No 1 sales item in the UK equivalent to 7-11 convenience stores is a "do-it-yourself" dental kit.
Contains small mirror, pliers, glue, antibiotics, pain reliever and instructions.
The Spanish have a word for the English
The tall blue eyed sun burnt people with bad teeth.
“People are amazed when an American tells them we still have fast access to our primary care physicians. In the U.K., one must often wait weeks for an appointment..”
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Where do they get this garbage? I’m an expat DO who is working on a large, ongoing NHS/NICE clinical trial involving aftercare for cardiac patients.
Anyway, it seems Cal has confused “weeks” to see a primary care physician with “hours.” If you call the NHS surgery you’re registered with between 8 to 8:30am you can see a physician that day, often that morning.
If you need treatment for something minor and common you can usually get your ‘script from a nurse practitioner and have your drugs in hand as fast as you can walk to the pharmacy and pay your £7.50
Seems Cal, like alot of people, just uncritically repeats Daily Mail headlines.
“No 1 sales item in the UK equivalent to 7-11 convenience stores is a “do-it-yourself” dental kit”
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Nonsense. There are several 7-11 equiv’s in my area: One Stop, Nisa, Londis, & Tesco Express. I’ve been shopping ‘em for 3 1/2 years now and have never seen such a thing for sale, ever, anywhere.
The NHS certainly has its faults, but saying things that are instantly recognisable as blatant lies to anyone with experience with the system here isn’t going to do much for your credibility.
Some Englishmen wind up having to take the entire dental experience into their own hands. Case in point (skip to 13:30 for the most relevant part).