There are two extremes, those that go for minor, easily self treatable conditions and then at the other end of the spectrum is you!!! To say wild horses wouldn't get you to a hospital let alone a GP is, I would respectfully suggest, more about your fear than not wanting to trouble the...
How do you arrive at a split of 50/50? GDP in 2015 I believe was estimated at £2.958T. Government spending, ie on public sector was £784b ( http://www.ukpublicspending.co.uk/total )
Add in local government spending of £28.3b (...
So, which areas of the public sector are you going to throw overboard? NHS, Military, Highways, Social services, emergency services, education, regulatory bodies, HMRC. You take some arbitrary percentages and with a sweep of the pen decimate lots of peoples lives. Perhaps, the answer could be...
The problem is not with the GPs according to those in the NHS, it is the bed blocking that prevents a throughput of patients from A&E into the various wards, mainly by the elderly who, when they are able to be discharged, aren't because there is no or little provision in social care. Blaming...