Just checked: my YT account is old enough to be starting its first year of uni. Guess I don’t have to worry about accessing adult content, but ye gods I’m auld…

The fastest and most effective way is to spend some time in a country where English is the main language. If you can’t do that, the next best way is to make friends with native English speakers in your own country. The third best way is using apps such as HelloTalk or Tandem, which enable you to talk to people whose mother tongue is English. If they are learning your mother tongue, it’s even better because you have a fair exchange of effort

UK and Australia I’m originally from the UK but lived in Aus for 20 years. I returned to the UK a year ago due to my Mom getting a terminal diagnosis.

In the UK I’ve had two GPs this year due to moving around. First GP you’d request appointments via an online form that was available for about an hour at the start of every day and they’d send you a date and time once they’d triaged all the requests. Usually got in within a day or two. Second GP requires a call, and you can book an appointment provided it’s not a busy day, again usually 2-3 days depending on how busy they are. Both GPs were via the NHS, so no upfront cost, just a small amount taken from your pay each month.

In Aus, my GP was free at the point of delivery. It was pretty easy to get appointments and if you really wanted to see him, you could just turn up and wait until he could fit you in. Sometimes a 2 hour wait, but you could put your name down and return in 2 hours. I’m planning to change GP when I get back so will probably end up finding one where you pay an additional fee. There’s almost no doctors where you don’t pay extra any more.