Monica, who blamed the patients??? I didn't.
I commented on obvious over crowding - standing room only - and the lack of resources/new hospitals to cater for the increased demand.
Yes, many people come to the country with skills needed for various occupations. Whilst you might like to think the NHS is held together because of immigration it was pretty obvious that many immigrants were, like me, needing and waiting ( for a very long time) for medical intervention.
My point is, that population increase, however boosted, calls for more loical GP surgeries and services and more hospitals...If services are straining at the seams because of usage we need our surgeries and hospitals to maybe remain open for longer and for services to be available at evenings and weekends. This will call for more doictors and nurses and ancillary staff, but it has to be the way forward.
My recent experience of waiting over 90 minutes to be seen by a doctor, even though I'd arrived in good time for my appointment, and then hanging around for over an hour for blood to be taken, wasn't pleasant. Many people looked very poorly, and they had the same waiting times.
We need more hospitals or services to be avzailable