David I agree, and hope you are now free from pain. Firstly with the comment it is NHS healthcare and not private healthcare, some individuals are abusing the NHS and attending hospitals expecting 5 star hospitality as opposed to medical attention.
They(very rudely) demand treatment for a problem that could be treated by the GP or WIC. Complain that the critical individual with chest pain is receiving attention before them, threatening to ‘sue the hospital’ if they aren’t ‘seen now’. In addition to this they complain about not having eaten all day(often attending after teatime), which then becomes an NHS responsibility for nurses to collect sandwiches and make cups of tea (instead of drawing up crucial IV antibiotics or obtaining an ECG). Then they claim back bus fare when told they can’t have an ambulance or taxi home.
I hope the conservatives instill some respect back into this country and speak up for the working, taxpaying, law-abiding man instead of labours trend to benefit swindlers.