The reason I ask, is I am currently stuck at a HORRIBLE clinic but it's the only one in my catchment area. I would love to get the hell out of this clinic, but I have been told I am screwed and that's the only clinic I can go to. So it looks like I need to either 1.) move or 2.) fake papers to say that I am in a different postal code so I can register somewhere else. So far my experience with NHS has been crap and it's a horrible system, but that's probably 90% due to the fact that I am stuck to this horrible clinic with poor customer service and doctors. But hey, it's the NHS system that is tying me to this practice, so I think responsibility should sit with NHS. I have been on the Japanese socialist medical system for the past 8 years and while it's not fantastic, I can literally WALK IN to ANY practice anywhere within Japan and get seen by a GP and get medicine the same day. So why is the UK system such rubbish?
You have only been here like, a month, and you've already made these judgements? Based on the fact that you've not been able to get your baby registered/seen? Maybe you aren't asking the right questions, or making it crystal clear what the situation is... I don't know. But I have been dealing with the NHS for 27 years (no kids, granted), and I have never had a problem, so to my mind it seems like it can't ALL be the NHS's fault and maybe you're just not going about it the right way?
Hope you can work it all out quickly, whatever the issue is...
