Isn't it NICE!

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I think it's NICE that David Cameron is going to give people choice again in the NHS and in education.
He's going to ensure that people can have medical treatment where they want to.
This is great, because The Royal Bucks Hospital in Aylesbury used to have an A&E department. I choose to be treated there if I am in need in future.

Also if Dad has heart problems in future he won't be taken to High Wycombe, and then trasferred to Hounslow for the actual operation - he can choose to be treated in Stoke Mandeville hospital which is on the Aylesbury bus route - much more convenient for Mum (and me - I wasn't living here last time).

And it means that the local GP surgery will start taking appointments again. Which will really help Mum & Dad because at the moment they have to go three miles across town (I'm in a newer practice 10 mins walk away - I'll probably transfer back though). Not sure what they're going to do about the dentist that's taken over the old GP surgery though. Or maybe everyone will just cram into the small remaining section which is now a dedicated children's clinic.

AND - parents can choose where to send their children to school.
Yay! No more closure of village schools, no more parents complaining that their child has to travel 5 miles when there is a school in the next road but it's oversubscribed.
Funny, the school I'm at is over-subscribed. I wonder where we will put all the extra children next year? I seem to remember someone saying we were oversubscribed by 50%. Ooh! That's going to be a squeeze!