How much is the emergency in Britain? Is it expensive to see a doctor in Britain?

It's expensive to see a doctor in America, but it's very tiring to see a doctor in Britain because it's very, very slow here. It's not an emergency that usually needs to make an appointment a long time in advance. Some minor illnesses and pains basically suggest that you take care of yourself.

The way and process of seeing a doctor in Britain is quite different from that in China. First of all, ordinary chronic diseases and routine physical examinations need to be carried out in advance. If you see an emergency, you need to go to different places, such as a cold, a runny nose or a slight diarrhea. In Britain, you are generally encouraged to take medicine and rest by yourself. If you go to see a doctor, you will probably have to wait in line for a long time, so everyone should take commonly used drugs.

The background introduction of the British medical system is divided into two parts. One is the public medical system-NHS (National Health Care System).

Service), and the other is a private hospital or clinic. Needless to say, private hospitals are expensive and the waiting time is not long, but most private hospitals do not have 24-hour emergency services. The following is mainly about NHS.

First of all, British residents (including students and immigrants with visas for more than six months) can see a doctor "free" in hospitals and clinics within the NHS system (not completely free, immigrants have to pay taxes, and students have to pay 150 pounds for their visas every year), and the welfare benefits are very good, so Britain is also very proud of its NHS system. However, the inefficiency of NHS is often criticized by everyone. Basically, it is a minor illness, and a serious illness will not be vague. For tourists who hold visas for less than 6 months, seeing a doctor is not free, and it may not be cheap.

For British residents, everyone needs to register their own general practitioner.

Similar to our general practitioners), general practitioners generally treat in places similar to community clinics. When British residents get sick, they can't go directly to the hospital to see a specialist, as they did in China. Instead, they need to make an appointment with their general practitioner first. If there is further demand, the general practitioner will help to make an appointment with an expert. This is the traditional view that the disease is not very urgent. If you see an emergency, you need to go to different places to treat different diseases and severity. If your life is in danger, you need to go directly to A &；; Accident

& emergency services), sprains, fractures and other injuries should go to the emergency department.

Center, just look at the minor ailments and pains of general practitioners. If you have minor illnesses such as colds and diarrhea, go directly to A &；; E, probably nobody cares about you.

For tourists, emergency is the most important thing, and no appointment is needed. Let's talk about the classification of emergency departments in Britain:

The situation is very serious-coma, massive bleeding, severe dyspnea, heart attack, etc.

A & accidents and dangers. emergency

Services) provide 24-hour emergency services to treat patients with sudden serious illness or serious trauma. In addition, ordinary emergency patients will be treated at night, and the order of seeing a doctor follows the principle of who pays attention to the situation of A& first (the situation is not serious), so it may take a long time to queue up at A&.

Emergency number: 999. You can call an ambulance at this number.

Nothing serious-colds and fever, burns, cuts and sprains, vomiting and diarrhea, allergies, etc.

GP

General practitioner clinics are usually open from 8 am to 6 pm from Monday to Friday, but it may vary from place to place, and some of them also provide emergency services at night. I suggest you check it before you go. Generally speaking, it is necessary to make an appointment to see a general practitioner, but it is said that every general practitioner will reserve some working hours for emergency patients without an appointment.

Walk-inCenters make free appointments for emergency treatment. Generally speaking, it will be longer than the ordinary GP clinic, and it won't close until eight or nine in the evening.

The emergency nursing center handles some minor injuries, such as fractures, sprains, burns, infections, etc.

MinorInjuriesUnits can handle simple trauma.

pharmacy

Generally speaking, pharmacies do not have such serious symptoms as colds. You can also consult the pharmacist in the drugstore and go directly to Boots. All over-the-counter drugs can be purchased directly. Prescription drugs can only be purchased under the prescription of a general practitioner or a doctor.

Telephone number of medical assistance: 1 1 1 If you are not sure whether you need to go to the emergency department temporarily, or if you want to find a nearby GP clinic or a clinic without an appointment.

Center, you can call 1 1 1 for help. Operators are trained to provide medical guidance through your illness description. It's great to have a Chinese translator. You don't have to worry about language problems and professional medical vocabulary, just explain to the operator that you need to communicate in Chinese.

In addition, it should be noted that most doctors in Britain will not prescribe antibiotics if the cold and fever are not very serious. Maybe most of the suggestions are. Drink some hot water. And if it's not serious, there will probably be long queues. . Then, in order to reduce the fever, ordinary clinics are likely to use physical cooling, such as letting you lie naked and sometimes blowing fans at it, which is very different from our own way of reducing the fever. Parents with children should be mentally prepared.

The following are some publicity pictures about how people should go to different emergency departments according to their own conditions, and post them to help them better understand ~ ~ In short, the British side aims to advocate that people can make more rational use of national medical resources and get treatment more efficiently when they go to the right place ~

The following figure shows which patients are not suitable for A &；; Emergency treatment

The following figure shows the treatment methods corresponding to the symptoms.

The cost of emergency treatment in the UK (the following information is only applicable to students with short-term visas for less than 6 months)

1. First of all, regarding the information about tourists' emergency charges, the official statement is as follows.

# whenanooverseasvisitorrequestsnon-emergencymedicaltreatmentor

For major medical service providers, unnecessary treatment is necessary.

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Patience. (Non-emergency level, whether to charge or not depends on the doctor's decision)

# Medical practice under the service of general practitioners

Area, is required to provide free treatment immediately.

Need an emergency.

(In the case of emergency level, in the spirit of humanitarianism, first free rescue)

The official statement is rather vague. Although the latter statement is free, subsequent hospitalization and drug treatment still need to be charged. I've checked some cases, and it's quite possible that the basic main cost for one night in hospital is about -200+, plus six or seven hundred pounds for medicine and examination. In another case, the whole rescue and routine examination of the elderly at home for a few days will cost about two or three thousand pounds. For other diseases, it is usually about -200-300. However, there are also cases where outpatient clinics are completely free.

3. How do you know how much you want to spend in the hospital? Because British residents are free to see a doctor, many doctors are actually not sure how much a certain examination or drug treatment costs, so they can ask the hospital about the payment method.

For departmental consultation, if you are not in the clinic, just ask GP directly.

4. Pay first or treat the disease first: in an emergency, first rescue, then ask your domestic address, and finally send the bill to you; In other less urgent cases, you may need to pay in advance; If you don't have enough money at that time, you can write a guarantee statement stating that you will pay the money later. In this case, you can also see a doctor first.

Regarding overseas travel insurance 1, I suggest buying it. After all, seeing a doctor is still very painful.

2.1111needs to be out of danger. When you are in the hospital, you must remember to call the insurance company in advance to ask what proof materials are needed and what matters need attention. Otherwise, it is likely to waste the money.