Where I live, it typically takes two weeks to see a doctor and unless it’s something life threatening, the answer is usually, ‘let’s see how it is in a month...’
There’s a shocking lack of funding and desire to do the job propperly in the NHS.
Basically they are penny pinching and trying to avoid treating anything they consider non urgent...
And 1/2 of our country is clamoring for what you have, go figure.
It’s like the saying “Be careful what you wish for.”