Generally its been good. And I've had a lot of involvement with the nhs.
It seems to all come down to there not being enough staff, and they've closed/are closing so many of the hospitals.
Last week, I had to be in A&E, I asked them in plenty of time to try and find some medication that I needed to take and hadn't brought with me because I wasn't expecting the waiting times. It was 4 hours and they still hadn't looked for my medication and I ended up having a seizure. It could have happened because of the missed dose, it could have happened anyway. But still wasn't great.
There aren't enough staff. There aren't enough hospitals.
People attend A&E departments when they really don't need to.
I like the nhs, and its great that we have it, but there aren't enough staff and there aren't enough hospitals for a rapidly growing population.
As much as we complain about the nhs (we are all guilty of it!)
We are lucky to have it.
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