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To be fair to Gove he did acknowledge that

Kemi Badenoch: I would give JK Rowling a peerage

The Tory leadership candidate says ‘all sorts of oddballs and bad people’ are attacking sex-based rights activists

www.thetimes.com

Kemi going for the Mumsnet/Mail terf vote

 

[HenrySwanson]

"Envy of the world"

 

[XJ40]

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"Envy of the world"

I live in Scotland, less densely populated than South of the border. Getting a GP appointment is... awkward. Unless I'm dead or dying I tend to turn up at 5 to 8 and speak to the receptionists, amongst the ringing phones.

Over my life I've had several operations after speaking to the frankly awesome staff from initial GP to Consultants/specialists.

The NHS has always been there when I have needed it.

Now, devil's advocate: I think it would have been a different story if I had lived in bigger cities such as London or Birmingham. Even Glasgow or Edinburgh. So many more people requiring the same service.

Now let's imagine I live in the USA.

"Envy of the world"

Yes, very much so.

 

[HenrySwanson]

I live in Scotland, less densely populated than South of the border. Getting a GP appointment is... awkward. Unless I'm dead or dying I tend to turn up at 5 to 8 and speak to the receptionists, amongst the ringing phones.

Over my life I've had several operations after speaking to the frankly awesome staff from initial GP to Consultants/specialists.

The NHS has always been there when I have needed it.

Now, devil's advocate: I think it would have been a different story if I had lived in bigger cities such as London or Birmingham. Even Glasgow or Edinburgh. So many more people requiring the same service.

Now let's imagine I live in the USA.

"Envy of the world"

Yes, very much so.

This doesn't make sense. The world is not the UK and USA only.

The NHS needs both funding and reforming.

 

[Liquid]

In Slovakia, I went for a check up yesterday for my broken collar bone. I had checked carefully because I have to work:

"Is the clinic open in the afternoon?"
"Yes, until 5pm."
"And the X-ray department?"
"Yes, same times."

Okay, so I went there after work.

"Oh, the doctor's not here. He always leaves at 12."

Sure, the language barrier is one thing but why the radiology clinic and actual X-raying operations are open for four hours without attending doctors I do not know.

There's not a country in the world without a messed up healthcare system. The sheer scale of the operation guarantees it.

The NHS needs both funding and reforming.

I agree. But reform in the sense of modernising (old computers and wacky processes) rather than streamlining (cutting jobs and services in the name of efficiency).