You can say that again. The NHS is the single biggest item of UK public expenditure. It is the 3rd largest employer in the world, behind only the US and Chinese military. The organisation is very far from free!
@@MrGman2804Yeah well I'm glad we spend 180 billion pounds on health and 85 billion on education with defence being 3rd at like 30 billion. I'd hate to live in a country that as a,tax payer - and Americans actually pay a lot of tax if you add in state and federal plus property taxes and sales taxes etc - 800 billion goes to war and health I'm supposed to cough up 10's of thousands in insurance payments myself and even then there's all these deducibles and pre existing conditions - no thanks
@@willsmith39Don't believe all the lies about the US system. Most Americans love their employee group insurance schemes and wouldn't swap them for a NHS style system for the world. Even the Democrats have given up pushing single payer. Our care is excellent and we rarely wait. We are taxed way less than Europe too .
@@willsmith39 I was not complaining about paying in to the NHS. I just don't understand why there are other state systems which spend a similar amount as the UK, but get more Doctors and hospital beds per head of population and better survival rates for serious diseases. I am not being critical of the idea of the NHS or the staff, I am just puzzled as to how we end up with a less good outcome
You have paid in to the NHS Eddie and have duly recieved Great treatment in the uk for which i am sure you are gratefull,ignore the trolls and baffoons who Slate the NHS who we all know are under great Strain but have still delivered to you a great service in your hour of need.....
The NHS is one of the most important and wonderful services ever created. Saved my life at 42 and I’m still here at coming up to 75. I was able to continue working and paying tax and NI into the system. I’d have probably died in the USA. I’ve been diabetic since my mid-30s and NHS medics cared for me. I’m now in Spain and the Spanish NHS has also taken great care of me. Had bladder cancer recently and was operated on x2 within weeks. Now about the start 5-weeks of chemotherapy and all being well, will be cancer free. The health services in both countries are under intense pressure but I can’t praise them highly enough. Keep strong Eddie.
Hard to compare the NHS of 33 years ago to the struggling NHS of today. A good public healthcare system is a fragile thing. It requires balance between funding, rate of hire of skilled people (a country can only train so many health care professionals in a given timeframe), population growth and general public health. It's full of good, caring people, struggling under a system where balance has been lost and continues to tip against it. Nowhere near enough professionals coming in, population growth outstripping resources and a growing portion of the population that are unemployed and net consumers.
Exactly. You've paid all your life with high taxes for the NHS. So you're well deserved to use it. Unlike some other people who never contributed anything to Britain but still get all they want for free...
This the problem with an NHS style system. Abdul gets off a boat and receives care before Brits who have paid in all their lives. So wrong and it is why the NHS is always in crisis
@@paulokeefe2737 where do some of you get the idea from there's a queue that immigrants get pushed to the front of just for being an immigrant? Can you explain why the NHS would be so horribly racist to British people and adopt such strange behaviour?
Steady Eddie is GOLDEN, and he's exactly right! I'm 64 and live in the USA and our health care is total crap! By our age, we have paid our way and health care should be free, but it isn't over here. Best of health to you Eddie, be healed!!!
The US is not the best comparison to the UK. The best comparison to the UK NHS is other state health systems like Germany, Australia or France to name 3. They all outperform the UK NHS by most obvious measures.
@@youngandfree93 Australia , Germany and France all have way more Doctors per head of population. I actually lived in Australia for years and have Australian citizenship. Their Health service is far better. I am sorry to say so, but that was my real life experience, without even looking at things like Doctors per head of population.
Eddy: IMO What people are considering is a post you made saying you were done with the UK and never going back. Then you got sick and went back as soon as you could. Amazing the things that make us change our minds.
NHS is broken I should know I work for them.Things came to light during COVID. In the Trust I work for there are approx 20000 Staff . Only 11000 are front line the rest are Admin. !!! So while I and my fellow co workers were at first scared as we did not know the outcome of our health and wellbeing treating Patients these Admin workers were at home being paid for doing sweet FA. So in a nutshell the NHS is to top heavy. That's where the real money is being wasted. Someone has to take responsibility for that. I am a human being - I care about all life - if anyone needs treatment they should get it who ever they are . People forget that Foreign Citizens are sent to the UK for treatment by their Governments But it's Paid in full by those Governments . Yes some slip through the Net but not as many as you or others think. Eddy your back on form and I am glad that your enduring Treatment - another month and it's done . Happy Days to follow. Morale is bad as those above do not listen But to the Patients we treat we do our very best and always hope for a good outcome.
Don't tar every NHS worker that is "admin" with that brush, my partner was eventually sent to work from home but he keeps all the networks and servers up and running for an entire trust, that's pressure I can assure you! He had to keep things up and running when the demands of everyone working remotely was a strain on the networks. Don't assume that working from home meant people sat and did nothing! They still logged on and worked! Please show more respect to your colleagues who do work hard even if not directly with patients!
@@bigwideworld387 Respect to your partner. My point is that there are to many Admin Staff in the NHS and not enough front line staff . Your Partner would know who I am referring to. I know what pressure and stress is like helping to save lives and I can assure you its not the same pressure as working from home.
You are fortunate in the UK to have the NHS. We here in the US like to think we have great healthcare because we pay so much. I made an appointment this morning to see a GI specialist and they told me first available appointment was the beginning of December. My head did a 360 degree spin. I couldn't believe it. Never take what you have for granted.
eddie ,i love your videos because you speak your mind.we need people like you here.we all pay into the system and sometimes we feel let down by nhs waiting times .saying that, when i did get appointment i found the doctors and nurses were just born to care,its in them .they are just as frustrated as us patients.
The UK does't have an NHS crisis it has a population crisis in which far too many foreigners are putting pressures on public services and housing. During the EU referendum debate in 2015 Nigel Farage pointed out that foreigners from Africa and the Indian sub continent were travelling to the UK for free health treatment. He was called a racist for telling inconvenient truths. Nothing has changed since that debate. Simple fact is unless the UK gets a grip with uncontrolled migration the country is done for. NHS stands for National Health Service not World Health Service.
