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   Mrs Cloudy (cloudymrs@mastodon.scot)'s status on Tuesday, 25-Jun-2024 16:15:46 JST Mrs Cloudy

   • Wen

   @Wen 100%. The centralisation of services is only for the benefit of the service provider. I'd be surprised to learn that environmental concerns are even part of any decision-making process. I think there should be travelling clinics. Move one specialist around the country rather than expecting 100s of patients to move themselves around the country.

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     Mrs Cloudy (cloudymrs@mastodon.scot)'s status on Tuesday, 25-Jun-2024 03:03:05 JST Mrs Cloudy

     All the kids in the whole of Aberdeen City and Shire who want their teeth fixed before they grow up, have to go through one NHS Orthodontist who is located in Golden Square which is located in the middle of the LEZ. There is bugger all public transport for most. Up to four hour round trips every six weeks, for the five minute appointment to get braces tightened, is a complete pain. I'm with the climate change agenda, but centralised services aren't compatible with reducing emissions. #climate

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     Mrs Cloudy (cloudymrs@mastodon.scot)'s status on Tuesday, 25-Jun-2024 06:06:04 JST Mrs Cloudy

     • Wen

     @Wen it has quite a lot to do with increasing inequalities, though. Kids whose parents /carers can't take regular time off to take them; aren't on a bus route; can't afford fuel to travel or cash to park; drive an older car; just won't be able to access dental care. That isn't OK. It's taking the cost of local delivery away from service providers and heaping it onto service users. It isn't progress.

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     Mrs Cloudy (cloudymrs@mastodon.scot)'s status on Tuesday, 25-Jun-2024 16:20:51 JST Mrs Cloudy

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     • Peter Brown
     • Wen

     @peterbrown @Wen That's logical only if you accept that all service delivery must always be made from one fixed location and that environmental considerations are irrelevant. It only increases inequalities as services are available only to those with the resources to access them.

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     Peter Brown (peterbrown@mastodon.scot)'s status on Tuesday, 25-Jun-2024 16:20:52 JST Peter Brown

     • Wen

     @Wen @CloudyMrs The majority of public transport radiates out from population centres. More difficult to get from Westhill to Peterculter than Banchory to Aberdeen city. Granted it takes longer to attend an appointment that’s not in the same village, but I can see the logic in having it in the centre of Aberdeen.

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     JoanBCatWoman (muminitaly@mastodon.scot)'s status on Tuesday, 25-Jun-2024 17:21:47 JST JoanBCatWoman

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     • Wen

     @CloudyMrs @Wen Definitely should be more localised, public services. Friend in Orkney had to travel to Central Belt for cataract op. Return plane journey and 3 nights away from home adding to stress and discomfort. Don't know how less-abled people on islands manage.

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     Mrs Cloudy (cloudymrs@mastodon.scot)'s status on Wednesday, 26-Jun-2024 02:12:35 JST Mrs Cloudy

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     • Wen

     @muminitaly @Wen yip. The length of journeys folk are having to make from the far North and the islands wouldn't be believed by folk living in the central belt. Five or six hour round trips for ten minute appointments aren't unusual. Maternity care is horrific. A few years ago I took my mum from Glasgow to Ardgay, two days post hip replacement. Horrible trip.