私は子供が幼い間、毎年イースターとクリスマスに箱にFrom Mai (娘)と書いたお菓子を持って、受付に持って行っていました。通院の時は必ず軽く世間話をしました。効果は覿面です。歯医者でもコンビニでもすーぱーでも必ず軽い世間話をすると、優しい対応が受けられます。日本でそれをすると、変な顔をされるし、娘が止めますが。
Hello Lina san. First, as an ex NHS worker, let me explain the situation? The NHS is under extreme financial and staffing pressure. I believe the current Government would like to see a system more like they have in America, where everything is privatised. Doctor receptionists have a reputation for being rude, but they are just very stressed and pressured workers, They will be trying to deal with you and, at the same time, have two telephones ringing! I'm not saying that they are never rude. Trying to get a GP appointment is difficult for everyone here - white or black! Everyone that wants one has to spend several hours on the telephone trying! Please don't think that it's discrimination - it's the same for everyone. Every person that is registered with a GP is entitled to an appointment and they all have to wait to get one; it is a terrible situation. Many people turn up at an A&E department for minor ailments which a GP should normally deal with. If they turn up at A&E, and it's neither an Accident or an Emergency, then they are getting in the way of these cases! I don't know the answer - it's not what you would expect and it's not what we would expect. It's the situation at the moment sadly. But what it isn't is any form of discrimination, believe me. All health care workers have a duty to treat everybody the same and that included the standard of care they receive, the type of treatment they get and the amount of respect and courtesy they are shown. Please don't blame the NHS staff, blame the Government - we do!!! Also, we don't always hug a person the first time we meet them, maybe the Americans do? We might hug on the 2nd or 3rd time. Maybe that guy was respecting you because he was aware that you were Japanese and you don't have that in your country? I wish that I had met you in The UK, I would have made you very welcome indeed; I love Japanese people and it's my dream to go and live there. I hope that you enjoy your life in the future, so good luck. ❤
@excitingfruit21 күн бұрын
“I believe the current Government would like to see a system more like they have in America, where everything is privatised.” The problem with the UK is that people think it’s either our awful NHS or paying thousands for an x-ray like in America. Nobody ever seems to wonder about what developed countries that aren’t the UK or the US have. This person is from Japan where clinics don’t even have appointment systems because you just walk in and get seen by a doctor whenever you want. You have mandatory health insurance that is taken automatically off your salary like a tax and covers 70% of all your costs. You pay reasonable amounts and just get whatever care you need when you want it, there’s no shared pool of resources that has to be rationed out like in the UK. If you want it, you get it. I chipped my tooth in Tokyo and had it fixed 2 days later for about £15. Injured myself at the gym and was being x-rayed at the clinic literally next door within 30 minutes with no appointment, then got patches and laser therapy all for about £12. Got paranoid about some headaches I was having possibly being a brain tumour, walked into a clinic, was told it was probably fine but I insisted on an MRI and they said alright, here’s the nearest place, you can go in next week. Had the MRI for about £40 (it showed nothing). That is what a first world health care system looks like and the person in this video is assuming racism (which I agree is unlikely) because she can’t believe a healthcare system could actually be this bad. Unfortunately it is, and the sooner we scrap the NHS and replace it with a normal insurance system like Japan or Germany we will be so much better off. I no longer live in the UK and any time I have a health issue I thank my lucky stars I don’t have to use the NHS.
@NealeOBrien20 күн бұрын
@@excitingfruit Thanks for spending so long on a reply. You have no idea how much I agree with you! Sadly, it is insurance based in the UK too - it's called National Insurance, and that was supposed to cover the care of every UK citizen - 'From the cradle, to the grave'. For so many reasons this system has become broken. I am not going to go into them and start ranting, or getting angry and frustrated, but the NHS the envy of the world, until it was eroded by successive Governments. Add to that the enormous overuse by foreign people arriving here, either on vacation or applying to live here. As I said, the reasons are many and it would take too long to go into them here.
Walk in Clinicと言って予約をしなくてもすぐに受け付けてもらえる病院もありますよ。私が住んでいる地域はNHSのサービスが良い地域かもしれません。今までNHSのサービスに満足しています。大きな手術もNHSで受けています。病院の予約は2週間ほどで取れます。MRI, 胃カメラ検査も病院でして貰えました。 英語が出来れば問題はないと思うのですが。私はこの国に半世紀住んでいますが、差別をされたことはありません。自己主張をすることも欧米では必要です。黙っていると 誤解を招くことがあります。また白人でも必ずしも英国人ではありません。長い間住んでいると白人でも英語の発音で英国人かそうではないかの区別が出来ますから白人全部が 英国人ではありません。
ロンドンに住んで30年ですが、あなたも私も自分が知っていることが全てでは無いと言う自覚が必要ですね。発信者は、私見である事を明言して欲しいと感じます。GPは4か所、NHSの歯科は2か所登録経験がありますが、診察を断られた事も無いし、差別を感じた事もありません。A And E に予約無しで飛び込みで行けば、緊急性があれば直ぐ、そうでなければ5時間ほど待てば診てくれます。完全に無料なので、弊害が生まれてしまっています。血税で運営しているので、旅行者はプライベートで診てもらえるよう、保険に入って来て欲しいです。慢性の疾患に関しては対応が不十分だと感じます。プライベートの医療機関は格段に質が良いので、そちらへ。
The NHS used to be the pride of this country. We should treat our guests exactly as we would expect to be treated or drop the ‘great’ from Great Britain.