I went to my Doctor's at 12 noon on Monday, and from some test results, said I needed to see a specialist, so I thought that's Ok it will take around a month for the appointment to come through.

I received a phone call from the Hospital on Wednesday, saying they had an appointment for me this Friday at 10am.

I think even going private in the UK you would wait a lot longer than that.

I know prescription charges are/have gone up, but the national health service here is hard to beat.