You're playing into their hands by taking that line. It's the same trick that you all believed with the Brexit debacle. Things were never going to improve after Brexit but you were led to believe otherwise and the madman you elected got off Scot free while the other was living in France. The immigration issue isn't a migrant problem but a major political faux Pas that Brits will pay for decades to come
@@live-to-ride Whenever the BBC, the Guardian or the progressive left has a discussion/debate about the chronic lack of affordable housing, GP's, Dentists, hospital beds or a place at the local primary school they NEVER mention the elephant in the room. That elephant is immigration and not having the necessary infrastructure in place BEFORE opening the borders. New Zealand and Norway are approximately the same geographic size as the UK but have a population of around 5 million. That's how you run a successful first world country. Less means more.
NHS has been left underfunded and left to rot from 9 years of Tory austerity in the country. You all seem to ignore that fact and blame immigration. Think youre all part of some special club that 'knows the truth' when Ignoring the real one
Why don’t you just be quiet and get on with life , live the rest of your life and be happy any way you want , we are all going to die eventually so enjoy what you enjoy while you have life inside yourself , what do you want to do before you die ?
Exactly, as a Brit abroad you have to spend time back in the UK to requalify, IE its resident based.. Eddie got lucky not having been out of the UK long..
Exactly. I paid NIC for years and never used a hospital. However I now live abroad so would have to pay for treatment. The argument that "I have paid for It" also applies to the army, schools for people with no children, parks for people with claustrofobia. All swings and roundabouts. NIC pays for the pension you may never get. Nothing to do with immigration. Simple answer.....people are living too long.
@@thomasford3629 Correct but on paper only. All NI contributions and taxes go in the same pot and there are no ring fencing for the various Government Departments.
The people or elected people promised and took our money too support those promises. They simply need to be held accountable. Instead of admitting their promises, which can not be supported, they deliver a product of C- quality. Imagine an Airline selling tickets for travel on different classes of planes: The A version we guarantee it will get there but you pay. The B version will likely arrive and the C version is hit or miss. NHS applies this corporate business plan to your life.
Well said and explained eddie in regard to national insurance contributions, me my self have been lucky enough to be on the full pension for a couple of years now, having worked in crisis management for over 42 plus years, and the key factor to any effective crisis management strategy incorporates an immediate ongoing . short term 0 TO 5 years, medium term 5 to 10 years and 10 years plus action plan every time [ no other version is required ] to which can be updated & be produced on request 24/7 to which confirms appropriate due diligence, accountability & transparency 24/7 the problem has been with the deployment of democracy economy & environmental destroying cover up management over the past 14 years to which urgently needs to be addressed and corrected asap to which avoids all the good principles 24/7 incentivised by greed & power [ the age old problem] , good luck with your treatment mate your analysis blogs are very informative & genuine and important for relative NHS retrospective analysis going forward best wishes mate and thank you.
Crack down on overpaid, underworked managers where tax money is being wasted. Manage how officient contract companys are or are not and ALL IMPORTANTLY allow NO NON tax paying foreigners to use our NHS. AARRGGHHHH.
You've paid your dues, piss on the haters i for one am happy that you are sharing your journey through this. Don't let people get you down just concentrate on your recovery
No sometimes think- I’ve took advantage of someone’s daughter who’s have had a bad roll of the dice and had some rat taking advantage for self pleasure and gloated about it on u tube.
Hi,Eddy Agree with all that you mentioned,you and,I like millions of others have paid national insurance all our working lives and, luckily enough have rarely needed to visit the NHS.Thanks Eddy,have a good weekend,hope your session of radiotheropy went well.😊🙏
Well said, Eddy. You are so right. I also paid over 40 years of NI contributions. It was the insurance company that made Eddy come back to England for treatment.
Even though it has it's problems I wish we had something like the NHS in America. I am always thinking of you and keeping you in my prayers.... hang in there, Eddy.
Listen to those who are very experienced in the NHS for decades, they will ALL tell you, still too much bureaucracy and god dam piles of paperwork for them too attend too, rather than dealing with what they are best at, actually CARING for patients. Billions needs to be invested in hiring pen pushers, or keyboard geeks, to release the great specialist staff, to do their own jobs, as part of the best service on earth. God bless our NHS, and God bless you Eddie, positivity will see you make that retirement age, mate 🙏🏻🙏🏻
You’re entitled to your opinion and saying that the U.K. is gloomy and depressing is fair enough😀as it definitely can be. I have lived a lot in south east Asia and to be fair some of that can be depressing also ! It’s great to hear someone giving honest opinions . Personally , I love the U.K. but it can certainly be depressing …
You are fully entitled to say whatever you like, do not listen to the online bullies, they are a nobody. Stay strong Eddie, never give up, i was told 3 years ago i was going to die, before he could finish his sentence i just told the doctor so are you and have a good day, so i know i wont live forever, but at 67 yo i will not go easy, i will fight the good fight till the end. God bless you Eddie
@jtoo6060 My family lives in Chicago. I'm blown away how they got an mri the following week instead of 2 years later. If you have a job, you most likely have excellent coverage. No system is perfect. We need to fix corporate greed and government inefficiency in both systems
The UK is giving billions to the Ukraine yet just took off the winter fuel allowance to the majority of Pensioners .They will likely be cutting down more on the NHS as well .
You've paid in and you have earned the right to your opinion, be it positive or negative. Its the same as anything else. You have a great meal in a restaurant you praise them and maybe leave a good review, if it's shit you can let them know. Enjoyable little rant Eddie... You are definitely recovering 😊
@@stevensgoodallsg Did you find they were the best choice? I’ve no idea who to go with when i emigrate. I want everything covered but have a few pre existing conditions.
