Quote Originally Posted by ramAnag View Post
Hmmm…so you’d agree with GP’s seemingly sensible suggestion that, in his recent experience, about 10% of patients are likely to be immigrants, but support your friend’s description of the NHS as a service for immigrants? How can that make sense?

As regards frustrations with the quality of spoken English. Surely it is a prerequisite of any doctor to be able to communicate effectively. If a doctor’s English is genuinely so bad that they can’t be understood then I for one can’t understand how anyone would call you racist for politely pointing that out and seeking clarification.
As you appear to be asking a face value question, the face value response is it makes sense because it?s not about raw percentages, it?s the inertia in the system caused by language and cultural differences (on both the professional and patient sides) and an ?inclination? to play the system. My guess (based on much more flaky knowledge) is that language and culture impact on education as well, isn?t there a school in Derby where English is one of 27 languages spoken?