*Ouch*. The NHS is a long way from perfect, but it's a hell of a lot better than the alternatives.
And the thing is, it took a really short space of time for doctors to change their minds (in the UK) about the NHS. Most doctors, most medical organisations were not proNHS at the start of it, whereas now they are, by a significant majority, pro-NHS, anti-privatisation.
I'm still bitter over Thatcher hacking away at it. My uncle (the severely schizophrenic one) lost his place at a good facility when it was closed, and was in and out of short term for close to twenty years because of hospital closing.
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Date: 2005-04-28 02:10 am (UTC)And the thing is, it took a really short space of time for doctors to change their minds (in the UK) about the NHS. Most doctors, most medical organisations were not proNHS at the start of it, whereas now they are, by a significant majority, pro-NHS, anti-privatisation.
I'm still bitter over Thatcher hacking away at it. My uncle (the severely schizophrenic one) lost his place at a good facility when it was closed, and was in and out of short term for close to twenty years because of hospital closing.