> but because they are inefficient and have large backlogs. This seems to be true of many things. When I worked in the UK I never ended up with the national h

> but because they are inefficient and have large backlogs. This seems to be true of many things. When I worked in the UK I never ended up with the national health number that you're supposed to get, because I was based in the Black Country and there's essentially an infinite backlog (as in, at my address they were no longer taking applications). A friend applied from the address of his workplace near the City, and had one within a few weeks.