Posted by pathetic_n_useless on November 3, 2001, at 18:40:51
In reply to Insurance, posted by Gracie2 on November 3, 2001, at 17:49:09
we have the National Health Service. Everything is free to everyone (well we pay for drugs but £6.10 per drug prescribed no matter what the drug costs but 60% of people here are exempt from paying that too.) Downside is lots of understaffing and not enough resources, long waiting lists (up to 18 months for cbt, one of my friends recently received an 'urgent' appointment with the pain clinic for 2 and a half yrs time!Average time in my local hospital between referral from your GP and seeing a specialist is 3 months but usually longer), u have to get referred by your GP for pretty much everything thats not urgent and I often have to wait 2 weeks to get a GP appt)
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