Socialist medicine.
Just on BBC news.
In the UK 7.1 million people, (12% of the entire population) have been waiting an average of over a year for routine medical care. Some over 8 years. This is stuff like operations, and knee or hip joints, or burn repair, etc. Its been building like this for years. But also scans and diagnosis of/for many things like cancer and other things.
Ambulance waits are up to a record 48 hours, and things like heart attacks, broken hips up to 8 hours. Then another 8 waiting in an ambulance outside the hospital in a long que of ambulanes. I have personal experience of an 8 HOUR wait for an ambulance for a woman screaming in the street with a broken hip/pelvis laid on an icy road.
This year has the highest ever level of people being diagnosed with non treatable cancers due to endless waits for scans and diagnosis of symtoms. And lots of other undiagnosed issues that are also now untreatable.
Meanwhile I cannot call or see a doctor inside 2 weeks, and thats if you can get through at all. And right now I have been trying for 2 days every few hours. The battery doesent last long enough. Basically they are not answering phones, and the surgery itself is locked down, and all you can do is press a never answered bell along with about 15 other freezing people. At best a hand comes out of a slot with a prescription. Mostly you are ignored.
And things are now getting worse! Which you wouldnt have thought possible realistically. Because the nurses, care staff, cleaners, are all goig on strike! And after a 17% percent increase. They already average over 30k. It already costs the taxpayer over 20% of gross national income. Is the largest employer in the world. Mostly overpaid paper pushers. Diversity managers etc. They are super super inefficient and waste at least half their money. And they cant do anything without lots of meetings, training days, and groups of people assessing everything and then more meetings. I wont tell you about my 3 patient lifts. And other stuff. Because I doubt you would believe it.
Its about time it was completely split up and privatised.