"Waiting Times"

First of all I would like to say I have the utmost respect and cannot speak highly enough of the NHS.

Unfortunately I have a common condition , everyone has a bad back especially when you have lived your threescore years and ten  so I understand that there is a long waiting list.

It is just very frustrating that the appointment service cannot give you any idea when you will reach the top.

I have been offered a hospital in Salisbury rather than wait any longer but that really would be really hard to manage, 150 miles away

I would be devestated if I accepted Salisbury, which means my son and daughter taking time off work to take me there and help my husband who has  had a stroke, and then found out that I was only a week or two away from my name getting to the top of the list locally.