UK, Ireland /
Polish people are happy with the UK health care system [27]
i think all the gp's ive seen were ok and i was always helped when i needed it, in emergency or not. i've been going to the doctors more often in UK than i used to in Poland, because even if i don't really have a health issue and just wanna talk to the doctor about something they will not make me feel like i wasted their time
and this, my friends, is the reason why the British health service cant cope. I was home for 3 weeks recently and I have a recurring muscle problem in my leg so i went to my GP to get some medication and lo and behold in the reception were 3 polish families all waiting to see the doc. I got talking to them and asked what was wrong, one told me her son had a freckle inbetween his toes, the second told me her 10 yr old son had a bad cough and the third said he son told her that he has a bad head. These kids were all playing happily in the play area.
All the brits I know dont tend to go to the docs if it is a minor ailment, whe we were little my brother and I were given lemsip (for kids) and calpol. We were never rushed to the doctors surgery.