Question for those who have national health care

[rolanni]

I have been told that in nations with socialized medicine (my correspondent uses the UK as their example) a person who has broken their hip will wait an average of three months for treatment.

Can anyone tell me if this is so?

Thanks.

Comments

Australia national health

[(Anonymous)]

While on vacation in 2006 local tv in Sydney talked about people needing radiation treatment for cancer often end up on the waiting list so long that their staus changes to radiation to control pain in hospice.