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Post by notoriousnobbi on Aug 7, 2023 23:15:55 GMT
This article would be accurate had it been written 30 years ago. As a German let me just add a few thoughts: Train travel Only a delusional person could think German train travel is superior to that found in other countries (unless we're talking some war zone like The Ukraine or Afghanistan). German trains are constantly running late with bad weather conditions (meaning too much rain, wind, snow or ice), causing chaotic delays about every few weeks. ... (*) It's so difficult to find a good article in English explaining how the privatization of DB went partly wrong... The Britons I know still claim that Germany is a wonderland of reliability compared to the UK. While we would rather like to have Swiss reliability.
(*) It's in general difficult to find good articles in (native) English about us member states
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Post by Lux on Aug 8, 2023 8:46:20 GMT
The thread is awesome.
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Post by thorshairspray on Aug 8, 2023 9:34:59 GMT
Invade Poland?
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Post by thorshairspray on Aug 8, 2023 9:37:52 GMT
Hmmmmm......German healthcare is better than the NHS? I was told the NHS was the envy of the World....
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Post by Carl LaFong on Aug 8, 2023 9:46:07 GMT
Hmmmmm......German healthcare is better than the NHS? I was told the NHS was the envy of the World.... Not by me or nobbi or anyone really these days. Maybe a few Tory loons.
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Post by thorshairspray on Aug 8, 2023 9:48:51 GMT
Hmmmmm......German healthcare is better than the NHS? I was told the NHS was the envy of the World.... Not by me or nobbi or anyone really these days. Maybe a few Tory loons. I waited nearly three hours to see a triage nurse the other night. Only reason I was in A&E is because my GP is not accepting appointments due to covid again. Fucking useless.
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Post by Carl LaFong on Aug 8, 2023 9:50:52 GMT
Not by me or nobbi or anyone really these days. Maybe a few Tory loons. I waited nearly three hours to see a triage nurse the other night. Only reason I was in A&E is because my GP is not accepting appointments due to covid again. Fucking useless. Hope it wasn’t anything serious?
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Post by notoriousnobbi on Aug 8, 2023 10:01:46 GMT
Hmmmmm......German healthcare is better than the NHS? We do not have backlogs of your dimension ... NHS? I was told the NHS was the envy of the World.... and in fact it was about 12-15 years ago. I know a German doc who worked sometimes in the UK for some additional money at that time.
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Post by thorshairspray on Aug 8, 2023 10:14:00 GMT
I waited nearly three hours to see a triage nurse the other night. Only reason I was in A&E is because my GP is not accepting appointments due to covid again. Fucking useless. Hope it wasn’t anything serious? As it turned out no, thank you. Something my GP could have told me if he wasn't hiding from ill people.
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Post by Carl LaFong on Aug 8, 2023 10:21:43 GMT
Hope it wasn’t anything serious? As it turned out no, thank you. Something my GP could have told me if he wasn't hiding from ill people. Yeah, it’s ridiculous how hard it can be to see your GP.
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Post by thorshairspray on Aug 8, 2023 10:30:25 GMT
As it turned out no, thank you. Something my GP could have told me if he wasn't hiding from ill people. Yeah, it’s ridiculous how hard it can be to see your GP. Bet they charge the NHS the same amount even though they are operating a reduced service.
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Post by yggdrasil on Aug 8, 2023 14:13:04 GMT
You missed out "ponce off the EU".
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Post by mowlick on Aug 8, 2023 16:47:33 GMT
The problem is that the NHS has gone all touchy feely. Time was when the doctor would listen sympathetically to the often imaginary complaints of lonely men and women, and tell the rest to take an aspirin and if they were not better in the morning, then they were well fucked and that there was nothing that the NHS could do for them.
But these days the nation is in the grip of an epidemic of hypochondria.
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Post by Jep Gambardella on Aug 8, 2023 21:13:57 GMT
This article would be accurate had it been written 30 years ago. As a German let me just add a few thoughts: Train travel Only a delusional person could think German train travel is superior to that found in other countries (unless we're talking some war zone like The Ukraine or Afghanistan). German trains are constantly running late with bad weather conditions (meaning too much rain, wind, snow or ice), causing chaotic delays about every few weeks. ... (*) It's so difficult to find a good article in English explaining how the privatization of DB went partly wrong...The Britons I know still claim that Germany is a wonderland of reliability compared to the UK. While we would rather like to have Swiss reliability.
(*) It's in general difficult to find good articles in (native) English about us member states
Deutsche Bahn has been privatized?
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Post by yggdrasil on Aug 9, 2023 13:12:52 GMT
Not by me or nobbi or anyone really these days. Maybe a few Tory loons. I waited nearly three hours to see a triage nurse the other night. Only reason I was in A&E is because my GP is not accepting appointments due to covid again. Fucking useless. The "triage" nurse sees you before they even book you into A&E. Usually takes about 10 minutes at most at even the busiest A&E, they decide whether it's something your GP should be handling instead of wasting A&E time. THEN you wait to see a nurse who will arrange for bloods to be taken if necessary and whether you need to see a junior Doctor. Seems your problem is with the GP surgery. More Doctors are needed which is a Government funding and retention issue. You aren't supposed to go to A&E just because your GP is busy A&E is, as the name implies, for accidents and emergencies, if you need to go there you wouldn't be ringing a Doctor first. You are just delaying those who need emergency treatment getting it as fast as they should.
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