They were recently ecstatic over some new agreement that would supposedly guarantee your ability to see a specialist in no more than 18 weeks. Yes, an 18 week wait is heralded as a great improvement.
I also recently read an article about the number of elderly lying in hospital beds malnourished (because they need feeding assistance) and in their own waste. Even a 22 year old died of dehydration in a NHS hospital due to lack of attention from nursing staff. The guy apparently even phoned the police from his hospital room begging for something to drink. But they're convinced in America there's a crisis of people dying in gutters because they don't have insurance.
