Sorry to detract from the serious points raised by the other comments, but 'clever medical stuff' and 'even cleverer medical stuff' had me giggling for quite some time at work, which I totally needed, so thanks for that. The few times I've had to go to a+e, I have either not had to wait at all, it was in Britain's tiniest* a+e with 1 doc, 2 nurses and 1 patient; me. Or only wait a couple of hours, 1am in Aberdeen, so as a patient top marks from me, as however these are the only 2 times I've visited a+e I'm not qualified to judge. I think even the worlds best heath services probably need more nurses/beds/money and will continue to do so as we live longer and get all these illnesses the human body was never meant to survive long enough to get. *possibly I have made this up