English Healthcare

[shysnale]

Good evening,

I've heard from several English people that you sometimes have to wait a long time to get a health problem treated in England. My english teacher told me some 20 years ago he had to wait a month to get a painful tendon issue fixed, an English girl on a forum said she had to wait a long time for an appointment in a hospital and that she was afraid to pay a cute sum of money since the English social security is pretty much non existing. I apologize if this comes across as a critic of the English system...it is not my point.

I'm just trying to understand why I am reading articles in magazines about English folks checking in French hospitals because there is no room for them in England, or because they don't trust their doctors. I mean you English people are doing great in many businesses, I see no reason for your health system to be mediocre. What is it ? Are you understaffed ? The same thing has happened here in France with driving license inspectors. They are seriously lacking and some people have to wait a whole year to pass their driving exam

Thanks for reading me.