However, serious backlog exists and it may take several weeks. Good care widely available. Supplemental medical insurance with specific overseas coverage has proved useful. If admitted to hospital, you will have to pay. Incidents of violent crime minimal.
Thieves sometimes target unattended cars at tourist sites.
Visitors, not expected to produce passports for police checks or other purposes, should store in hotels etc. In Northern Ireland, passports or similar photograph identification should be carried at all times. Need to carry passport to cash travelers checks is also minimized by many ATMs able to access US banks. Each pound has 100 pence. Watch out for 2 pound coin.