Originally posted by oxford mushroom:
You can check the NHS waiting times from its website
(http://www.nhs.uk/england/aboutTheNHS/WaitingTimes/Search.aspx)...If
I have a fall and injured my back..(a number of forumners here talk
about prolapsed discs), how long will I have to wait to get the
surgery I need?
Put in my area code and this is what I get:
"Inpatient waiting times for
Spinal Injuries
The table below shows the waiting times for Inpatient appointments
in Spinal Injuries within England.
The hospital trusts are sorted by distance from your postcode
(nearest first). You can also sort by waiting time.
Some kinds of treatment (or specialties) are divided into more
specialised areas, which are called sub-specialties.
Click on a trust to see its sub-specialties - if there are none you
will see consultants' waiting times instead.
Trust Shortest wait (days) Longest wait (days)
Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust [b]124 124
The waiting time depends on which consultant you see. The chart
shows the longest and shortest times for each trust.
Hospital and trusts
All hospitals are managed by NHS trusts, which are responsible for
making sure that the hospitals provide high quality health care,
and that they spend their money efficiently. Trusts often manage
more than one hospital, and they can include other organisations
such as health centres.
Note: this is for an injury....an urgent problem. If you have a
chronic back problem, good luck to you! By the way, some services
have been withdrawn and you cannot even find it. Try to look for
hip replacement surgery elsewhere 
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Surprised that you can profess yourself to be a doctor, when you
can't even tell me what is the significance of PQRSTU. Perhaps when
you say that you are a doctor, you add more credibility to your cut
and paste statements?
Some medical services have been withdrawn? Can you name the few
that have been removed?