Think you will find all the people who treat you in private were trained by NHS. That training was VERY expensive and was paid for by the tax payers not the people getting private treatment. So that means tax payers are subsidising private health care
Yes, be grateful you've got NHS, in USA we pay and then pay again for health care and it's a fortune, causing many to lose their homes. Best of luck to you.
To be fair eddy one of your videos from maybe a year ago is headlined “ I’ve left England and I’m never coming back “ but here you are back in England, I’m not carping on about it because as you have stated you have paid into the NHS and you have every right to use it and I’m happy you are using it rather than the boat people that have never paid anything in, the internet is full of people telling us how bad the UK is but at the end of the day it’s your home country and it will take care of you
I think what those snide people were referring to is that at the beginning of this year you stuck two fingers up to the UK and said you had no intention of ever returning yet were back there six months later needing help. I think you would have been better off getting expat insurance instead of travel insurance then you'd still be in Thailand now and would have got your op and radiotherapy in a nice private hospital.
Nearly 20 years here in the Sun loving life and cheap beer but if TSHTF and I need big medical,I'll be off to good old blighty to get some of my 35 years of N.I back..Don't you worry about that!
@gumacanian4211 it doesn't work like that. NHS treatment isn't like your state pension. It's based on current residency, not on taxes paid back in the 20th century. You were covered by the NHS when you lived there. Now you're not. Eddy was still covered as he was resident there a few months ago and hadn't settled anywhere else.
@@domi9577 I still maintain a UK address and still registered with Doctors.. Had 2 appointments June 2023 on my last trip back.. Also full pension in 6 years and indexed linked to boot.. Sorry.
@gumacanian4211 not sure why you're apologising. It's not about maintaining an address, but about being resident. If you're in the UK less than 180 days per year yet using the NHS when you visit you could be charged with fraud. This info is available to the government via ports and airports. It wouldn't surprise me if the new government cracks down on this.
I definitely find benefit from your sincere commentary. From watching your documentation, it seems you were treated very well. It seems the scaremongers that told us the NHS is a butcher shop were liars.
There’s always some jerk that wants to be mean on here. You obviously paid your dues while you lived in the UK so you deserve the healthcare. not to mention you are a UK citizen much love Eddie prayers you get through this
Stop corruption, Contracts being handed out to favourable services, suppliers etc ie, You can buy a landline phone from Argos for less than £20 but NHS get these items from suppliers under contract, same item will be super expensive.. Just an example,agency staff also,, PPE you name it
These systems no longer fit to cope. It's normal unfortunately. My mother aged 86 17hr wait in A+E last year ! In Ireland 55eur to see gp and blood tests 15eur, A+E visit 100eur .(no going straight to a and e to avoid gp fee) This definitely cuts out "doctoring" for no reason. Hospital though free. Like nhs a system close to collapse. But too be honest this is old topic and no real fix. Most GPs worth their salt on first flight to Australia when they qualify. For sure no one can fault the great workers in nhs and Irish equivalent hse but they under immense duress.
100% Completely ignore the idiots. Max NI is 36 years. At my age like you my stamp is full. Unfortunately I'll still pay for NI for another 11 years buts that's how it is. All the best Eddie
i'm fuming, i get my state pension later this month and many people are calling it a benefit that the country can ill afford, BULLSHIT, i have MORE than paid for the meagre pension in taxes and national insurance contributions exactly the same as you have done Eddy, the NHS (God bless the caring staff, they are ALL living angels) is NOT a benefit it belongs to every one of us that have paid into the system without complaining over the last fifty years...........don't feel guilty Eddy, you are 100% entitled to every bit of the care you are receiving keep fighting young man i'm off to L.O.S. on Tuesday and will call in and buy Nick a beer for everything he did for you
We have a similar problem with our universal health care in Canada, run by each province. Now anytime I have ever needed it, our healthcare has come through for me with flying colours - a couple of cancer treatments plus a serious illness when I was in university. So for me, only using our services in an emergency, a real emergency, not a fake one like the flu, I am totally satisfied with our healthcare - in fact - it was fantastic for me! No wait, world-class specialists and treatment, zero cost to me, other than what I paid in taxes. However, I will tell you why our emergency departments are jammed - because they are being abused by people who should never be going to emerg - they should be staying at home! Like the elderly who are just lonely and have a slight cold - true story. When my son was born I had to hang out at the hospital for a couple days and I saw so many people who shouldn't have been there - but they were selfishly using up resources others more in need - NEEDED!! So that is problem A. Problem B is that we need to allow private enterprise to organize and manage at least some procedures better done at clinics than at hospitals, such as routine MRI's and CAT scans. As it is, we have a shortage of these machines and it is cheaper for hospitals to send some patients to the US than to do this in Canada - that is incredible and proves how inefficient government can be at organizing and conducting business processes. A mixed system like in France and Australia has both better health outcomes and lower costs, to say nothing of much shorter wait times. But political obstruction in Canada prevents this transition. So our health care system problems in my country are an own goal. In general, it is still far preferable to the mess that is US health care, but it IS deteriorating. Just requires political will to fix - not dollars.
Down here in New Zealand we have a similar health system. A big problem is our aging population. Puts big strain on publicly funded healthcare. Fortunately we don't have the issue of illegals.
Hi Eddie. Public health care is terrible in South Africa. Conditions are bad and if you go into hospital you may die. You looking good. Cannot wait for you to go back to Thailand. Thanks have a nice relaxing weekend as well. Cheers from Durban.
NHS is a bottomless pit. Budget about 170bn. One thing I agree with pm, and only one, is it needs reform. There is huge waste and I say that from countless visits to my mother in hospital. The cancer care is incredible. Seen it first hand. Absolutely incredible. Things like hip replacements etc are not good. My father paid for 2. It's a question of resources. Do you spent it on cancer or elsewhere. I've no idea. Of course we could all pay more, but rather than moaning about NHS we'd moan about taxes. Who knows??
