Isn’t socialized…wait.
I meant, isn’t socialist medicine something?
Gosh darn – the wonders of it.
In what’s left of England and it’s National Health System, a routine appointment to see a doctor – any doctor – for a checkup hovers in the 18 day range, less if a toe is rotting off or something.
A 2005 clip of BBC Question Time has resurfaced online – and offers a stark reminder of just how the NHS has changed over the last 19 years.
The footage, from an election special with then PM Tony Blair, showed members of the audience complaining that they are being offered GP appointments too quickly.
One member of the audience complained: “I can’t get an appointment with my local GP unless it’s made in the next 48 hours.
“I can’t make it three days or four days hence.
“I was told that’s because they can meet their target that everybody gets it…
