Our new multi-million pound GP surgery in Broadway, Worcestershire, might be a marvellous new facility - as long as you don't want to see a GP. Getting a face-to-face appointment is impossible.
As a result, I wrote a review on the NHS website about the New Barn Close Surgery:
If you want to see a doctor, go elsewhere. If you are thinking of being ill, go elsewhere. If you want to see a nice new building but no GPs, this is the place for you.
In case anyone might think reviews on a website run by the NHS might somehow be uncensored, I received the following email this morning:
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Review reference number: 1190242