Complaining about the NHS is something of a national pastime
but is more to do with the gross mismanagement of the system at times, rather than the system itself. As has been pointed out, we are taxed very heavily for the privilege of 'free at the point of access' healthcare, which then fails its users on occasions.

My own experiences with the NHS have generally been OK; I've never had to stay in hospital, so my judgement may be a bit clouded on that score.

However, there are times when I have been pissed of with the NHS. My ex mother in law for starters - a woman with a history of breast cancer, and who goes to the her GP suffering from chest pains. The GP refused to even concur that there might be a link. By the time she'd managed to convince her GP to send her for tests some six months later it was too late; the cancer having spread to her bones. She died a few months later.

So in some cases, the moaning is justified. As I said, it's not the system generally we're complaining about, it's about the way it is run, and on occasion, some of the people that staff it.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Fri 3 Oct 2008, 13:39, Reply)