the nhs has taken a hit over the past 10 years, the pandemic and brexit. the break with the european union broke the usual pattern of hiring specialists from other countries. many decided to leave, leaving behind vacancies that no one could fill. the shortage of doctors in the public health care system has made itself felt before, but now it has acquired a completely different scale, lengthening the queues for appointments with specialists many times over. for example, i had a sheet in the department for 6 weeks waiting for the routine. patient, it’s just that for russian people the very concept of a waiting list is this thing incomprehensible, when i arrived here, the first consultant who allowed me to sit with him at his appointments proudly said that he had a waiting list of 3 months, and i decided, god, he is probably the best consultant in the world, if i’ve been waiting for him for 3 months, i couldn’t even understand what a waiting list is, but now i know that 6 weeks is routine, i can be proud of it, this was before covid, but after... the si