<< But surely if we presented ourselves at hospital with a real emergency we would get treatment the same day too i.e. after a car accident or something similar?>>
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[/size]Yes we would (unless we are 80 with a fractured neck of femur). On the programme, it was a great dane with a breast tumour, and a rat with a subcutaneous tumour, so urgent but not what would be classified as an emergency for a person.[/color]
[/size]I think for people there is often a set run-up to elective surgery, for tests, preop chemo etc. Emergencies often cause planned operations to be delayed while they are dealt with. [/color]
[/size]In the private sector you can get an op in a few days (but then they don't provide A&E services). I think it's a vastly underfunded NHS which is causing this anomaly.[/color]
[/size]Having said that, I spent my working life in the NHS and since I have needed care I have been very well looked after. But there are so many horror stories of lack of care. I think it's good that animals are treated so quickly, I just wish people could be too.[/color]