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As someone who lives in the UK, I can confirm that this is accurate. The UK is a disaster of a country and I'm making plans to leave ASAP.
What’s so bad? There was a time when I wanted to try to move there.
Conservative government ridiculously underfunding the understaffed NHS which is causing 18 month wait times for simple MRI scans, understaffed and expensive dentists meaning people are resorting to pulling out their own teeth, both of the main parties are incredibly transphobic, the cost of greed crisis (I refuse to call it a cost of "living" crisis) means everyone is struggling to even afford food, among many many other reasons but those are the main ones for me
Oh wow hate to hear that. When I visited the UK in 2018 I really loved it. So much so that I was researching areas to live and a path to moving there but it never panned out.
18 month wait for a simple MRI is ridiculous. Do people have to wait or can they choose a different doctor / dentist? I am in the US so while I wouldn’t have to wait it would cost me an arm and a leg. Even with insurance through my employer I still would owe.
It really does feel like the world is heading backwards right now.
Most GPs are completely booked up unless you live in a town no one cares about meaning its nigh on impossible to just find a different doctor, same with dentists. Something like 80% of dentists are not taking on new patients.