Quote Originally Posted by Andy_Faber View Post
A private practise would have seen GP PDQ but of course it’s in their commercial interest to do so
Which is part of the problem imo. For whatever reason, and Swale has touched on them, we have a situation where commercial interest now takes priority over compassion/health interests even where medical/dental matters are concerned.

It’s been happening for a while. About a decade ago I was unfortunate enough to need root canal while on holiday in southern Spain. I was seen within the hour, treated at an excellent German/Spanish practice and charged around €350 for the two necessary visits. About a year earlier I’d needed the same procedure (on a different tooth!) which I had done in Mickleover…the charge was the wrong side of £450. ‘Rip off Britain’ or just a loss of the values of decency and compassion that health providers should be synonymous with and a sign of the times?