I work in a hospital the wastage is frightening, I've also worked in private and wastage is much much lower. Health care is a bottomless pit when it comes to funding, there will never be enough that will satisfy
The NHS might improve if the time off work for staff was not over 6 percent. The UK national rate is 2.5 percent. Maybe that is why you cannot receive radiotherapy at the weekend, and have to wait 3 hours for an ambulance.
NHS should be better funded imo. My dad had received NHS support for 10 years and worked a lot before that. He was an Indian and moved in the 70s and worked damn hard. NHS is broken atm but it's mostly due to underfunding and under investment.
Set-up a post office box. I'm sure your fans would like to write you a hand-written card to keep your spirits high. Germany and Holland have nice ladies too. You could always do videos on those places. Meet some new people. Start planning for the time after therapy. Have things set to go. That way, you don't have to think. Be well. And you could video some places in your current UK town...pubs. I've never been to the UK and things change over time. Go out with a bang!
The solution is straight forward, similar to the Australian medicare system. If you are part of the 10% upper income earners should pay a higher levy. It's the only reason the health system servived in OZ, the rich must pay some additional amount, my solution.
The NHS is not perfect and some may say inefficient but it still delivers low cost effective treatment - it isn't there to stiff patients like the American system where profit trumps health outcomes. It has to solve the problem of too many unhealthy people combined with more expensive treatments being available.
In Canada we have a similar program. If we were not such an unhealthy population (obesity and the impacts) we would not be screaming about a lousy system...but we are apparently far from a meaningful discussion.
I’ll say it again , do the 30 hit off radio , then piss off hhs and pay in Thailand as u go , scan when needed , meds when needed and just keep checking….. if it goes south go back home , but u have to be on top of life monthly…. It’s free eddy you grasping at straws , but it’s your choice if your happy their that’s the main thing but life thrown a curve ball son , you can’t think like past life changed so u change fight for the 5 years and get pension….
Yes well said eddy the NHS is not sustainable for free I can see in a few years all workers will have to have a health insurance package I can see it coming it cannot carry on the way it is. Anyhow keep going eddy all the best from jomtien 😊😊
U seem to have missed the point. The NHS is the insurance policy. U have paid already. It was never free. Big medical business would love to see it fail so they can turn sickness into profit. Protect it.
Short term you can’t really solve the NHS problem, ageing population, ageing hospitals, short of building many more hospitals and many more staff plus finding some way of getting all the hospitals talking to each other to save money on bureaucracy I don’t see that things will be much different in 20 or 30 years from now
You're right we pay throughout our working life, it's only free at point of service
You paid in for your working life your getting nothing free. Fast recovery!
You can say that again. The NHS is the single biggest item of UK public expenditure. It is the 3rd largest employer in the world, behind only the US and Chinese military. The organisation is very far from free!
@@MrGman2804Yeah well I'm glad we spend 180 billion pounds on health and 85 billion on education with defence being 3rd at like 30 billion.
I'd hate to live in a country that as a,tax payer - and Americans actually pay a lot of tax if you add in state and federal plus property taxes and sales taxes etc - 800 billion goes to war and health I'm supposed to cough up 10's of thousands in insurance payments myself and even then there's all these deducibles and pre existing conditions - no thanks
@@peternotbohm4318 The clotshots were free though.
@@willsmith39Don't believe all the lies about the US system. Most Americans love their employee group insurance schemes and wouldn't swap them for a NHS style system for the world. Even the Democrats have given up pushing single payer. Our care is excellent and we rarely wait. We are taxed way less than Europe too .
@@willsmith39 I was not complaining about paying in to the NHS. I just don't understand why there are other state systems which spend a similar amount as the UK, but get more Doctors and hospital beds per head of population and better survival rates for serious diseases. I am not being critical of the idea of the NHS or the staff, I am just puzzled as to how we end up with a less good outcome
You have paid in to the NHS Eddie and have duly recieved Great treatment in the uk for which i am sure you are gratefull,ignore the trolls and baffoons who Slate the NHS who we all know are under great Strain but have still delivered to you a great service in your hour of need.....
They saved my life 4 year's ago 67years now onwards and forwards cheers
There's always going to be someone who's jealous of your amazing life ed
The NHS is one of the most important and wonderful services ever created. Saved my life at 42 and I’m still here at coming up to 75. I was able to continue working and paying tax and NI into the system. I’d have probably died in the USA. I’ve been diabetic since my mid-30s and NHS medics cared for me. I’m now in Spain and the Spanish NHS has also taken great care of me. Had bladder cancer recently and was operated on x2 within weeks. Now about the start 5-weeks of chemotherapy and all being well, will be cancer free. The health services in both countries are under intense pressure but I can’t praise them highly enough. Keep strong Eddie.
well said. Underpaid staff working their arses off as the government leave it to rot.
c'mon man that is a bit much, and its not the same today as 33 years ago. were you not paying attention in 2020-now
The NHS is rubbish. You probably work for the NHS thats why you got priority
@@youubik i think they lied repeatedly and banned anyone that called out the lies?
Hard to compare the NHS of 33 years ago to the struggling NHS of today. A good public healthcare system is a fragile thing. It requires balance between funding, rate of hire of skilled people (a country can only train so many health care professionals in a given timeframe), population growth and general public health.
It's full of good, caring people, struggling under a system where balance has been lost and continues to tip against it. Nowhere near enough professionals coming in, population growth outstripping resources and a growing portion of the population that are unemployed and net consumers.
Exactly. You've paid all your life with high taxes for the NHS. So you're well deserved to use it.
Unlike some other people who never contributed anything to Britain but still get all they want for free...
but still get all they want for free... Lot of that goin around......
This the problem with an NHS style system. Abdul gets off a boat and receives care before Brits who have paid in all their lives. So wrong and it is why the NHS is always in crisis
Well said 👏👏👏👏
@@paulokeefe2737 They dont
@@paulokeefe2737 where do some of you get the idea from there's a queue that immigrants get pushed to the front of just for being an immigrant? Can you explain why the NHS would be so horribly racist to British people and adopt such strange behaviour?
