Ah you must be pretty close to me? Where are you? I'm in otley near Leeds Bradford airport. XI have given birth in 3 different hospitals
Ds1 +2 St James's leeds £5
Ds3 in hillingdon £5
Ds4 + new baby Bedford hospital and they are £2.50 each.
I think £15 is a disgusting amount of money to ask people for, really unfair!!
Ah you must be pretty close to me? Where are you? I'm in otley near Leeds Bradford airport. XI have given birth in 3 different hospitals
Ds1 +2 St James's leeds £5
Ds3 in hillingdon £5
Ds4 + new baby Bedford hospital and they are £2.50 each.
I think £15 is a disgusting amount of money to ask people for, really unfair!!
I'm Coventry and ours are £10 each - they make you pay before you go in too which I don't agree with... I had to go and get a refund on ours when I was told I needed an additional scan because of abnormalities. They gave us free scan pictures when I went for my additional scan as the pregnancy was not going to progress
I would be happy to only pay £15! I had scans with my daughter in the UK and the photos were £10. Now I'm in Australia we pay for scans and it costs $250 (£142). And we have no Medicare rebate on the 12 and 20 week scans as they are classified as not medically necessary. Be grateful for a free healthcare system I have worked in the hospitals in the UK and it's fair enough to charge as far as I'm concerned, especially when it's small change
What I DO think is unfair are the prices of the Bounty photos. I think we were £40 for two pics. When they came through the post they weren't even great quality or photographed well, they are off centre!!I would be happy to only pay £15! I had scans with my daughter in the UK and the photos were £10. Now I'm in Australia we pay for scans and it costs $250 (£142). And we have no Medicare rebate on the 12 and 20 week scans as they are classified as not medically necessary. Be grateful for a free healthcare system I have worked in the hospitals in the UK and it's fair enough to charge as far as I'm concerned, especially when it's small change
I disagree, if we are getting charged for a service then it's not 'free' it may still be a small charge compared to the costs you have incurred in Australia but it's still an unfair cost to burden new parents, especially those on lower incomes. £15 is not a fair charge for 1 photo, it's excessive. I plan to find out what the hospital I work at does with the £5 they charge, it would be interesting to actually see if they put it back to the department resources or not.