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'Fantasy' of the 48-hour wait to see a GP

The UK is held up by the Social(ist) Democrats as one of the examples of progressive European healthcare that we should emulate. Based on this, pray that this never happens!

Ministers have been accused of living in "a fantasy world" after new evidence contradicted Government claims that almost everyone can see a GP within 48 hours. A YouGov poll for The Daily Telegraph suggests that almost half of patients cannot get an appointment to see a family doctor within two days, despite the fact that this is supposed to be a key Government achievement.

Note: the GOAL is to get into a doc within 48 hours - seems to the Chief to be a rather non-ambitious goal - but apparently beyond the UK National Health Service's capability.

The waiting time results are particularly embarrassing because Lord Warner, a health minister, issued a news release in May saying that "almost everyone in England can now see a GP within 48 hours". He put the figure at 99.98 per cent. YouGov found that only 44 per cent of respondents said they were able to see a GP within that target.

These survey results are at variance with "official" surveys, but not to fear, there is a reason for the difference:

The official figures are compiled by primary care trusts and Mr Lansley said that some trusts were alerting surgeries when surveys were going to be carried out, so that doctors could make sure that backlogs were cleared.

There's more in the article. This is tantamount to the proposed Hillarycare that (justly) was shot down in flames, may it always be so!

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