I think you may be suffering from some quite literal survivor bias.
Okay, I may have over-extrapolated for effect, after all some surgeries don't even have telephone queuing, you just keep getting the engaged tone and redialing until your call is finally answered at half past ten, to be told the same thing.
I don't know the exact circumstances of your case but it sounds quite likely you wouldn't have lived to tell the tale if you'd been registered with my GP.
I think you're overestimating the ease with which most people can swap surgeries, and you're definately overstating the extent to which your list of NHS hacks are a realistic prospect for most people, who by and large don't even want to bother thier doctor unless they really have to, and then when they really have to - they can't.
Okay, I may have over-extrapolated for effect, after all some surgeries don't even have telephone queuing, you just keep getting the engaged tone and redialing until your call is finally answered at half past ten, to be told the same thing.
I don't know the exact circumstances of your case but it sounds quite likely you wouldn't have lived to tell the tale if you'd been registered with my GP.
I think you're overestimating the ease with which most people can swap surgeries, and you're definately overstating the extent to which your list of NHS hacks are a realistic prospect for most people, who by and large don't even want to bother thier doctor unless they really have to, and then when they really have to - they can't.