On the social healthcare discussion. For me, one of the best things about leaving the UK is that I no longer have to deal with the mess that is the NHS.
Feeling ill? You best make sure it starts early in the morning, so that you can book your appointment by 8am. If you phone later than 8am, no appointment for you, try again tomorrow.
Got that appointment? Great, now you will get to spend 5 minutes with a GP where he will punch some numbers into his software which will tell him what's wrong with you. Something serious? Can't do anything without first seeing a specialist. Need to make an appointment.
Oh, three months waiting for that specialist, that's cool. Finally get to the appointment date, you show up on time, but still have to wait several hours, anyway. Specialist forwards you to another specialist.
Finally, after several months of bouncing around specialists, you're sent to your local hospital for surgery. You have to wait for a bed. Local hospital doesn't have the facilities to treat this particular disease? Need to travel up to the city, and wait even longer for a bed there.
Don't think you'll be treated with dignity, either, especially if the patient is older. Those who complain the least (ie, the most frail), get ignored. My granddad spent hours laying in his own filth.
I've been misdiagnosed twice, my dad was sent from one hospital to another via taxi when he showed up in A&E, my cousin died at the age of 16 due to misdiagnosis, and a family friend died of Pancreatic cancer while waiting for a bed up in London, because our local hospital did not have the means to handle it.
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Also, do not trust those who claim that NHS is a good idea from a financial perspective. The cost of the NHS has been growing at a faster rate than GDP for decades (which, obviously, includes NHS spending as a major component).
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