We joined a doctors practice today up at Ocean Keys, and we must say a big thank you to the staff there, very friendly and very helpful
And the O/H only as to wait until tuesday to see the doctor, which we thought was very good considering we only joined today, not an emergancy or anything just got his didgeridoo stuck

Seriously, very nice people.

Good stuff, but haven't you realised that only negative stuff about Australia's inferior medical system (compared to the world-beating NHS) is allowed on BE?

Yes, but we have that hurdle to jump tuesday, so back on track with the conforming to the ways of bad press

My GP surgery has been fantastic with myself and my husband, and I believe I have had far better and superior care than I ever had in the 10 years I lived in London with my GP there.

So thumbs up from me as well.

stuck where

Yup, we think service is much better here BUT capability/technology call it what you will is behind, well behind.

So that's where its stuck

The medical system must be good for Australians to be 5th in the world for life expectancy.
(Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...ife_expectancy)

And yet, Aboriginals in Australia have a much lower life expectancy - somewhere close to 20 years less than those figures.

Yes, thank you, I'm sure you're just trying to help, but I don't think the OP is Aboriginal and I'm not sure this is relevant to the average capability/technology question but instead it has other complex reasons that might be worth a whole thread. I believe they announced it is closer to 10 years now btw which is some good news.

I made the comment to pad out yours - the relevance of mine is directly based on the relevance of yours.

My life expectancy comment was directly in reference to the thread talk about the difference in general capability/technology in oz compared to the nhs - life expectancy is one of the few verifiable unbiased measurables we have when judging a health system in general. It would seem to trivialise such a complex issue as aboriginal life expectancy to discuss it in this thread but I'm sure that wasn't your intention. It certainly would make a good thread on its own though.