National Health Service

Now that health alarmism is behind us, how does the state of things look now?

In my view, fairly good. I’ve visited surgeries and hospitals on numerous occasions in recent years and nothing has looked better than the NHS.

Its facilities are clean and up to scratch (a new ‘robotic’ surgery aid was delivered to one hospital), and its staff seem happy to help.

The only trouble is getting an appointment.

In past visits the waiting room has been largely empty. I guess doctors have FaceTime now. At other times such as at the A&E side of things the waiting area has been packed.

I guess accidents can still happen.

The NHS is in rude health by the looks of it, but the funding side of things is largely kept apart from a patient’s own experience, that is apart from an odd charity collection.

It’s a freebie, but it’s worth having still.