What do you think is so terrible about the NHS? It gives a fairly decent service to most people at a cost far below a US type system. It isn't pretty and any organisation that size will have areas of incompetence or waste - but it isn't there to make a profit for multi nationals - which is a plus point in my view, and a lot of the people involved give more for less because of that. If you look at parts of the system that have been "privatised", such as cleaning services, site maintenance, even PFI - its a right old dog's breakfast as your preferred shiny companies try to drive costs (and quality) down in order to maximise profits - leading to more infections and hbuttles. I never used it at all until I was in my mid 40's - then it saved my life - so I'm pretty pleased with the service so far. I was at outpatients for a check up two weeks ago - I was seen on time, with courtesy, and details were clearly and patiently explained to me - I can't see how you can improve on that for the price.
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