Thanks.
Haven't worked in the UK since the late 1970s and left full time in the early 1980s but still admire and would fight for the NHS as the best there is because it treats everyone the same and for ' free '.
It's only
real drawback, as I see it, is that the choice of treatment and quality of treatment is left to the NHS itself to decide for each individual needing its help and asistance and varies from GP to GP, from hospital to hospital, and from hospital to hospital even in the same city. And if you live in, say, Manchester, it's difficult to get / have an NHS operation at a hospital in, say, Bristol, which might have a better set of Doctors and Specialists and specialise in the treatment you need more than the staff and hospital in Manchester.
@Paul the Wolf might have a different view, but in the absence of an NHS equivalent I'm reasonably OK with how the system works down here - basically free for those that can't afford the equivalent of private health insurance, but the insurance is normal for most employed people and now costs us two about € 270 per month because of the treatments last year and the year before. Not too sure how that compares with NHS costs these days because I don't think anyone can accurately work out how much their individual contributions to the NHS are as it's all wrapped up in total PAYE and NIC without specific identification of the amount going to the NHS.
On the other hand, for that we have almost 100% choice in all medical treatments - where, when, and by whom, from GP to outpatient treatment to complicated and complex surgery while the NHS doesn't always give that choice.
By the way....The French Health System is just as dependent on ' Imported ' medical staff as the NHS, and mostly from Eastern and Southern Europe and Nth Africa.
