Compared to the 240 million times people walk through the doors of an NHS facility. Plus those who go straight to private doctors. Admittedly, I've contributed about twenty visits myself this year, and I'm supposed to visit a private hospital as an NHS referral patient twice, three times a week for the next six weeks. So...

I know that feeling

I imagine my reasons are far less serious than yours.

open wound for 7 years had a period of getting private healthcare through the NHS and at the doctors 3 times a week to attach a machine to me for 7 months, 3 op's soon to be a 4th. Fun fun fun, if I was American I would be on the streets by now along with my family

Open wound? You wouldn't happen to have had an especially nasty pilonidal sinus, would you? That's what I've been afflicted with.

yup on my lower back (Top of bum)

How's yours required four operations? Admittedly, this is probably the third year I've been left with mine, I just never bothered to go look into surgical treatment when the antibiotics course failed.

I had surgery in year 1, then the year after another surgery then they said it will heal on it's own in the 3rd year, so I got discharged, left it for 2 years and it hadn't healed so went back to my GP to try and get it sorted, got refereed to a local private hospital and got treated for a fistula. I then had VAC treatment for 7 months to try and heal it and nothing, last year I got to see a plastic surgeon and now im on the list for plastic surgery to try and close the wound. It's the last chance I have for this to heal. Apparently doctors don't like Pidonial sinus's because they don't heal often so it looks bad on their records. (Private consultant said that)

None of my doctors or consultant said that. Just that it was a really annoying area. Probably why the dressings never stay in place and come off at the top. Need bigger dressings.

I had that problem I use Biatain adhesive they work pretty well unless they get stuck to your underwear, it's annoying when that happens

Dude, it's like £30 for five patches xD It is an issue though, because when the adhesive lets go along the top, I'm pretty sure fluff and crap from the hem of my boxers gets stuck in the sutures.