The only thing *universal* about this health care is the “lack of patient care in favor of bureaucracy.”:http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;sessionid=SAGT1GKG3G0Y3QFIQMGSM5WAVCBQWJVC?xml=/news/2005/03/04/nhs04.xml&sSheet=/portal/2005/03/04/ixportaltop.html
But hey, they’ll try and fix her broken shoulder in late March. Maybe.
I especially liked this bit:
bq. *_But his (Health Sec. John Reid – ed) call for patients to write to him about their treatment backfired when Mrs Dixon disclosed that her Euro MP had written to Mr Reid about her case five weeks ago and had received no reply._*
Typical bureaucrat – only feels the need to be responsive when his butt is on the line.