Steady Eddie is GOLDEN, and he's exactly right! I'm 64 and live in the USA and our health care is total crap! By our age, we have paid our way and health care should be free, but it isn't over here. Best of health to you Eddie, be healed!!!
The US is not the best comparison to the UK. The best comparison to the UK NHS is other state health systems like Germany, Australia or France to name 3. They all outperform the UK NHS by most obvious measures.
@@MrGman2804 The US is the worst of them all!
Just curious which country has it better then?
@@youngandfree93 Australia , Germany and France all have way more Doctors per head of population. I actually lived in Australia for years and have Australian citizenship. Their Health service is far better. I am sorry to say so, but that was my real life experience, without even looking at things like Doctors per head of population.
@@Michael2x Italy has good health care. American in Italy. Sunshine on the riviera.
Top hair style! Glad you are coping with the treatment and keeping your pecker up. Stay strong.
Eddy: IMO What people are considering is a post you made saying you were done with the UK and never going back. Then you got sick and went back as soon as you could. Amazing the things that make us change our minds.
Well said Ed, we have all paid just like you. Try not to get too wound up over it, it is what it is mate, good luck for today 💪
NHS is broken I should know I work for them.Things came to light during COVID. In the Trust I work for there are approx 20000 Staff . Only 11000 are front line the rest are Admin. !!!
So while I and my fellow co workers were at first scared as we did not know the outcome of our health and wellbeing treating Patients these Admin workers were at home being paid for doing sweet FA. So in a nutshell the NHS is to top heavy. That's where the real money is being wasted.
Someone has to take responsibility for that.
I am a human being - I care about all life - if anyone needs treatment they should get it who ever they are . People forget that Foreign Citizens are sent to the UK for treatment by their Governments But it's Paid in full by those Governments .
Yes some slip through the Net but not as many as you or others think.
Eddy your back on form and I am glad that your enduring Treatment - another month and it's done . Happy Days to follow.
Morale is bad as those above do not listen But to the Patients we treat we do our very best and always hope for a good outcome.
Far too many unnecessary overpaid middle management in the NHS. Staff morale has been low for many a year. Bedspace is overwhelmed.
@@jamesrandle2583 Thank you for looking after us all it must have been a terrible dark time for those on the front line God bless you 🙏🏻
Don't tar every NHS worker that is "admin" with that brush, my partner was eventually sent to work from home but he keeps all the networks and servers up and running for an entire trust, that's pressure I can assure you! He had to keep things up and running when the demands of everyone working remotely was a strain on the networks. Don't assume that working from home meant people sat and did nothing! They still logged on and worked! Please show more respect to your colleagues who do work hard even if not directly with patients!
@@bigwideworld387 Respect to your partner. My point is that there are to many Admin Staff in the NHS and not enough front line staff . Your Partner would know who I am referring to. I know what pressure and stress is like helping to save lives and I can assure you its not the same pressure as working from home.
You are fortunate in the UK to have the NHS. We here in the US like to think we have great healthcare because we pay so much. I made an appointment this morning to see a GI specialist and they told me first available appointment was the beginning of December. My head did a 360 degree spin. I couldn't believe it. Never take what you have for granted.
All the best eddy from sunny Southport and it is lovely and sunny today . Take care mate.😊☀️☀️☀️
eddie ,i love your videos because you speak your mind.we need people like you here.we all pay into the system and sometimes we feel let down by nhs waiting times .saying that, when i did get appointment i found the doctors and nurses were just born to care,its in them .they are just as frustrated as us patients.
Thanks, mate
The UK does't have an NHS crisis it has a population crisis in which far too many foreigners are putting pressures on public services and housing. During the EU referendum debate in 2015 Nigel Farage pointed out that foreigners from Africa and the Indian sub continent were travelling to the UK for free health treatment. He was called a racist for telling inconvenient truths. Nothing has changed since that debate. Simple fact is unless the UK gets a grip with uncontrolled migration the country is done for. NHS stands for National Health Service not World Health Service.
You're playing into their hands by taking that line.
It's the same trick that you all believed with the Brexit debacle.
Things were never going to improve after Brexit but you were led to believe otherwise and the madman you elected got off Scot free while the other was living in France.
The immigration issue isn't a migrant problem but a major political faux Pas that Brits will pay for decades to come
I agree with what you say, but why ignore the elephant in the room?
@@live-to-ride Whenever the BBC, the Guardian or the progressive left has a discussion/debate about the chronic lack of affordable housing, GP's, Dentists, hospital beds or a place at the local primary school they NEVER mention the elephant in the room. That elephant is immigration and not having the necessary infrastructure in place BEFORE opening the borders. New Zealand and Norway are approximately the same geographic size as the UK but have a population of around 5 million. That's how you run a successful first world country. Less means more.
NHS has been left underfunded and left to rot from 9 years of Tory austerity in the country. You all seem to ignore that fact and blame immigration. Think youre all part of some special club that 'knows the truth' when Ignoring the real one
Absolutely correct
Eddie your in my thoughts and yes I'll keep watching
Thankyou
Nothing is free in this world, someone is paying for it
Why should it be free
@@fendermatt874
You want to save lives or not?🙂 Do we travel to mars to make that money or is it printed out?🙂
Why don’t you just be quiet and get on with life , live the rest of your life and be happy any way you want , we are all going to die eventually so enjoy what you enjoy while you have life inside yourself , what do you want to do before you die ?
Not sure to be honest...
Good on ya Eddy for having an opinion. Following your progress mate from NZ
We love you , Eddie. You brought great info about your travels. Now you know , who your friends are . Be well my friend. ❤
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Thanks so much
For your reference : NHS treatment is based on Normally Resident status not the amount of tax you may have paid into throughout your life.
Exactly, as a Brit abroad you have to spend time back in the UK to requalify, IE its resident based.. Eddie got lucky not having been out of the UK long..
