Exactly totally agree with you on that and who changed GP contracts for the worse of the general public? Tony Blair and Labour.
I was a Paramedic for 40 years retired in 2018. Average waiting time pre Covid anything up to 3 hours before hand over. When I first started call delays before allocation were up to 1 hour in early 80s. And I’ve worked I worked in London and 5 county services. NHS. Is a shadow of its former self. Mainly I believe because of Trust status.