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To: combjelly who wrote (346172)	8/13/2007 3:27:53 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1575357

" but it typically has shorter, in some cases much shorter waits for medical scans and elective procedures." Link? Funny...no link.

To: combjelly who wrote (346172)	8/29/2007 6:26:18 PM
From: TimF	Respond to of 1575357

I've included links when I went over these ideas earlier. I couldn't quickly find the same ones, but the links are all over the net and very easy to find with any search engine. -- Specialist stroke care 'lottery' news.bbc.co.uk In a Dentist Shortage, British (Ouch) Do It Themselves nytimes.com As Canada's Slow-Motion Public Health System Falters, Private Medical Care Is Surging nytimes.com The next two include mention of "hidden waiting lists". Apparently the actual wait times are longer than the waiting list would suggest. news.bbc.co.uk ""Definite fiddle" Dr Finlayson said: "I am particularly shocked because it looks to me as though there is a definite attempt to fiddle the figures and make it look good on paper and it is harming the patients. "I think first of all Andy Kerr should stop saying everything is wonderful when it isn't."" news.bbc.co.uk mackinac.org liberty-page.com "One in eight NHS hospital patients still has to wait more than a year for treatment, the government acknowledged yesterday in its first attempt to tell the full truth about health service queues in England. A Department of Health analysis of 208,000 people admitted to hospital in March showed 48% were wheeled into the operating theatre within 18 weeks of a GP sending them for hospital diagnosis. But 30% waited more than 30 weeks and 12.4% more than a year." liberty-page.com mackinac.org humanevents.com "Thousands of elderly National Health Service patients are dying because they are denied intensive care treatment after surgery, a study has found. A six-year survey of four million operations found that 85 per cent of the most vulnerable patients do not get the intensive care that could save their lives or prevent serious complications. As a result, it is estimated that up to 5,000 frail and elderly patients die each year because they are not put in intensive care beds for monitoring after their operations. Rupert Pearse, who led the research, also claims that 25,000 more suffer life-threatening complications because of the care failures."... telegraph.co.uk townhall.com Wait is effectively infinite for PET Scans in Ontario as they are not covered cbc.ca "Hundreds of Hawke's Bay people are waiting for gastroenterology procedures as the health board desperately appeals for general surgeons to help with the hospital's sole specialist's gruelling [sic] workload. Hawke's Bay Regional Hospital's only gastroenterologist and part-time general physician, Malcolm Arnold, said there were 458 patients were on his waiting list alone, with 180 still awaiting a definite time to have their procedures performed. Because of his intense workload, Dr Arnold is having difficulty keeping up with paperwork and is having to do it in his own time at home. The hospital was trying to deal with the most urgent cases first. Less urgent cases were being pushed further down the list. Those with highest priority included patients with bowel cancer or cancer of the oesophagus. Dr Arnold typically received referrals from GPs, and decided on patient priority depending on information given. Deciding on patient priority was difficult. "In an ideal world I would see the patients and then decide what to do," he said. While other hospital surgeons helped perform some procedures when able, the workload was too much for Dr Arnold alone. Health board chief operating officer Ray Lind said Dr Arnold was a valued member of the senior medical team, and the board was aware he was working under extreme pressure. The board would recruit a second gastroenterologist and was asking other general surgeons if they could help with some procedures to ease Dr Arnold's workload. "Like many medical specialties, there is only a small pool of gastroenterologists nationally and internationally that we can target in our recruitment efforts," Mr Lind said." The New Zealand Herald as quoted at liberty-page.com Canadians Waiting Longer for Medical Treatment in 2006 According to Annual Survey fraserinstitute.ca How To Beat Nhs Waiting Lists With Private Health Insurance By: Simon Christopher [Word Count: 585 words] [Viewed: 42 time(s)] [Don't forget to rate this article] The NHS has recently announced that their waiting lists for operations and other treatments are at an all time low. This sounds like good news, until you take a serious look at the numbers. The NHS waiting list length for March 2007 is 774,000 - 2,000 people less than February 2007. Are you prepared to stand in a queue with thousands of other patients if you or one of your children needs medical treatment? Millions of UK residents have already stepped away from the NHS for certain elements of their health care needs. Private health insurers offer a wide variety of plans and options that promise fast treatment and perks like private rooms and in-home care, plus benefits that include reductions on fitness club memberships and assistance with stopping smoking. isnare.com Also related but not directly on topic ncpa.org telegraph.co.uk