Nonsense@@AG-so4gl
Exactly. I paid NIC for years and never used a hospital. However I now live abroad so would have to pay for treatment. The argument that "I have paid for It" also applies to the army, schools for people with no children, parks for people with claustrofobia. All swings and roundabouts. NIC pays for the pension you may never get. Nothing to do with immigration. Simple answer.....people are living too long.
For your Reference. Tax & National insurance contributions are 2 different thing's
@@thomasford3629 Correct but on paper only. All NI contributions and taxes go in the same pot and there are no ring fencing for the various Government Departments.
God bless the NHS and all who sail in her
@@nigel4776 100% you’re one of the dummies that clapped on a Thursday,stayed at home,wore a mask and rolled up their sleeves 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
The people or elected people promised and took our money too support those promises. They simply need to be held accountable. Instead of admitting their promises, which can not be supported, they deliver a product of C- quality. Imagine an Airline selling tickets for travel on different classes of planes: The A version we guarantee it will get there but you pay. The B version will likely arrive and the C version is hit or miss. NHS applies this corporate business plan to your life.
Well said and explained eddie in regard to national insurance contributions, me my self have been lucky enough to be on the full pension for a couple of years now, having worked in crisis management for over 42 plus years, and the key factor to any effective crisis management strategy incorporates an immediate ongoing . short term 0 TO 5 years, medium term 5 to 10 years and 10 years plus action plan every time [ no other version is required ] to which can be updated & be produced on request 24/7 to which confirms appropriate due diligence, accountability & transparency 24/7 the problem has been with the deployment of democracy economy & environmental destroying cover up management over the past 14 years to which urgently needs to be addressed and corrected asap to which avoids all the good principles 24/7 incentivised by greed & power [ the age old problem] , good luck with your treatment mate your analysis blogs are very informative & genuine and important for relative NHS retrospective analysis going forward best wishes mate and thank you.
Crack down on overpaid, underworked managers where tax money is being wasted. Manage how officient contract companys are or are not and ALL IMPORTANTLY allow NO NON tax paying foreigners to use our NHS. AARRGGHHHH.
Well said, Ian.
@@STEADY599 you like many only agree when shite happens in person.
I'm happy in Thailand it's better life for me because I got money I'm finished with UK its changed big time say no more
Ah you western people so priveleged. Seems the older you all get the miserable you all become even though you have it way better than most
@@MrGman2804 i hope your parents live for another 20 years !
@@MrGman2804 yes but would be good as he wont get his grubby little hands on their money for his retirement !
@@bigal2417 You're sick. And pathetic.
@@bigal2417 What's the weather like over there?
Always good to hear from you mate. Keep fighting the steady fight.
My dad was 7 stone in his 40s with bowl cancer was dying they operated and saved him brilliant people you’ve payed so what is the problem
Spot on Eddie agree with all you've said, wishing you well with your ongoing treatment.Insperational forsure.
Ignore the criticism, flip the bird, and focus on your health mate, keep doing your stuff.
You've paid your dues, piss on the haters i for one am happy that you are sharing your journey through this. Don't let people get you down just concentrate on your recovery
Ignore the critics. Sod em!
Exactly 💯 👍
No sometimes think- I’ve took advantage of someone’s daughter who’s have had a bad roll of the dice and had some rat taking advantage for self pleasure and gloated about it on u tube.
Yea , its annoying that zipping noise they make with their back legs .
Hi,Eddy
Agree with all that you mentioned,you and,I like millions of others have paid national insurance all our working lives and, luckily enough have rarely needed to visit the NHS.Thanks Eddy,have a good weekend,hope your session of radiotheropy went well.😊🙏
Well said, Eddy. You are so right. I also paid over 40 years of NI contributions.
It was the insurance company that made Eddy come back to England for treatment.
100 per cent correct Eddie, all the best.🍻
Good for you Eddie. You are doing well with your health situation.
Fair play to you.
Even though it has it's problems I wish we had something like the NHS in America. I am always thinking of you and keeping you in my prayers.... hang in there, Eddy.
'History Debunked' - great TH-cam channel that Eddy watches !!
Listen to those who are very experienced in the NHS for decades, they will ALL tell you, still too much bureaucracy and god dam piles of paperwork for them too attend too, rather than dealing with what they are best at, actually CARING for patients. Billions needs to be invested in hiring pen pushers, or keyboard geeks, to release the great specialist staff, to do their own jobs, as part of the best service on earth. God bless our NHS, and God bless you Eddie, positivity will see you make that retirement age, mate 🙏🏻🙏🏻
Well said Eddie 👍
You’re entitled to your opinion and saying that the U.K. is gloomy and depressing is fair enough😀as it definitely can be. I have lived a lot in south east Asia and to be fair some of that can be depressing also ! It’s great to hear someone giving honest opinions . Personally , I love the U.K. but it can certainly be depressing …
Never forget the NHS and its dancing nurses put him in hospital by giving him the clotshots.
Truth hurts but can’t see it. No conscious and getting his just desserts . Simple
Oh yes and all those fkin clowns stood on their doirstep banging pots n pans on a Thursday night. Wtf 😂😂😂
@@brianbrown9512 yeah the same fukers begging eddy up. 🙈
The truth is slowly coming to light....
Cool story bro. You anti vax people are useless.
You are fully entitled to say whatever you like, do not listen to the online bullies, they are a nobody. Stay strong Eddie, never give up, i was told 3 years ago i was going to die, before he could finish his sentence i just told the doctor so are you and have a good day, so i know i wont live forever, but at 67 yo i will not go easy, i will fight the good fight till the end. God bless you Eddie
Canada is the same. Stop saying it's free when we're taxed to death for it.
Be thankful that Canada has national health care. We Americans pay the most for for health care and we still have many with no coverage.
@jtoo6060 My family lives in Chicago. I'm blown away how they got an mri the following week instead of 2 years later. If you have a job, you most likely have excellent coverage. No system is perfect. We need to fix corporate greed and government inefficiency in both systems
@@paulmjprinz, exactly. Most of the people I know here in the US have excellent health coverage. If you're poor you even have better coverage.
