Re: What pills were those?

[Ian G Batten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>]

On Mon, 08 Nov 2004, Roland Perry wrote:

> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Adrian Midgley 
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
> >Giving her the number of a taxi firm/railway timetable would seem to be
> >well-within the abilities of the management.
> 
> She, like I, was under the impression the NHS was there to treat 
> patients. We both went away disappointed, so perhaps you are right.

I think that's unfair, Roland.  If her drugs were that important to her,
she'd have brought them with her.  If her drugs are that important to
her, she can go back and get them (or get them FedEx'd, or get a taxi to
deliver them, or phone up her local motorcycle courier company, or
whatever).  Yes, the NHS should treat people.  But yes, the NHS should
presume that people are engaged in their own treatment.  If she doesn't
care enough to take drugs that she needs with her, why should a random
GP (or equivalent) care more than she does herself?

Suppose the drugs are something frighteningly expensive.  Why should I,
through my taxes, pay for an additional set because someone can't be
bothered to take them with her?

If you left your iPod at home, should Apple lend you one?  Filled with
your music?  So why are your drugs any different?

The NHS is there to provide treatment to patients who want to be
treated.

ian