How many times can the nhs cancel an operation what are my rights?
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How do you get the NHS to pay for your dentist, I have to pay cash, but then again I've never been cancelled.  Maybe that has something to do with it.
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Keep track of dates, times, hospital visits, witnesses, the more you have the better your case will be. Do not be intimidated by superiros trying to put you off claiming for it. Get in touch with a solicitor for advise and state your case. \nAndif you go for it never accept the first two offers for compensation. I think (but check up on this) that after the refusal of the third offer it goes to court. \nLastly be prepared for a long wait, i was injured in a bike accident and it took two years before I seen anything.
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That is really up to the hemodyalisis doc'. Each case is different. They usually try to hold off as long as possible because you can't  just stop once you start.
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Strictly speaking it's not allowed because you can't mix private and NHS treatment on the same patient.\nG.A.s are actually available on the NHS but it's difficult to find someone who'll do it.\nHave you considered vodka? Or tequila?
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If i were you I would call the hospital and talk to someone in patient accounts. i had a friend who was told they had a brain anurism (sp?) and they shipped him to another hospital etc etc and racked up alot of bills and the wife called and ended up they didnt have to pay it. Chances are you will have to pay for the first one though, it was part of your treatment.
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Go to the british Embassy or go to the Citizens Advice they will tell you your legal rights.Good luck
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If you want a second opinion you can ask either the doctor who is treating you or you can just go get one from another doctor. I suggest you find another one yourself that way it isnt biased. a good time to get one is whenever you feel as though the diagnosis could be incorrect,you are facing major surgery,you are facing a lengthy and expensive treatment. The primary care doctor can usually referr you to someone. The laws that govern a doctor are usually defined by the hospital,or doctor's office they are working at.
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Keep doctor documentation and keep fighting.  The idea is that you'll give up before they do.  So don't.
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Alarm bells rang the minute they went into number 10!!\nHere is another:\n Warning over privacy of 50m patient files\n\nCall for boycott of medical database accessible by up to 250,000 \nNHS staff \nDavid Leigh and Rob Evans\nWednesday November 1, 2006\nThe Guardian \n\nMillions of personal medical records are to be uploaded regardless of patients' wishes to a central national database from where information can be made available to police and security services, the Guardian has learned.\nDetails of mental illnesses, abortions, pregnancy, HIV status, drug-taking, or alcoholism may also be included, and there are no laws to prevent DNA profiles being added. The uploading is planned under Whitehall's bedevilled £12bn scheme to computerise the health service.\nAfter two years of confusion and delays, the system will start coming into effect in stages early next year.\nThough the government says the database will revolutionise management of the NHS, civil liberties critics are calling it "data rape" and are urging Britons to boycott it. The British Medical Association also has reservations. "We believe that the government should get the explicit permission of patients before transferring their information on to the central database," a spokeswoman said yesterday.\nAnd a Guardian inquiry has found a lack of safeguards against access to the records once they are on the Spine, the computer designed to collect details automatically from doctors and hospitals. The NHS initiative is the world's biggest civilian IT project. In the scheme, each person's cradle-to-grave medical records no longer remain in the confidential custody of their GP practice. Instead, up to 50m medical summaries will be loaded on the Spine.\n\nThe health department's IT agency has made it clear that the public will not be able to object to information being loaded on to the database: "Patients will have data uploaded ... Patients do not have the right to say the information cannot be held."\nOnce the data is uploaded, the onus is on patients to speak out if they do not want their records seen by other people. If they do object, an on-screen "flag" will be added to their records. But any objection can be overridden "in the public interest".\nHarry Cayton, a key ministerial adviser, warned last month of "considerable pressure to obtain access to [the] data from ... police and immigration services", but he is confident that these demands can be resisted by his department.\nAnother concern is the number of people who can view the data. The health department has issued 250,000 pin-coded smart cards to NHS staff. These will grant varied access from more than 30,000 terminals - greater access for medical staff, and less for receptionists. Health managers, council social workers, private medical firms, ambulance staff, and commercial researchers will also be able to see varying levels of information. Officials say the data will be shared only on a need-to-know basis. But Guardian inquiries show a lack of safeguards.\nAlthough data protection laws supposedly ban unnecessary build-ups of computer information, patients will get no right to choose whether their history is put on the Spine. Once uploading has taken place, a government PR blitz will follow. This will be said to bring about "implied consent" to allow others view the data. Those objecting will be told that their medical care could suffer.\nThe government claims that computerised "sealed envelopes" will allow patients selectively to protect sensitive parts of their uploaded history from being widely accessed. But no such software is yet in existence. It is being promised for an unspecified date. Some doctors say "sealed envelopes" may be too complex to be workable. The design also allows NHS staff to "break the seal" under some circumstances. Police will be able to seek data, including on ground
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If you phone NHS Direct 0845 46 47 they should have an up to date list of anyone accepting NHS patients.\n\nHope this Helps
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If you aren't REQUIRED to get one, then don't. If they insist, have them pick the "independent" doctor. If not, get a refferal from yours.\n\nIn the even this does happen, get a third opinion.
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I agree it's not right doctors doing that.  I like the old guy one though that's good.  Isn't there something in the data protection act to stop them doing that?
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see a lawyer about a malpractice suit. there is not much they can do about your body and health.
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How long ago was the surgery?  They have to keep your records for a number of years by law.  I would press the issue.  I think that hospitals must keep records for 7 years.
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Don't sign anything. If they give you a write up sheet or something like it. Don't sign it. You have a case for sure. \n\n\nUnfortunately, they can terminate you regardless. However, after wards you have options. After the fact, the situation favors you, it appears to be an overreaction on their part. Legal action or unemployment would probably swing your way, assuming you haven't signed anything that could be perceived as an admission of wrongdoing.\n\nIf they do terminate you, contact: Unemployment, the Better Business Bureau (or your states equivalent), and a lawyer if you'd like.
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Cant find his email so ring him instead:\n\nContact points at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh NHS Trust:\nTel No: \n\n0131 242 2068 (ward 206, transplant unit, nurses station)\n\n0131 242 2062(ward 206, doctors room)\n\nConsultants and the Registrar for the Unit areavailable 24 hours a day - contact on the abovenumbers.
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Need more info to answer accurately.  They can stop payment if the doctor recommended follow up appointments that you didn't keep.  (If you had therapy appointments set up and didn't go, you have stopped medical treatment and they are not liable.)\n\nIf you had a return to work date that you ignored the insurance can stop.  If your doctor said you can return to work under light duty or restricted duty and you didn't call your employer to make arrangements to return you can be cut off as well.\n\nThese issues are pretty uniform throughout the country although it may vary in your state.  Your state may also have specific rules to follow and you may not have followed them.\n\nThe most common reasons the wc gets cut off without notice is a worker failing to continue with medical treatment or failing to return to work as the doctor ordered.  And alas, it is legal.