I have found over the last few years the NHS has become a lesser reflection of what it was. Consecutive Conservative governments have tried their hardest to rid itself of this money pit, and even the Labour government has tried cutting back, preferring to spend our taxes on saving banks and funding unwinable wars.
here's an example;
you phone up your local GP surgery to ask for an appointment, they tell you that all the appointments for today have been filled, so you say OK, can I make one for tomorrow, they say phone back in the morning about 8.30....
so you phone back at 8.30, but you cant get through!!! so you keep trying. then at 9.00, you get an answer and they say....you guessed it, sorry all today's appointments have gone....
You eventually get to see your doctor, he says what's wrong, and you say nothing, I've recovered now waiting for an appointment! You get the idea?
My wife suffered with abdominal problem's for about 6 months and lost half her body weight before the surgeons decided that there was something wrong. They eventually removed half her bowel and a lump the size of a tennis ball. She's good now, put the weight back on and Ill be eternally grateful to the surgeon.
It's not the fault of the medical staff, as they are as good if not better than medics anywhere in the world, it's just that because it's free, people will abuse the system. People from abroad come and use the service we have paid for all our lives, for free! And yes, you can jump the queue by going private, which is what our government would like, which means you pay twice!
Phill
