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You don't have to be money focused. Maybe you just want an appointment with your dentist without waiting for over 2 months for it.

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I got a letter saying I was due an appointment, emailed them to book me in at the start of this month, my appointment is in the middle of July over four months later. And I am one of the luckier ones in that I actually have a dentist. A lot of people in the country can't even access one. This country is an absolute joke and I am also getting out.

There's plenty wrong with the UK but the pursuit of materialism and short-term I'm-alright-Jack priorities is responsible for a lot of it.

I understand what you were saying in your original comment having seen this now. Completely agree the level of selfish short term-ism is a joke.

Thanks, yes, and I agree the UK has been on a downward path for a considerable time; I don't blame anybody for trying to find somewhere they will be happier - and warmer :) - it's the materialistic worship at the centre of a lot of our problems (reflected in the values of empty salary-chasing) that bothers me.

If the services are around you are deteriorating, then by definition you need more money to access the type of services that used to exist at the level you are used to.

So I'm not sure empty salary-chasing is as empty as you make it seem. Sometimes salary chasing is just trying to keep up with inflation in order to make sure your family maintains a decent standard of living.

Unless I completely misunderstood your post, in which case disregard everything I said.

Maybe I'm spoilt, but I've been able to get a next-day dentist appointment basically forever. Usually private, because I get insurance through work though.

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