Who was it said the NHS was wonderful?

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My son - who is off to New Zealand in a few days - wanted to register temporarily with the local GP so he could obtain a repeat prescription. Pretty straightforward I would have thought?

However, on ringing the local GP some jobsworth informs him that to register he has to turn up in person to sign on. Bit of a pain but nevertheless my son dutifully wanders to the surgery and completes all the unnecessary, intrusive and largely pointless form filling needed to register.

With this procedure complete he asks for an appointment to see a GP. Sorry- can't do that!

Tomorrow, my son has to ring up the surgery at 8.00am (the line will be engaged - it always is at that time) which is the only time when appointments are dished out.

Utterly, maddeningly, stupidly, uselessly crap and incompetent.

And they call it a national health SERVICE! Who do they think they're kidding?

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