It's ridiculous. "Orwellian"? Come on. Although personally I think the NHS is shit in some aspects, especially when it comes to psychotherapy. You have to be on the verge of suicide before you will get within sniffing distance of an appointment. Not to mention the staff are terribly underpaid and hospitals are in a bad state. The again, it DOES provide free health care so tht does sort of partially cancel out the negatives.