In article , OzOne wrote:

On Wed, 10 May 2006 03:58:39 +0100, Peter Wiley
scribbled thusly:

Hmmm. I guess you've spent no time in a public hospital recently.
Waiting times in Casualty in Australia, some people *have* died and the
delay times are generally sufficient for people to have a 3 course
dinner let alone a coffee break.

Can be fixed by education.
GPs offices are empty while cas waiting rooms are full, mostly with
people who have flu or a headache, or a kid with a temperature.

Won't argue with that. Lotta cas stuff *is* trivial, could be dealt
with by a GP. Dunno about fixing it, tho. Only thing I can see working
is to charge for the use of the service to discourage trivial
complaints. That's a can of worms and I can see a lot of ways it could
backfire badly. Education - no.

PDW