Canada isn't all equal. Every province has its own healthcare system.
Canadians who can afford it come south to the US to escape the waiting lines
Eddie take no notice of them nobs ..we all slag of the uk ..but hang on in there 😢
Stay strong eddy we support you ❤❤
Steady Eddy still ticking over... keep going strong Eddy
The UK is giving billions to the Ukraine yet just took off the winter fuel allowance to the majority of Pensioners .They will likely be cutting down more on the NHS as well .
Take no notice of these horrible keyboard warriors you deserve everything you get, Eddy you've paid for it
pass no remarks on some people negative, your doing fantastic doctors and nurses were very Good to you work very hard
always try to stay positive...every day above ground is a good day .
Eddy your a great person you live your life to the full don't let them idiots get to you your a better person then that
You've paid in and you have earned the right to your opinion, be it positive or negative. Its the same as anything else. You have a great meal in a restaurant you praise them and maybe leave a good review, if it's shit you can let them know.
Enjoyable little rant Eddie... You are definitely recovering 😊
Private healthcare is the answer. If you can afford it pay for it. I'm with AXA global
Aren't you the lucky one.
@@peterstone2332 I live in South east Asia, mostly Thailand. You have to have it.
@@stevensgoodallsg Did you find they were the best choice? I’ve no idea who to go with when i emigrate. I want everything covered but have a few pre existing conditions.
Think you will find all the people who treat you in private were trained by NHS. That training was VERY expensive and was paid for by the tax payers not the people getting private treatment. So that means tax payers are subsidising private health care
I don't live in the UK and they were trained in Thailand. Lol@@Jimbo23107
Hi Eddie, you're looking a lot better.
Ignore the keyboard worriors, they are just tossers.
Yes, be grateful you've got NHS, in USA we pay and then pay again for health care and it's a fortune, causing many to lose their homes. Best of luck to you.
To be fair eddy one of your videos from maybe a year ago is headlined “ I’ve left England and I’m never coming back “ but here you are back in England, I’m not carping on about it because as you have stated you have paid into the NHS and you have every right to use it and I’m happy you are using it rather than the boat people that have never paid anything in, the internet is full of people telling us how bad the UK is but at the end of the day it’s your home country and it will take care of you
I think what those snide people were referring to is that at the beginning of this year you stuck two fingers up to the UK and said you had no intention of ever returning yet were back there six months later needing help. I think you would have been better off getting expat insurance instead of travel insurance then you'd still be in Thailand now and would have got your op and radiotherapy in a nice private hospital.
Nearly 20 years here in the Sun loving life and cheap beer but if TSHTF and I need big medical,I'll be off to good old blighty to get some of my 35 years of N.I back..Don't you worry about that!
@gumacanian4211 it doesn't work like that. NHS treatment isn't like your state pension. It's based on current residency, not on taxes paid back in the 20th century. You were covered by the NHS when you lived there. Now you're not. Eddy was still covered as he was resident there a few months ago and hadn't settled anywhere else.
@@domi9577 I still maintain a UK address and still registered with Doctors.. Had 2 appointments June 2023 on my last trip back.. Also full pension in 6 years and indexed linked to boot.. Sorry.
@gumacanian4211 not sure why you're apologising. It's not about maintaining an address, but about being resident. If you're in the UK less than 180 days per year yet using the NHS when you visit you could be charged with fraud. This info is available to the government via ports and airports. It wouldn't surprise me if the new government cracks down on this.
Be strong, enjoy life!
Keep going My mate. All the best
The reality is finding a balance between expensive treatments and the need of the people’s care.
It could be virtually unlimited in expense.
I definitely find benefit from your sincere commentary. From watching your documentation, it seems you were treated very well. It seems the scaremongers that told us the NHS is a butcher shop were liars.
Thanks, mate. Have a good weekend.
There’s always some jerk that wants to be mean on here. You obviously paid your dues while you lived in the UK so you deserve the healthcare. not to mention you are a UK citizen much love Eddie prayers you get through this
Keep going Eddie all the best
Eddie what type of work did you do in your professional life prior to TH-cam? Wishing the best for you. Go travel😊
Inheritance
What? @@noahmiyavong6780
@@noahmiyavong6780😂😂😂👍
He drove a taxi. It's all available on the internet
@@AntNDick Lovin that profile name mate. Brilliant!!
Stop corruption, Contracts being handed out to favourable services, suppliers etc
ie, You can buy a landline phone from Argos for less than £20 but NHS get these items from suppliers under contract, same item will be super expensive.. Just an example,agency staff also,, PPE you name it
Have you seen Tommy Mcardle?
These systems no longer fit to cope. It's normal unfortunately. My mother aged 86 17hr wait in A+E last year ! In Ireland 55eur to see gp and blood tests 15eur, A+E visit 100eur .(no going straight to a and e to avoid gp fee) This definitely cuts out "doctoring" for no reason. Hospital though free. Like nhs a system close to collapse. But too be honest this is old topic and no real fix. Most GPs worth their salt on first flight to Australia when they qualify. For sure no one can fault the great workers in nhs and Irish equivalent hse but they under immense duress.
100% Completely ignore the idiots. Max NI is 36 years. At my age like you my stamp is full. Unfortunately I'll still pay for NI for another 11 years buts that's how it is. All the best Eddie
Ignore the negative comments Eddie not worth wasting your precious time with 👍
i'm fuming, i get my state pension later this month and many people are calling it a benefit that the country can ill afford, BULLSHIT, i have MORE than paid for the meagre pension in taxes and national insurance contributions exactly the same as you have done Eddy, the NHS (God bless the caring staff, they are ALL living angels) is NOT a benefit it belongs to every one of us that have paid into the system without complaining over the last fifty years...........don't feel guilty Eddy, you are 100% entitled to every bit of the care you are receiving
keep fighting young man
i'm off to L.O.S. on Tuesday and will call in and buy Nick a beer for everything he did for you
Well said
Eddie it's 35 qualifying years if you paid in to company pension.
