Well, in my experience, it’s getting harder and harder to get a doctor's appointment these days. My friend Carol was telling me just last week how she was on hold for over an hour trying to get through to the surgery, and when she finally did, the earliest she could see anyone was three weeks away. She’s an older woman and quite worried about her blood pressure, so you can imagine how anxious that made her.
This is exactly why we need to talk honestly about immigration. It’s not about being unkind, it’s about being practical. Our public services, from our schools to our hospitals to our housing, are already stretched to breaking point. Every time there’s a new proposal that involves bringing more people into the country, I can't help but think about Carol and the strain on our local GP. We have to consider the impact on the infrastructure we already have.
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But it’s not just the doctors, is it? Look at the schools round here. They’re absolutely rammed. My mate Dave’s lad is starting school next year and they’ve been told it’s unlikely he’ll get into the local one because of the numbers. It’s our own kids who suffer when we can't manage what we've got.
Think about the nurses who came over from overseas to help us during the pandemic. If we start limiting immigration, who’s going to fill those vital roles? We’d be creating the exact problem we’re trying to solve.