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  The National Health Service has become a bit like 'mom and apple pie' in the USA i.e. anyone who has any criticism against is the anti-christ.
  
  I have always been lead to believe (and I'm not sure from where) that we spend half the amount per capita as in the USA for a better healthy scheme.
  
  As part of the (reasonably articulate) middle class I have never had a problem accessing decent health care.
  
  My youngest daughter however,having appendicitis and going to St Georges Tooting found it like third world provision.
  
  I well remember taking an RYA course on First Aid run by a notable surgeon.
  
  The scenario is 'you are half way between the Isle of White and Cherbourg and one of you crew appears to have a heart attack. What would you do?'
  
  After giving the usual responses we were told that the correct answer was 'keep heading south in the hope of decent medical treatment'........

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