If you never paid in to company pension it is 30 qualifying years
We have a similar problem with our universal health care in Canada, run by each province. Now anytime I have ever needed it, our healthcare has come through for me with flying colours - a couple of cancer treatments plus a serious illness when I was in university. So for me, only using our services in an emergency, a real emergency, not a fake one like the flu, I am totally satisfied with our healthcare - in fact - it was fantastic for me! No wait, world-class specialists and treatment, zero cost to me, other than what I paid in taxes. However, I will tell you why our emergency departments are jammed - because they are being abused by people who should never be going to emerg - they should be staying at home! Like the elderly who are just lonely and have a slight cold - true story. When my son was born I had to hang out at the hospital for a couple days and I saw so many people who shouldn't have been there - but they were selfishly using up resources others more in need - NEEDED!! So that is problem A. Problem B is that we need to allow private enterprise to organize and manage at least some procedures better done at clinics than at hospitals, such as routine MRI's and CAT scans. As it is, we have a shortage of these machines and it is cheaper for hospitals to send some patients to the US than to do this in Canada - that is incredible and proves how inefficient government can be at organizing and conducting business processes. A mixed system like in France and Australia has both better health outcomes and lower costs, to say nothing of much shorter wait times. But political obstruction in Canada prevents this transition. So our health care system problems in my country are an own goal. In general, it is still far preferable to the mess that is US health care, but it IS deteriorating. Just requires political will to fix - not dollars.
Down here in New Zealand we have a similar health system. A big problem is our aging population. Puts big strain on publicly funded healthcare. Fortunately we don't have the issue of illegals.
Hi Eddie. Public health care is terrible in South Africa. Conditions are bad and if you go into hospital you may die. You looking good. Cannot wait for you to go back to Thailand.
Thanks have a nice relaxing weekend as well.
Cheers from Durban.
NHS is a bottomless pit. Budget about 170bn. One thing I agree with pm, and only one, is it needs reform. There is huge waste and I say that from countless visits to my mother in hospital. The cancer care is incredible. Seen it first hand. Absolutely incredible. Things like hip replacements etc are not good. My father paid for 2. It's a question of resources. Do you spent it on cancer or elsewhere. I've no idea. Of course we could all pay more, but rather than moaning about NHS we'd moan about taxes. Who knows??
I work in a hospital the wastage is frightening, I've also worked in private and wastage is much much lower. Health care is a bottomless pit when it comes to funding, there will never be enough that will satisfy
Solution is easy but you refuse to consider alternative options
The NHS might improve if the time off work for staff was not over 6 percent.
The UK national rate is 2.5 percent.
Maybe that is why you cannot receive radiotherapy at the weekend, and have to wait 3 hours for an ambulance.
NHS should be better funded imo. My dad had received NHS support for 10 years and worked a lot before that. He was an Indian and moved in the 70s and worked damn hard. NHS is broken atm but it's mostly due to underfunding and under investment.
Well said ed😊
Set-up a post office box. I'm sure your fans would like to write you a hand-written card to keep your spirits high. Germany and Holland have nice ladies too. You could always do videos on those places. Meet some new people. Start planning for the time after therapy. Have things set to go. That way, you don't have to think. Be well. And you could video some places in your current UK town...pubs. I've never been to the UK and things change over time. Go out with a bang!
The solution is straight forward, similar to the Australian medicare system. If you are part of the 10% upper income earners should pay a higher levy. It's the only reason the health system servived in OZ, the rich must pay some additional amount, my solution.
The NHS is not perfect and some may say inefficient but it still delivers low cost effective treatment - it isn't there to stiff patients like the American system where profit trumps health outcomes. It has to solve the problem of too many unhealthy people combined with more expensive treatments being available.
Well said mate 👌🙏
Well said mate 👏 👍
Ignore the trolls Ed. You know how TH-cam works.
Stop the boats!
Two Tier Keir will not be stopping any boats, that's for sure.
Most of the immigration is legal not illegal.
😂@@TribalFusion
In Canada we have a similar program. If we were not such an unhealthy population (obesity and the impacts) we would not be screaming about a lousy system...but we are apparently far from a meaningful discussion.
Friday the 13th! Oh no, Eddy, don't slash up the technicians.😂
I agree..we have all paid in all our lives VAT income tax NI the whole nine yards.
I don't mind paying to help others .. 😊
You paid most of your working life for NHS and also when you went to Thailand with International Insurance you did everything correct.
I’ll say it again , do the 30 hit off radio , then piss off hhs and pay in Thailand as u go , scan when needed , meds when needed and just keep checking….. if it goes south go back home , but u have to be on top of life monthly….
It’s free eddy you grasping at straws , but it’s your choice if your happy their that’s the main thing but life thrown a curve ball son , you can’t think like past life changed so u change fight for the 5 years and get pension….
Where are you now...is this at your house ?
Do u have any family that can help?
Yes well said eddy the NHS is not sustainable for free I can see in a few years all workers will have to have a health insurance package I can see it coming it cannot carry on the way it is. Anyhow keep going eddy all the best from jomtien 😊😊
U seem to have missed the point. The NHS is the insurance policy. U have paid already. It was never free. Big medical business would love to see it fail so they can turn sickness into profit. Protect it.
Don't worry about the bawbags Eddie they have sad lives. Keep working on the mobility pal.
Ed the main thing is.. Did you mange to get your Oasis tickets? 😂
You look fantastic😊
Thank you so much
Hi eddy how it going . your looking good ed xx
Ed can you do some more travel videos? Half of my YT recommended videos are about brain tumours these days 😂
Bognor?
@@Little_Eddy Alton Towers
@@googlebooglemoogle Bolton Toilets
Short term you can’t really solve the NHS problem, ageing population, ageing hospitals, short of building many more hospitals and many more staff plus finding some way of getting all the hospitals talking to each other to save money on bureaucracy I don’t see that things will be much different in 20 or 30 years from now