I never understood the idea in the first place, Tam. HOW can ANYONE diagnose anything over the phone? It's incredibly dangerous. Most of the time they seem to simply tell people to go to their doctor anyway, from what I've heard from friends....I guess that way they cover themselves legally, should anything dire happen.

I think it will save money, because it was a service that basically states the blindingly obvious, which is if you think you're ill, or your child is ill, go to the GP.   

Put the money into GP services, have far more nurses on hand there who can actually SEE the patients and then decided if they need further treatment and appointments.

And while they're about it, charge drunken prats for every bit of treatment they require, night after night, week after week. Don't just charge them £30 a head, as is being suggested, charge them however much it costs to actually treat them, from the medical staff's time to the very last bandage and needle used. I'm sick to death of selfish, out of control people who seem to think they have the right to get stoned every single night of the week, whilst the NHS is being bled dry by a behaviour that never existed years ago.

Alcohol abuse is bankrupting the NHS. Staff are threatened and abused..It NEVER used to be this way. It should NOT be this way.

The time to change it all around has arrived, bigtime.

This is not just about the NHS, it's about a country whose people have become out of control of their own instincts, led there by stupid politicians who for way too long have encouraged The State to make the decisions in their lives. 24/7 drinking has been a total disaster, morally, socially and spiritually. The ONLY people to have benefitted from it are The Corporate Alcohol and Nightclub Bastards who have made an absolute fortune, whilst our people lie in drunken heaps on the ground, their souls crying out for help...

Once, financial bills start to hit them, they'll start to think twice about getting totally legless when they go out...Public money is NOT there for folks to just piss and vomit all over, then use it to wipe their arses afterwards.

We need to bring personal responsibility, morals, self respect and respect for others back to this country. It is one thing to be kind, compassionate and empathetic, but those wonderful emotions have been sorely abused by way too many.

Tough Love is what is needed at the moment, not a love that allows people to be self indulgent and selfish...