I have to admit I found her post about the NHS triggering, my uncle has just died after waiting 11 months for a scan for suspected gallstones - nope, it was pancreatic cancer, died two weeks after the scan. So that's great that they saw to her kid so quickly (they don't mess about with babies and little kids), but things in general have gone downhill so much.
A few weeks ago a colleague's elderly mum waited 22 hours in A&E after having an episode relating to her diabetes as she was triaged and assessed as being non urgent, but too sick to go home.
I was just offered a GP's appointment for two weeks time so have gone through Bupa, feeling extremely privileged to be able to do so but hate that there is now a two tier system here.
Caroline in a nutshell: