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Minor thread dredge. I suspect this thread will become more active over the next few years as the NHS starts to struggle more.
I'm in the process of freecycling some of my late mother-in-law's posessions. Met up with a chap who wanted her wheelchair for his mother who recently lost the ability to walk.
Apparently there is a 9 month wait for NHS wheelchairs in the NHS Trust where he lives. Having worked the the NHS in PCTs and acute hospitals for over ten years I like to think i'm a little bit less easily shocked by tales of things going wrong, but for some reason this anecdote really caught me.
Imagine losing the ability to walk and being told that it'd be 9 months before you get a wheelchair so you can leave the house? Imagine not having the cash to be able to buy one and just hoping that one comes up on freecycle. Really sad times.