It's well documented how the UK's health service is a total shambles at the moment. The NHS (National Health Service) has been eroded so much that to get a doctor's appointment, if you're not waiting in a telephone queue of fifty people on the day you're not going to get seen, you'd better try again tomorrow.
Before the pandemic, a survey by YouGov in 2016 reported that over half of adults in the UK self-diagnosed themselves when unwell rather than visiting a medical professional. Virtual healthcare rose in popularity during and post covid, with 1.7 million people in the UK estimated to have self-reported long COVID.
