Whenever I’m asked by morons whether I’m going to ‘clap for our NHS’, I say ‘no I am not’ and tell them exactly why I will never applaud what is one of the worst healthcare systems in the Western world. I also refer said morons to stories like this recent one in the Daily Mail.

The Daily Mail said:

A cancer stricken grandfather who collapsed with a suspected broken leg was forced to lie in the doorway of his home for three hours waiting for an ambulance.

David Kilgallon, 71, collapsed at the back door of his home in Batley, West Yorkshire, during heavy rain at around 5pm on Wednesday.

His wife rang 999 but it wasn’t until 8pm that paramedics from Yorkshire Ambulance Service arrived.

After another hour of assessments and treatment, he was finally taken to Leeds General Infirmary at 9pm.

Mr Kilgallon’s son, Martin, said he was fuming after his frail father was left lying on the ground for hours when he needed urgent help.

The pensioner has been weakened by chemotherapy and is thought to have fractured a bone while struggling through the back door.

He collapsed across his doorway with the lower of half of his body left out on his garden path.

Martin, a businessman and father-of-five from Mirfield, said he was now submitting a formal complaint.

Clap for the pile of unmitigated shit that is the NHS? Not bloody likely.