Irish Health System - Ha Ha

theSHU

If you go to a GP or Private Health clinic and get your blood taken. The blood gets sent to the lab for analysis at the Public Hospital. The public hospital does not charge the GP anything for the testing but the GP passes the 'cost' on anyways. As a result, GP's are testing for anything under the sun because it costs them nothing and it just clogs the system.

inocybe

4 days isn't that much, there are people waiting months and years to see specialists for potentially life-threatening conditions.

Sir Humphrey Appleby

shedweller wrote: »

Its ok. In a few years there will be no public system worth talking about. The private system will take over and we'll be paying into it just like in the US. Then we'll have good healthcare but be broke paying for it.

Really, we are already broke pay for a ****e health service!

L1011

josip wrote: »

It's not unreasonable to expect blood results to be conveyed electronically..

They are.

Your critical mistake here was going private.

Results for public/GP surgeries are transmitted using the approprirate regional HL7 system, Healthlink for most of the country, GPEL for the South East and email based for the SW and NW.

Fred Swanson

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josip

MYOB wrote: »

They are.

Your critical mistake here was going private.

Results for public/GP surgeries are transmitted using the approprirate regional HL7 system, Healthlink for most of the country, GPEL for the South East and email based for the SW and NW.

No mistake made. In order to see a consultant while there was a chance to address my condition I had to go private. As I've already saiid twice, the bloods were as a result of the consultation, not the main reason for it.

Elbaston

Fred Swanson wrote: »

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itchy ?

ashamed ?

Big Nasty

Just found out what Mary Harney is up to these days! :eek:

Fred Swanson

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L1011

josip wrote: »

No mistake made. In order to see a consultant while there was a chance to address my condition I had to go private. As I've already saiid twice, the bloods were as a result of the consultation, not the main reason for it.

Go to GP with the bloods request form, get them done in a public lab free (GP will charge a draw fee probably though, but a lot less than the consultant + private lab). Get results within 24-48hrs max, print off and bring to consultant.

Private hospital phlebotomy services are a huge ripoff.

DebDynamite

Wompa1 wrote: »

I went in on a Friday to get my bloods done from my GP. He arranged the appointment for me, following a different appointment I had with him.

So, I got there ahead of time. Usual Dr. Bullsh1t of having to wait nearly an hour later than the appointment time to be seen.

I get the bloods taken and then I'm told I would need to bring my bloods to the hospital myself because we just missed the courrier for the day. I walked to the doctors because I wanted to avoid the Friday traffic. I also took a half day from work for the appointment.

Anywho. I had to walk for an hour carrying my bloods over to the hospital.

I'd get a new GP if I were you.

1. They should never have scheduled blood tests at a time where they would miss daily the courier collection.

2. As they had missed the courier collection, they should've arranged another courier to come and collect the bloods and bring them to the hospital. It's absurd that they expected you to walk 1 hour to deliver the bloods yourself!

Fred Swanson

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daithi1970

MCMLXXV wrote: »

Just found out what Mary Harney is up to these days! :eek:

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