Is it any wonder the health service is in difficulties?

Dave Plowman (News) wrote on 21/05/2019 :

A bottle hydrogen peroxide is both cheaper and a lot larger.

Assuming you get the strength right. ;-)

Mmm. I was warned against that because supposedly it tended to harden the wax.

Earol is just olive oil, near as I can make out.

Definately DIY. Why are you imposing on the NHS ?.

Because people like you are making multiple pointless visits to the 'free' NHS.

In a recent freedom-of-information request, there are now 110,000 retired public servants getting pensions of more than average wages (£26,800), and a further 375 getting pensions of more than £100,000 per year (plus huge lump sums).

three quarters of those 375 are NHS employees, up from 110 about

That's where all the money is (increasingly) going over the next 20 years.

Still, McDonnell has it all sussed out, he's going to help himself to 10% of all dividends, which are used to pay existing private annuities and private pensions in drawdown.

Tim Streater formulated the question :

The reaction when you put it in, suggests otherwise..

A second treatment minutes later, produces much less reaction (fizz), suggesting all the wax has been reacted with.

Anyone remember their chemistry?

Comforting to know, that. Judging by ARW's accounts of some of the apprentices he gets, it can't always the case!

Sounds like she has a case to sue for damages.

Considering my mother died in an NHS hospital, and her death certificate was signed by an NHS doctor, one might expect that the NHS eye / ear / whatever departments to find out sooner rather than later or not at all.

Owain

I believe most of the ready-made drops are carbamide peroxide.

Just buy yourself an ear wax curette and stop wasting NHS time/money.

VWH 3Pcs Ear Pick Ear Curette Double-ended Stainless Steel Spiral Ear Wax Removal Cleaner Tool (silver)

I think I'll stick to cotton buds ...

I did manage to get an appointment with the practice nurse after trying olive oil for a week, she did direct me to try one of the rubber bulb "puffer" devices together with daily oil, and said they would try with curettes if it hadn't worked in another week. In fact the puffer (used in the shower) worked the day before my appointment. I found it surprisingly disabling even with only one ear blocked.

As I have said before ad nauseam, businesses, whether state owned or not, have NO BUSINESS organising and paying for pensions for their employees. That way lies madness. It's not their core business so why are they doing it? All this defined-benefits and final-salary stuff is COMPLETE BOLLOCKS, is unsustainable, and should be outlawed.

Let people pay into their own pensions scheme, topped up by the employer if they feel like it.

NHS employees do pay into a pension scheme, however the government spends it as fast as they get it and don't invest it in a fund to pay the pensions.

rocket fuel?

A simple +1 in this case then. Good to see you agreeing with Tim.

You will here get an examination and then told to get some ear drops. They are actually cheaper to buy over the counter, you put them in over a week then go back and they tell you if they can be done but won't do them you have to go somewhere else for that these days. I agree with you since a lot of these jobs are done by a different contractor, ie trust who have been hired by the ccg, then you may find yourself going miles away instead of down the road as it used to be. I had a wart removed from my bottom some years ago, five minute job in and out again. Now its classed as elective cosmetic surgery and may or may not be offered on the nhs. Brian