All this stuff about the wait period is bullshit. In the states if you have no money you can wait for days and months... no money no treatment, just die already. My mother got escorted off the hospital's property in Florida by a security guard because she did not have the $100,000 that it cost to get Chemo. She went to Italy and got it for free, ironically, all of her doctors in Italy did med school in Boston, and the one in Florida was from Bangladesh.
I live in Spain now, moved here from the states, and guess what everytime I feel sick, I can go to my doctor, schedule an appointment for later on in the week. Or just go right away and wait in line, for a whole 30 minutes sometimes! (WOOOW!) And then a doctor will see you. Everytime you get sick for my work you need a doctor's note to bring the next day, this is common practice, everyone does it. So i've had to go to the doctor many times, and I never waited more than 30 minutes to see one. The same is true about anyone else who calls in sick to work, since they need a note for the next day, and get those notes, it proves that there is no absurd wait like people always claim there is in "socialized medicine"
Plus, I can get your girlfriend Valtrax here, and it's free.