority and saying their minimum wage should remain low as possible. but yet this entire mindset wants to pander to everything and please everything... you cant do that... you cant raise minimum wage massively all the time while also making higher paid jobs like nhs staff feel their wage in real terms has stayed same or increased... because its measured against the poor majorities wage... minimum wage goes up and in real terms the higher earners jobs seem to pay less.... the only way you can fix this on that is to pin minimum wage down and never actually raise it... ever...
Caelus said:putting money above the health of the people... very capitalist of them for a socialist system using a socialist idea and a socialist strike, all for money, all for want of greed of more money.
If your pay had reduced by 11% over the last decade in real terms then you would be unhappy, especially as there are plenty of private options open to you that pay a lot more.
Have a look at how the NHS pay has been affected over the last 10 years:
https://www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/resource/chart-of-the-week-pay-has-fallen-in-real-terms-for-most-nhs-staff-groups-since-2010
That is far from the money grabbing image you portray.