Agree on all counts. My mum had a hospital appointment postponed in January
because of 5mm of snow which melted by 9.30 am - because the doctor couldn't
get in! She is 80 and she could get to the hospital!
Still, we'll all be travelling miles to the "best" hospitals soon when
foundation hospitals get going.
Dave
"David Buttery" wrote in message
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(phil) wrote here on 27 Feb 2004:

I would guess it's all because of this American-style
'compensation culture' that has unfortunately become the norm in
the UK - if one child so much as slips on a pack of ice or sneezes
in a cilly classroom then his parents will no doubt sue the local
council for damages.

Maybe also because in days of yore far fewer people had to/chose to
go to schools miles away from their homes that could only be reached
by car? Political answer, but this is a political topic in the first
place, but some people are now so obsessed by the league tables that
they'll drive their kids miles for the sake of them.

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