The NHS and the disabled Reviews

Our son harry arrived on my daughters 6th birthday, born two weeks premature, would not feed, and could not maintain his body temperature. Little did we know how our life would change! I will not insult everyones intelligence by explaining in detail the genetic explanations of Downs syndrome or the triad of impairments that ...

Oh dear, it's such a shame. The NHS is such a good idea in theory and indispensable we would hope. The nation pays a proportion of tax to fund it resulting in "free" or subsidised (in the case of dentists and prescriptions) treatment for all. Unfortunately the reality isn't as rosy as the theory. I have been disabled ...

The word Disabled, literally means less able, so that is why I decided to right this op about the treatment of the elderly in this section. What do you see nurses What do you see? Are you thinking When you look at me, A crabbit old woman Not very wise, Uncertain of habit With far away eyes, Who dribbles ...

In an ideal world there would be no waiting for replacement organs to become available. We all hear about how scientists can now grow all manner of things from cells, remember the mouse with an ear on its back? In years to come I am sure even those most opposed to such advances will be able to see the advantages to life. While we only ...

This is my confessional and apology and I can only put it here in the most applicable area of Dooyoo. I did something very bad last night and want to tell the world that I am sorry. I never had any trouble with disabled people. I just usually felt sorry for them and wished them well. I sometimes resented their position that the whole ...

I personally feels that NHS had failed big time to both the society as well as the British Public. First of all, the government had ignored the problem of shortage of nurses and GPS, since donkey years ago (during Margaret Thatcher era). Then we see Tony Blair giving all interesting manifestos during 97 election campaign, ...

I am outraged about reports that able bodied people get priority over disabled people. How dare some office bound faceless wonder decide on the fate of a human life. I thought, stupidly i suppose thatwe lived in an equal society. When are human beings going to be treated the same. Its already enough ...

THE NHS and the DISABLED As one of those unfortunate people who are considered disabled I would like to say that the lengthy times I have spent in NHS hospitals have been one hundred percent better than that of other countries I have lived and worked in. In my times with the NHS the care given has been very good and the food ...

Our NHS is among the worst in Europe. The same excuses come out every time but now people are waking up. The usual one is : There are not enough nurses. This is absolutely pathetic. There must be hundreds of people that are unemployed that are trained doctors or nurses and if not, lets use some of our taxes to pay for people to have medical ...

Surely the decision between donating an organ to an able-bodied person or a disabled person should not have to be made. Let's face it - why not just make it compulsory for everybody to donate organs? I for one am more than willing and able to donate any of my organs if it's going to help somebody else to live a longer life. I ...

As far as the NHS is concerned, in every area, demand will always outweigh supply. Concerning priority being given to the able bodied over the disabled – what constitutes able and disabled in this context? Is an able bodied person one who has smoked 40 Senior Service everyday for 60 years? Is an able bodied person under 70? It is ...

I feel very strongly towards helping those who are not as fortunate as me as I have a younger sister who has downsyndrome. My parents have always had an open house to help young children from the moment they started 13yrs of foster caring. They mostly have young babies whom are not wanted by the natural parents of for much more harrowing reasons ...

As you probably know, there is always an extremely long waiting list for organ donation. Some people have to wait months or years for a new heart or whatever. So surely if getting an organ donation is so hard, shouldn't there be a priority system of some sort? I mean, if you have two people, both wanting a new heart, one who ...

It is disgusting that disabled people are overlooked by the NHS for certain procedures - these people are human beings not items that will go away (or in this case die) if ignored. It makes me so mad to see things like this, the priorities are completely wrong. When you see people suffering - handicapped or not - who cannot get the treatment ...

This is not strictly a Disabled opinion, but is to do with the NHS. Should the NHS be used for cosmetic operations, which increase our height when they are not a priority? This question has arisen with 16 year old Emma Richards from Cornwall, being given an operation to increase her height, so she may fulfil her ambition to become an air ...

One of the most disgusting things that happens in our society is the mis-treatment of the disabled, and the case of Jo has highlighted the huge gulf between healthcare for the disabled and the able. Who is it that makes the decision that the life of the able-bodied is worth more than the life of others? And at what point is it made? At ...

This opinion is written from a very personal point of view, you see my fiancé is disabled. It just breaks my heart to see the way he gets sometimes, he has really bad arthritis, its in his knees and hands the worst, but being only 32 the NHS told him he's "too young" to have the injections that he badly needs to ease the ...

My husband had a nervous breakdown 8 years ago, through no fault of his own - only overworked, overstressed and underpaid. Life has not been easy at home, caring for his mood swings, tempers, depression and lack of interest sometimes in any one but himself. The breakdown has left him dependent on me for doing household things such as ...

What happened with the NHS in this country?We once prided ourselves on being a leading force in the world of medicine. We have now been reduced to a 2nd rate health service. Why? Because of one simple problem, funding. The Money is simply not being invested in the NHS by the government the way it used to. There seems to be more ...

I was not really a big fan of big brother but I was absolutly astonished that this man had given all his winnings to this lovely girl.It takes an absolute star to do this, he must be very unselfish and caring and I can't fault what he did one little bit,in fact the world would be alot better if there where more people like him around. As ...