@vicki Said
In England aren't operations based on a waiting list. If your at the bottom might take a year to get to you.--Unless you have the money to pay for the whole thing yourself.
Yeah. The NHS is a joke these days but thats down to management and too much beurocracy, too little spent on hospitals equipment etc.
But in fairness, I'd rather wait a year than never be able to afford it, which for a lot of people would be a very real possibility.
And the dual private / state system allows those who want instant care to get it, whilst still catering for the rest of the population.