The NHS. We need to fight to keep it.

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My Mil is 87. Last year (around September) she was bleeding from her vagina and went to her GP.

The GP referred her to hospital for tests, which she got quickly.

It was cancerous polyps in her womb so she got further tests to ensure they hadn’t spread and was referred for surgery.

Tonight she has been discharged from hospital after numerous tests over the intervening months and a surgery yesterday (keyhole).

She’ll get follow up treatment too.

All NHS, where she has been treated with dignity, respect and kindness.

It might not be what it was due to cuts but it’s still something we should be proud of.

She’ll celebrate her 88th birthday next month, as an OAP in social housing with nothing but her pension, because of the NHS.

AIBU for thinking the NHS is something to be proud of and fight to keep?

I think the OP is frustrated that not everyone is an NHS (Scotland, note) flag-bearer…

Yes because I disagree with the things pointed out to me.

This is like trying to catch smoke.

I’m not frustrated. In fact the hyperbole is quite amusing.

Erm.

Public satisfaction with the NHS in Scotland has dropped to its lowest level in more than a decade, according to new national figures.

The latest Scottish Household Survey data show that the proportion of adults who said they were satisfied with the quality of local health services dropped from 67% in 2023 to 61% in 2024.

This compares with much higher satisfaction levels a decade ago, when 88% of adults said they were satisfied in 2011 and 86% in 2014.

November, 2025.

You disagreeing is pie in the sky.

The facts are, NHS negligence is rife.

I understand with the experiences you’ve had that you want to fight for it, of course!

Personally, I think bits of it are AMAZING. But there’s a lot of it that is no longer fit for purpose. AND there is stuff it is trying to do that shouldn’t be covered by the NHS - there’s a line that’s been crossed between what individuals should be paying for themselves (if they want it) and what should be funded by taxpayer money.

Overall, with the exception of its Critical Care provision (which is beyond excellent) the whole NHS rule book needs to be torn up, and it needs to be re-thought from top to bottom.
The waste due to ridiculous inefficiency is intolerable. We could have a world class health system but we don’t because it’s been allowed to simply ‘evolve’ indiscriminately and no political power has had the balls to sort it out.

It must have been an emergency and that’s great that it was done so quickly. However, people with less acute symptoms are routinely waiting for over 2 years for an MRI. Suspecting MS my GP made a routine referral to Neurology in August 2024. My symptoms intensified and a second, now urgent referral was made in April 2025. I finally saw an NHS Neurologist in January 2026. I had already paid for a private MRI so didn’t then have to join the 5 month waiting list for an MRI on NHS. Ayrshire and Arran doesn’t seem to have any Neurologists - the guy I saw is based in Edinburgh and the private guy I saw also does occasional NHS clinics in Ayrshire but he is based in Glasgow.

MS is a progressive disease for which there is no cure. There are treatments which can delay its progression and early diagnosis and treatment is essential to halt of slow its disabling impact. And yet, the Scottish NHS is taking well over 2 years from referral to diagnosis. That’s nothing to be proud of!

Meanwhile, I’ve been assessed - thanks to the MRI I paid for, as not having MS but some form of neuropathy with symptoms continuing to intensify and am now on a waiting list - I didn’t have the heart to ask how long - for nerve conduction tests.

And? There are many reasons for those figures. Brexit, Covid, under investment by Tory Govts and the fact that WM continues to cut the Scottish budget.

However, I’d be one if the people who would have voted that I was satisfied if I had been asked.

I‘m reporting that. I realise your lack of manners isn’t your fault but you’re an adult now.

I suspect that many of those who are still saying that they’re satisfied with NHS provision in Scotland are fortunate enough to be in good health and so don’t have direct experience of the shitshow that it is.

Do you understand that the Barnet Formula was supposed to have stopped years ago but that you continue to receive a disproportionate amount of UK tax receipts?

Ok 🤣🤣🤣.

Really sorry to hear that.

Scotland has actually done a lot better than England budgetary-wise, and the Westminster government has no say in your NHS funding - that’s decided by the Scottish parliament.

My youngest is DT1. His good health is down to excellent treatment and education from the NHS.

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Nope. The amount we get is decided by WM.

You get funds from WM based on an outdated Barnett formula. How those funds are spent is decided by Holyrood.

Scotland gets proportionally more money per person of taxpayers money than both England or Wales.

Yes, they are evidently suffering from acute denial.

Interesting that they have elected to remain silent on the Scottish Household Survey data - which is pretty damning.

Noted.

Reporting again.