D_No Posted April 1, 2011 Report Share Posted April 1, 2011 Morning all, cant you tell its April 1st?! http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12928485 No offence intended to anyone o'er the border but this becoming a complete joke, they will be giving out free university places next... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
four-wheel-drive Posted April 1, 2011 Report Share Posted April 1, 2011 One of the few advantages of being old and retired is not having to pay for proscriptions but then on the other hand if I was not old I would not need the bloody pills in the first place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oscarsdad Posted April 1, 2011 Report Share Posted April 1, 2011 It's a joke, we give so much money away to Europe and in foreign aid and now only the English have to pay for prescriptions...we are supposed to be one nation as in great Britain, but we are not treated that way! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al4x Posted April 1, 2011 Report Share Posted April 1, 2011 we're just mugs, how we set up Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales so that stuff like this can happen and us fund it is beyond me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shotgun sam Posted April 1, 2011 Report Share Posted April 1, 2011 the prescription charges are being paid for by taking money away from other areas. England could do the same but what would have to be cut to make that happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeds chimp Posted April 1, 2011 Report Share Posted April 1, 2011 same as people that are on low incomes or benefits aswell as get them free Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al4x Posted April 1, 2011 Report Share Posted April 1, 2011 the prescription charges are being paid for by taking money away from other areas. England could do the same but what would have to be cut to make that happen. funding to Scotland Northern Ireland and wales Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy. Posted April 1, 2011 Report Share Posted April 1, 2011 Being; white, male, English, employed and earning an average salary, I am, along with others who fall into my category, the worst off when it comes to being looked after by the government in the UK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pimpkiller Posted April 1, 2011 Report Share Posted April 1, 2011 I just have to point out that people who may well be well off but have children get them free or work shy dole dossers get them free but someone like me who used to work but is now unfit for work due to illness and disability has to pay full price. I think that is just stupid the healthy get them free the sick are flogged to death. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeds chimp Posted April 1, 2011 Report Share Posted April 1, 2011 I just have to point out that people who may well be well off but have children get them free or work shy dole dossers get them free but someone like me who used to work but is now unfit for work due to illness and disability has to pay full price. I think that is just stupid the healthy get them free the sick are flogged to death. what about people on low incomes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al4x Posted April 1, 2011 Report Share Posted April 1, 2011 Being; white, male, English, employed and earning an average salary, I am, along with others who fall into my category, the worst off when it comes to being looked after by the government in the UK. fairly soon we can form our own ethnic minority Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy. Posted April 1, 2011 Report Share Posted April 1, 2011 fairly soon we can form our own ethnic minority One day, Al4x, one day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieT Posted April 1, 2011 Report Share Posted April 1, 2011 fairly soon we can form our own ethnic minority I thought we were now ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webber Posted April 1, 2011 Report Share Posted April 1, 2011 I'm fortunate in one respect. I have a medical exemption certificate, and therefore don't pay prescription charges. I do however feel that we should drop United Kingdom, as I no longer see anything united about the once Great Britain, so maybe the Great needs dropping as well! webber Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boristhedog Posted April 1, 2011 Report Share Posted April 1, 2011 we're just mugs, how we set up Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales so that stuff like this can happen and us fund it is beyond me. It isn't as simple as high level funding to Wales and Scotland being too high. Wales and Scotland have there own administrations that can decide how to spend their allocations as they please. Here in Wales we have free prescriptions but only some 40% of the population would pay anyway. We now have free 'morning-after' pills as well (My link) But against these relatively low cost 'headline grabbing' decisions we have far longer waiting times for hospital treatment, somtimes 50% longer than in England. I know which I'd prefer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
officerdibble777 Posted April 1, 2011 Report Share Posted April 1, 2011 yes at last free prescription Personally I think even the whinging English should get them free,it's looking like your government want to keep you ill and reduce your life expectancy (save on pensions)and if they could stop letting in so many hangers on,then you too might get them free john Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pimpkiller Posted April 1, 2011 Report Share Posted April 1, 2011 low income means dole dosser who gets everything paid for plus money in their pocket. disabled get some money so dont get classed as low income but then have to pay for everything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
border Scott Posted April 1, 2011 Report Share Posted April 1, 2011 As a Scotsman married to an English Rose ( Well a hardnosed Scumbrian) with a couple of halfbreed brats i actually felt sorry for everybody over the solway for this latest kick in the teeth regarding perscriptions. It doesnt seem fair but then i saw on the news that the money spent subsidising wasters, Poles and also hard working low income Scots means that there is no money for services enjoyed by those south of the border ie. Cancer screening within 2 weeks and new treatment clinics. It also said 9 out of 10 perscriptions in England would be dispensed for free? A lot of things seem badly reported and intent on causing trouble between the two countries. I wish things were more transparent and we could all get on with standing shoulder to shoulder and putting the Great back in to our Britain and protecting the things we all have in common! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacksdad Posted April 1, 2011 Report Share Posted April 1, 2011 I posted on this subject a couple of weeks ago, and agree with the above. We should all be treated in the same time, get free prescriptions, and everything else! This is after all the United Kingdom, but won't be so for much longer if our rulers are left to carry on as they are Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
39TDS Posted April 1, 2011 Report Share Posted April 1, 2011 Why does everyone expect free stuff, such as prescriptions and the like? Why doesn't everyone just pay? If you are ill you pay to get well, same as when your car is broken you pay to get it fixed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mossy835 Posted April 2, 2011 Report Share Posted April 2, 2011 dont you just love it here,in the uk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacksdad Posted April 2, 2011 Report Share Posted April 2, 2011 The point here is that as a nation, we should all get equal treatment, literally! Unlike a car repair, we pay every week/month towards healthcare, in NI contributions, yet when we need something from this service, ie prescriptions, dental care etc., we have to pay If I had never worked, or just arrived in the UK, I would get the very same treatment for nothing...now Scotland and Wales get free treatment as well, leaving the English Mugs to pick up the bill, as per usual! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
officerdibble777 Posted April 2, 2011 Report Share Posted April 2, 2011 The point here is that as a nation, we should all get equal treatment, literally! Unlike a car repair, we pay every week/month towards healthcare, in NI contributions, yet when we need something from this service, ie prescriptions, dental care etc., we have to pay If I had never worked, or just arrived in the UK, I would get the very same treatment for nothing...now Scotland and Wales get free treatment as well, leaving the English Mugs to pick up the bill, as per usual! So how much of your deductions on your pay statement comes under the heading "payment to Scotland,Wales and N I. You have in many posts said you are paying for all three getting this that and the othe that you are paying for ! Rubbish,go and have a proper look into it.It is for me,the Scottish government that is picking up the bill for my reatment and prescriptions,and I'm afraid your government is riping you off,again.If you don't like it speak to your MP,after all you vote for themjohn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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