tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34112832.post8911494353858428157..comments2023-11-05T09:37:36.840+01:00Comments on A View From Rural Wales: French Health CareGlyn Davieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10442114752573417252noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34112832.post-40883380655550448632008-06-13T23:44:00.000+01:002008-06-13T23:44:00.000+01:00The French already pay 10% more tax than us at cur...The French already pay 10% more tax than us at current rates and much of this is to cover the significantly greater expenditure on healthcare. They have to maintain large amounts of spare capacity to respond so quickly ( 70% bed occupancy for example against our 90%). If this is the level of public service you wish to promote Glyn, I think you will need to review your political allegiance, given tax reductions are now back at the heart of Tory policy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34112832.post-21851858990001370212008-06-13T18:21:00.000+01:002008-06-13T18:21:00.000+01:00Hmm! I wonder why Rhodri Morgan didn't have to wai...Hmm! I wonder why Rhodri Morgan didn't have to wait the 6 to 8 weeks for his non-urgent stent?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34112832.post-76041170834074836932008-06-12T23:39:00.000+01:002008-06-12T23:39:00.000+01:00anon - I don't know much about the French health s...anon - I don't know much about the French health service - but I thought my friend's experience worth blogging on. I had no idea such a rapid service was possible.<BR/><BR/>Gwilym Euros - Diolch. Mae iechyd yn cant y cant.Glyn Davieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17344589217554138315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34112832.post-49590886495981199162008-06-12T23:32:00.000+01:002008-06-12T23:32:00.000+01:00Hei Glyn, mwynhau dy flog yn fawr iawn, wedi rhoi ...Hei Glyn, mwynhau dy flog yn fawr iawn, wedi rhoi linc ato o fy mlog i, gobeithio dy fod yn cadw'n iawn ac mewn iechyd a hwyliau da.<BR/><BR/>Cofion gorau atat,<BR/><BR/>GwilGWILYM EUROS ROBERTShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13054295707501827240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34112832.post-59197947563201178212008-06-12T22:38:00.000+01:002008-06-12T22:38:00.000+01:00so are you as a conservative extolling the very so...so are you as a conservative extolling the very socialist make up of the french economic systm Glyn.....you can't compare one aspet of a society like that?<BR/><BR/>having said that my uncle lives in france and has had a imilair experience.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com