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AIBU to be frustrated by NHS delays and inefficiency?

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LovingLilacDuck · 24/07/2026 14:37

I think the NHS is so incredibly inefficient sometimes, I mean the system not the care. From getting an appointment in a GP to referrals to actual appointments literally take months sometimes. WHY?

Why do we have to keep up with this? Surely a proper healthcare system that works as it should must be a priority? It’s 2026, goodness sake!

Some can afford private healthcare and some can’t. Yes, NHS is free for all but is it ACCESSIBLE, I’m not sure. Therefore I think this rubbish situation where you have to be on a waiting list ??? for months must, must be sorted.

AIBU to be so frustrated?

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BeWarmKoala · 28/07/2026 11:09

WaneyEdge · 28/07/2026 09:59

People always moan about the US system, even when they don’t have direct experience of it. I know an American chap who was amazed that his UK GP wouldn’t continue to prescribe the drug he had for a condition but switched him to cheaper alternatives, despite him saying he had tried these in the US and they weren’t effective for him.

I was prescribed a migraine preventative a couple of years ago. It’s been OOS for over 6 months now. I’m worried it might go permanently unavailable in the UK as there’s no sign of it coming back. One of the reasons I’ve read is that the NHS pay such a low price for it that it’s not worth it for manufacturers to produce it.

The alternative is inconvenient (4 x per day instead of 1), gives me heartburn and isn’t as effective. I’m seriously considering trying to get a prescription when I go to the US I’m September, $70 for 100 tablets which I’d happily pay.

I have good friends in the US and to me the system seems to have just as many problems as the NHS. Even if you have insurance ( and my friends do) it always seems a bit of a lottery as to what treatment they can get and when. Screening for cervical cancer, mammograms great. Need root canal work, insurance take 10 weeks to say no. Wait times are not as quick as you might think because treatment has to be by doctors and hospitals the insurer deals with. My friend's elderly father pays over 900 dollars a month for insurance and that will not cover any medication. Her sister is delaying retirement to over 70 as she needs to keep the medical insurance that comes with her job.

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