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opinions on health in england

The British have an opinion on the poor health system in their country. collect opinions on something more serious like hospitals and the treatment of patients in each of them. In the wake of the many scandals that have rocked British public health, better known by its acronym NHS, a website has been launched where users of hospitals publish their comments and rate the service dispensed from 1 to 5.

No one should go there unless it’s the last hospital on earth. No matter what emergency situation you have, even if you are dying you will have to wait in line, while the nurses ignore you and chat with each other», anonymously comments an indignant patient after coming to the North Middlesex Trust in North London and getting so angry that she gets a 1 on the web rating scale. Edgware hospital has even been accused of misprescribing medicines to its patients.

In the same line of discontent with the staff, a father recounts the poor care his son received after several days in the hospital. My 16-year-old boy was in very serious condition at St Helier Hospital where he was admitted for four days during which he was changed to a bed six times. Doctors only visited him rarely. Never on Saturdays and Sundays, as patients are not supposed to get sick on weekends», he details in a sarcastic tone.