It's popular to whinge at the NHS, but I phoned up my GP and got an appointment within 2 hours. Blood tests were done and results were available in 3 days. I was refered for an X-ray, a walk in appointment was set up within 10 minutes, I drove there in 15 minutes and was processed and out in another 20 minutes. All free.
10 years ago I ended up in a heap in the middle of the road. Within 5 minutes paramedics were there, they did everything that was needed and shephearded me to hospital. A full team of doctors, anaethestists and nurses met me, assessed me head to foot. Radiographers photographed every bit that hurt and some that didn't. A plastic surgeon stitched up a big hole in my face, then I was put in a nice bed where they could watch me go make sure my brain didn't do a flip. A lovely nurse then came and wiped away all the blood and stroked my hair whilst comforting my wife and brother in law who were quite upset. Later I was taken for an operation and the difficult stuff was put right.
In the following three months I was assessed weekly, I had physio and rehabilitation, Dental reconstruction and psychological support until I was ready to be signed off and return ao work. ALL FOR FREE.
I've heard people in other countries say that we are socialists for having a health service funded from taxes. If the alternative is that only those who can afford to buy the tens of thousands of pounds of treatment I needed can get it then call me a socialist.
Surely the mark of a civilised society is when everyone puts a bit of money into a pot to make sure that anybody gets the health treatment they need free of charge no matter who they are.
Just my view.
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