Have we done this Daily Wail one yet?

[DodgyAgent]

It's not a monopoly, private healthcare is available

if you are rich and dont visit A&E then yes

[d000hg]

I'm sure private hospitals could offer free healthcare and emergency rooms. I wonder why they don't...

Did you answer my question about privatising free health from a week ago DA? I can't remember what thread it was in to check

[DodgyAgent]

I'm sure private hospitals could offer free healthcare and emergency rooms. I wonder why they don't...

Did you answer my question about privatising free health from a week ago DA? I can't remember what thread it was in to check

yes,

i think I said "Maggie was the greatest"

[Old Hack]

if you are rich and dont visit A&E then yes

Private A&E facilities are available.

[escapeUK]

It amazes me that the British middle classes choose to buy a rag that just serves to start their day badly.

It amazes me that the British middle class vote for people who make sure every day is utter tulip.

[xoggoth]

Some great nurses etc in it, but organisationally the NHS is a total disaster, as both my wife and daughter in law have found recently. You can have an appointment with one department and be asked to report to another for a blood test first, despite the fact that you JUST HAD A F* BLOOD TEST when you attended the department next door on the same morning. Filling in the same forms twice appears to be normal.

[d000hg]

It amazes me that the British middle class vote for people who make sure every day is utter tulip.

Poor dearie. Why don't you make your handle a reality since apparently every minute you have to spend here is such obvious torture?

[doodab]

In Surrey, we used a local private A&E, which used to charge £15 up front to see what was wrong with you. Then you obviously got the insurance involved if it was serious, and went home if it wasn't. It worked for us, as there wasn't 25 drunks staggering around threatening everyone, and you had no waiting time (when we used it).

It was a couple of years ago, so prices would have gone up, but it was a very good service.

They also seem to close at 10:00, at least in London.

Urgent Care Centre

[doodab]

It amazes me that the British middle class vote for people who make sure every day is utter tulip.

This supposes that there is somebody somewhere who has it within their power to make every day wonderful, and if we only elected them instead everything would be brilliant. I don't think that's actually true.

[d000hg]

If someone else who doesn't know you exist has the ability to make your every day wonderful OR terrible, some self-inspection is in order. Your state of being should not be blown hither and thither like a feather in the wind...

... happy people are generally happy even in bad circumstances, miserable people remain miserable even when surrounded by luxury.