Whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa. I never had a go at the NHS, it is a great thing, and I am proud of it. The staff work bloody hard and all that, but I still bet Hugunot's experience in Singapore was less unpleasant! I have said on a totally unrelated thread about education, that as far as I'm concerned, the NHS, the Education system, and the social care sector are all up against it because of the P.I's set by the government, and that due to the pressure to meet these, the patient / pupil / client basically gets a bit of a bum deal. I do know a thing or 2 about this. So please all you NHS people, don't think I'm having a go at you, I know how hard you all work, and you all deseve medals and pay rises and all that, but that still doesn't make the NHS anywhere near as good as it should be. With regards to the urgent care bit, I'm sure things have changed, but I will never forget being left sellotaped to a table with a fractured skull bleeding everywhere for f**king ages, and finally being seen to at 3am, having come in at midday the day before. Good old Chelsea.