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Taf · 30-12-2013, 13:56

Our local hospital ER (the largest in Wales) stopped admissions last Saturday evening because the place was overflowing with people demanding free treatment for mostly minor ailments.

I was told that unusually the majority were not "health tourists" or "immigrants" but locals unable to get a GP appointment over the festive period.

But I was told it was more usual for large numbers of immigrants and foreign visitors (of all kinds) to be the ones demanding free treatment, and most were not even registered with a GP or had a reasonable grasp of English.

Trying to sort through that lot medically is probably a nightmare, without adding admin on top trying to get payments out of them!

30-12-2013, 13:56	#3
Taf cf.mega poster Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Kairdiff-by-the-sea Age: 70 Services: TVXL BBXL Superhub 2ac (wired) 1Tb Tivo Posts: 10,422	Re: Won't work - another waste of money Our local hospital ER (the largest in Wales) stopped admissions last Saturday evening because the place was overflowing with people demanding free treatment for mostly minor ailments. I was told that unusually the majority were not "health tourists" or "immigrants" but locals unable to get a GP appointment over the festive period. But I was told it was more usual for large numbers of immigrants and foreign visitors (of all kinds) to be the ones demanding free treatment, and most were not even registered with a GP or had a reasonable grasp of English. Trying to sort through that lot medically is probably a nightmare, without adding admin on top trying to get payments out of them!