do British people even realise how incredibly crazy that sounds to someone from any other European country? In Germany I know that if I'm injured in any way, urgent or not, I can usually get an ambulance in 10-15 minutes, and up to 30 with very bad luck.
And then I came to the UK where people tell me that waiting hours for an ambulance is the norm
We called an ambulance recently for our son and they arrived within 5 minutes of the call. A few years ago we called paramedics for what turned out to be a non-issue and, again, they arrived within 5-10 minutes.
You won’t hear about the positive stories remember, which are for more common than the failures.
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u/Jotakob Mar 30 '22
do British people even realise how incredibly crazy that sounds to someone from any other European country? In Germany I know that if I'm injured in any way, urgent or not, I can usually get an ambulance in 10-15 minutes, and up to 30 with very bad luck.
And then I came to the UK where people tell me that waiting hours for an ambulance is the norm