I always vote and always have. I owe it to the sacrifices of previous generations to uphold democracy so I would feel I was letting them down if I didn’t exercise my democratic right.

As for doctors, here in Gloucestershire you can wait up to a fortnight for an appointment though there is a triage system for very urgent cases. I can’t get an NHS dentist though, and we’ve had to join a waiting list just to get into the local private practice. In Cumbria we were on a list and got an NHS dentist after about two months. Great dentists in Wigton. Our last GP surgery had a call-back system for appointments and if they felt they needed to see me I was often asked “can you be here in half an hour”. If I said it wasn’t that urgent it would be about 5 days. God bless Cumbria.