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Given Monday nights experience of spending a total of 16 hours in urgent care/A&E etc. to get my Autistic son looked at while he was in a huge amount of pain I’d say the country was definetly going to the dogs.
Police were in A&E 5 times with various idiots in handcuffs, all were seen and treated straight away while elderly, and obviously very unwell, people sat for over 12 hours to finally self-discharge as they were simply too worn out to sit any longer š
My GP surgery has now changed to a 24/48hr first contact system, someone will ring you back to arrange an appointment which will be in 2 to 4 weeks time!
Please excuse spelling/typos. Apart from being a clot it turns out I had one on my cerebellum that's now causing various problems!
Phaedra few month back Mrs aj caught her back of her hand on the edge of the door mid turn of loading up her works laptopā¦
Came up like a balloon, of to A& E, yes packed, few hand cuffs, however we were called in to xray, given results, and in a sling, with prescription within an hour..
However we did hear some complaints of waiting times, guess it wasnāt busy in the department we needed..
Some people were showing understandable frustration.
I find open large spaces and views ease my mind, some great views to be had in the UK, some from the comfort of the car too..
Given Monday nights experience of spending a total of 16 hours in urgent care/A&E etc. to get my Autistic son looked at while he was in a huge amount of pain Iād say the country was definetly going to the dogs. Police were in A&E 5 times with various idiots in handcuffs, all were seen and treated straight away while elderly, and obviously very unwell, people sat for over 12 hours to finally self-discharge as they were simply too worn out to sit any longer š My GP surgery has now changed to a 24/48hr first contact system, someone will ring you back to arrange an appointment which will be in 2 to 4 weeks time!
We struggle to make an appointment 6 to 8 weeks if you are lucky with the online appointment system, it was bad before Covid it is abysmal now. Once you get an appointment the GP is less than interested.
Unfortunately I have suffered a brain injury and occasionally I get confused and often say the wrong thing.
Kezo many might agree and in certain circles I defo would, but are there anythingās you do enjoy about living in the UK in 2025..
Bad stuff: The broken NHS. Advice: don’t get sick. If you do, try to avoid going to A&E (at least in Worthing). Because whatever condition you rfeport with, they’ll kill you with something else.
Good stuff: Electoral system and independent judges. Almost impossible to get a Trump-like PM, there again, Der Fuhrer Nigel would love it and, if he got in, our constitution has the “orders in council” procedure which can be used in a dictatorial manner just like the Orange One’s proclamations.
Chinese and Indian takeaways ? š
Please excuse spelling/typos. Apart from being a clot it turns out I had one on my cerebellum that's now causing various problems!
@Phaedra Only just stumbled across this, but have to respond re your comment about A&E and the Police. One of my daughters is a response Police Officer. She can spend virtually an entire shift with a prisoner waiting for them to be checked in A&E (if an airbag has been deployed they have to have them checked over before taking them to custody – daft I know). Substantial delays with a drink driver at A&E can mean that someone who has caused an accident and been arrested at the scene may well blow just under the limit by the time that they eventually provide the evidential breath sample at the custody suite many hours later. Ā Iām sure that she (and her colleagues) would love to be given some priority so that they can get on with Policing, which the great British public want them to do, but they are woefully under resourced and officers are leaving in droves as the pressure is immense. Having them waiting with someone in A&E for a shift is not what anyone wants them to do but in our local hospitals they wait along with everyone else.
Having re-read it I think I should have said “triaged” rather than “treated”
They were all seen in the triage room withing minutes of arriving while the rest of us waited up to 2-3Hrs. Wwhere they went after that I don’t know, they weren’t sat in the A&E waiting room with the rest of us.
I have no problem with the police (apart from my counties appaling firearms department’s performance and lack of knowledge/training).Ā Frontline policing nowadays is a horrible job and I know several ex-officers who couldn’t put up with the wprking conditions and lack of support any longer.
Please excuse spelling/typos. Apart from being a clot it turns out I had one on my cerebellum that's now causing various problems!
Thanks for the insight to the A&E waiting room Glos Guy, must admit anytime Iāve had to go thereās always cuffs in there, last time two plain clothed police which I found strange, possible firearms also, canāt quite remember..
Having re-read it I think I should have said ātriagedā rather than ātreatedā They were all seen in the triage room withing minutes of arriving while the rest of us waited up to 2-3Hrs. Wwhere they went after that I donāt know, they werenāt sat in the A&E waiting room with the rest of us. I have no problem with the police (apart from my counties appaling firearms departmentās performance and lack of knowledge/training). Frontline policing nowadays is a horrible job and I know several ex-officers who couldnāt put up with the wprking conditions and lack of support any longer.
