Any 6 year old looking at the statistics of how much the NHS is paying for paracetamol and other stupid nonsense that you can buy huge packs of for like 20p shouldn't have much trouble understanding why those rules are exist. Any other country in the world you'd be shot in the face for even asking.
As for refused referrals - maybe actually need one and you'll get one? 99.9999999% of things that happen medically on the NHS are because that's the right thing medically, excepting negligence, which again, happens all over the world. Only difference is in the UK you actually see the numbers. "devastating ignorance even among senior consultants" - my lord.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
