Sounds like the OP has had a tough time. I'm surprised the surgeon didn't go through the major risks - it's difficult to list every single possible potential risk or side-effect. However, even if you'd been given a leaflet of the common or serious risks/consequences would have been enough information. Hope your pain gets sorted.
The reality is, wether people like it or not when you sit down and look at the NHS, it is crap.
Compared to what? You can compare it to healthcare in third-world countries. You can compare it to first-world countries. I've found that everyone's expectations vary and this determines whether they're happy with things or not.
There are to many surgeons playing golf.
Not really. Remember that surgeons are on contracts to provide x hrs amount of work - whether it's surgery, clinics, ward rounds etc. The rest of their time is up to them. Some choose to do private work, some play golf.
The GP's are on well over £100,000 a year
That was true for about the first year of the new 2004 contract. It has been going down since. Remember that GPs are "independent contractors" and essentially the practice will get paid £x amount, the outgoings will be £y amount and anything left over is the profit which is what GPs will draw from. The majority now take around £60-70k, will get taxed on it and pay into the NHS pension scheme.
the don't want do home visits anymore.
When the NHS was set up, the idea was that you get GPs in one group to maximise their efficiency ie patients come to the surgery rather than GPs going round and visiting everyone. The expectation was that GPs would onyl ever have to make two visits for any patient, and that one of those would be to confirm death. If everyone demanded a visit, there would be no point in surgeries. It would also take longer to deal with every patient so whereas you might see 6 patients in 1 hour, you now see 2 patients in 1 hour.
All they want to do is give a prescription and get you out of the surgery.
Not really. What you find is that most patients
expect a prescription, even if all they have is a cough/cold. Granted, some GPs are going to be crap. Here's a statistic for you: 50% of all GPs will be under average!
Most places now want an appointment made before you can see a Doctor(the deterrent)
What other way would you do things? Some places have open-day access only (can't book in advance, just turn up and wait), others have pre-bookable slots. What you'll find is that whatever system the GP surgery adopts, some patients will love it and some will hate it. Can't please everyone.
No Doctors surgery on a Sunday! don't people get ill on a Sunday then!
That's because the Govt took it away. GPs were struggling with the workload and cracking. There was early retirement and lack of recruitment into General Practice. The Govt said "okay, either continue out-of-hours or lose £6000 per GP" - the GPs at the time jumped because the OOH service isn't worth £6000 worth of work. This cost was based on historic payments from the inception of the NHS and hadn't been updated since. The Govt then tries to run OOH for the equivalent of £9000 per GP and they still can't do it right. Moral? OOH care costs far more than the Govt can afford to pay.
Animals get better treatment at the Vets.
What happens when an animal is too unwell? They get put down. Humans get given loads of drugs, put into a care home and have a prolonged life. I'm not in favour of euthanasia but I can see the sense behind it and hate the fact that target-chasing means you put Mrs Dot who's 90 years old on a zillion tablets to keep her going.
You might pay National Insurance but it's not enough to cover the costs of the NHS. The Govt fudged everyone over and promised you a Rolls-Royce service at the cost of a Ford Fiesta.
