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We left the UK last year. I liked many things there, but the NHS was never one of them. The GPs who are often borderline incompetent. The administrative staff a
by cosmodisk 4y ago
We left the UK last year. I liked many things there, but the NHS was never one of them. The GPs who are often borderline incompetent. The administrative staff and their endless errors. Wait times were always bad. A few years ago we waited 9 months so for an appointment with a pediatrician. I recently had to make a couple of appointments with specialists, cardiologist was one of them. Less than two weeks wait time+ multiple doctors to choose from. In the UK I would have waited for month for this to happen.
- zelos 4y agoIt seems like there's a massive cognitive dissonance in the UK. Everyone 'loves' the NHS, says nurses are underpaid and decries any attempt to privatise provision. But everyone also has endless complaints about it. Useless doctors/nurses, appalling administrators and reception staff, mistakes with test results and communication and so on.
- cosmodisk 4y agoI think for an average Brit the NHS is the same as the queen used to be: you may not like it, but if anyone says something negative about it, you are absolutely ready to die for it. At least this was the impression I used to get whenever I brought up the subject.