Thanks for the clarity. If the officers have a ātroublesome customerā they are sometimes moved to a side room whilst waiting to be seen, so as not to cause unnecessary worry or risk to members of the public. Whilst those with serious injuries should obviously be given priority (which the triage facility ensures), I personally think that the Police should be given the next priority in A&E so that they can get on with processing the person in custody and move on to another 999 call, especially when a lot of members of the public in A&E shouldnāt be there, but have turned up out of frustration at not being able to get a GP appointment. However, in our policing area they get no priority whatsoever and can waste an entire shift waiting in A&E.
My daughter has had situations where she has arrested a drink driver as her first job on shift, gone to A&E as the airbag was deployed, and waited there so long that sheās had to hand over to other officers at the end of a 10 hour shift as they are still waiting to be seen. Meanwhile, there are incidents elsewhere that require a Police response that cannot be dealt with due to lack of available officers. This is just one of many examples of broken Britain.
As this moves us on to what itās like living in Britain in 2025, Iād add to that issue;
A broken health service – no shortage of cash thrown at it (in fact Iād say too much) and it encourages inefficiency. A reluctance to change. Too many GPs working part time (IMO the biggest reason why we struggle to get appointments).
Out of control immigration – Starmer said he would fix it and a year in to his premiership itās got worse and grown to record levels. The rapid growth in our population in recent years has probably been the biggest contributor to broken Britain, as itās put an unsustainable demand on our health service, welfare system and criminal justice system. The biggest worry is that we will never recover from this and it will adversely affect many generations to come.
Crumbling infrastructure – the degradation of our roads and pothole issue is well documented, but have you noticed all the weeds growing against all the kerbs everywhere? They arenāt sprayed anymore. Years ago, when I went abroad and saw these things, and how scruffy some places looked, it made me feel grateful to live in a country where we cared about such things. Now we donāt. Our village was starting to look so bad that I have taken to spraying the weeds against the kerbs along our whole road, and we now have the only tidy looking road in the village!
Broken Political system – For a democracy to function well you need an effective government and a robust opposition. Sadly, we have neither.
I could go on, but Iām depressing myself writing this, so Iāll end with a positive š. The one thing that I really like about living in Britain is the weather! Yes, seriously! I couldnāt live in a country that was always hot or had weather extremes. Our summers are usually bearable. Our winters arenāt problematic, as snowfall is rare and short lived. I like our climate and Iāve never visited another country where Iāve thought āIād rather live hereā!
Some great points expressed thereā¦
I couldnāt live in a mainly hot temperature Ā Country, tbh I couldnāt handle it..
I noticed litter building along the hedgerow near our entrance, it soon became obvious it would be down to me to remove it..
Therefore I joined a scheme where by, Iām given the equipment free of charge, and insured, basically do the local Council job myself..
Then place the pink provided plastic bags of litter along the way near the litter Council bin and they take it from there..
Must say canāt do to much but Iād love to go right along, one positive thing here, 3 others have since joined the scheme now after pulling over asking info of and generally being nosey and words of Thanksā¦
One older guy got a pull along cart which seems to help him, but defo a nicer view now..
Going back in years I used to part time Taxi drive for extra earningsā¦
On occasions prison accounts (fare funded by the authorities) would come on screen to A&E..
What a pain in the @r$Ā£ they wereā¦
Up the drive press buzzer, driver number, account number, massive security doors, hand over belongings, phones, satnav, etc inspection of mirrors under car, general check for I guess explosives, wait for officers and inmate retrieve belongings then off to A&E..
Once I recognised an inmate but was soon asked not to communicate at all, as I could give info what could be unknown to the inmate..
Guess it takes pressure off the Ambulance service..
I have the advantage of living in Cornwall, we’re never more than 30 minutes from water and that keeps the temperatures a moderate version of what everyone else gets, while you’re cooking in 30+ heat it’s barely above 25 down here and when you get snowed in, it’s a bit nippy.
The downsides are there’s no jobs, all business are small to medium with a very few exceptions and unless you work in care, retail or production lines,Ā there’s not much going on in any large scale.Ā Upsides are if you want views, you have to be very unlucky not to get a great one from somewhere in your house.
Services are stretched in Winter and just about holding on when our population doubles (nearly trebles) in summer.
I'm Autistic, if I say something you find offensive, please let me know, I can guarantee it was unintentional.
I'll try to give my honest opinion but am always open to learning.Mark
Must admit itās a struggle with the good things, however simple yet satisfying š«¤
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