Problem 1: Almost impossible to see a doctor in a short space of time. Thanks to government targets (ie. All patients to see a doctor within a certain period) you can now only book an appointment on the actual day you want it - and if you don't book by 9am you're not going to get one.
Problem 2: I try to avoid going to hospital whenever possible because of the ridiculously long wait in A&E. Even when I got past A&E once and got straight onto a ward I discharged myself after 6 hours because I still hadn't seen a doctor and felt OK (I had been taken in by ambulance with an asthma attack).
Solution? Privatise the damn thing. If necessary buy those on low incomes health insurance from the government coffers.
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Manus haec inimica tyrannis ense petit placidam sub libertate quietam - "This hand of mine, which is hostile to tyrants, seeks by the sword quiet peace under liberty."
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