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"Also the quality is also quite poor"

If the quality of care is so poor presumably voters here in the UK would be falling over ourselves to get rid of the NHS and replace it with a more efficient and cheaper private system?

The NHS is far from perfect, but in my experience (and I have private health insurane through my employer - which I personally have never used, although my son has) is that the standard of care generally in the NHS is very high - my son was born in an NHS hospital, my wife has been treated for life threatening injuries more than once (e.g. climbing accident) and the standard of care and the attitude of the doctors and nurses was great.

Private health care in the UK is mostly about getting access to non-vital procedures more quickly than others (my son had his tonsils removed) and getting a nicer room.