由于NHS短缺,英国人开着1 000多英里的车前往苏格兰进行牙科检查。
Englishman drives over 1,000 miles to Scotland for dental check-up due to NHS shortages.
一名来自英格兰康沃尔的男子开车1 000多英里,前往苏格兰格拉斯哥(Glasgow)进行基本的牙科检查,原因是他家附近没有国家医疗服务系统牙医预约。
A man from Cornwall, England, drove over 1,000 miles to Glasgow, Scotland, for a basic dental check-up due to the lack of available NHS dentist appointments near his home.
Mark Formosa, 48岁,在康沃尔或英格兰其他地方找不到NHS牙医,这突出表明英格兰严重缺乏NHS规定的牙科服务。
Mark Formosa, 48, couldn't find an NHS dentist in Cornwall or elsewhere in England, highlighting the severe shortage of dental services under NHS in England.
他赞扬苏格兰的牙科实践,并建议英格兰在提供牙科护理方面应效仿苏格兰的带头做法。
He praised the Scottish dental practice and suggested England should follow Scotland's lead in providing dental care.