The American physicians Thomas S. Bodenheimer and Kevin Grumbach studied the medical literature about NHS queues and summarized it this way: Primary and preventive care are not rationed, and average waiting times to see a GP are probably no longer than for similar appointments in many parts of the United States. Even some high-tech services (e.g., radiation therapy for cancer and bone marrow transplantation) are performed at the same rates as in the United States. But waiting times to see consultants for non-urgent problems may be substantial, and 38% of patients wait more than four months for
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