How hard is it to get a doctors appointment where you are ?
🇬🇧 My surgery has a 'policy'.
If you need to arrange to see a doctor. You have to call at 8am.
Where you then sit in a queue of others awaiting the same thing.
When you finally get answered you tell the minion at the other end the specifics.
You need to see a particular doctor regarding an ongoing condition.
They then tell you that they can only book appointments for the following day, and that tomorrow is fully booked !.........Ten minutes after opening ???
They then politely suggest you telephone same time tomorrow.
I know there's a 'war' going on between hospitals and G.P's re: funding.
And that there are far fewer G.P's because of it. But in a town full of the elderly and kids, do you then travel twenty miles to get seen at the nearest A & E knowing that you may well have to wait 6 hours. But at least you will be seen that day ?
If you need to arrange to see a doctor. You have to call at 8am.
Where you then sit in a queue of others awaiting the same thing.
When you finally get answered you tell the minion at the other end the specifics.
You need to see a particular doctor regarding an ongoing condition.
They then tell you that they can only book appointments for the following day, and that tomorrow is fully booked !.........Ten minutes after opening ???
They then politely suggest you telephone same time tomorrow.
I know there's a 'war' going on between hospitals and G.P's re: funding.
And that there are far fewer G.P's because of it. But in a town full of the elderly and kids, do you then travel twenty miles to get seen at the nearest A & E knowing that you may well have to wait 6 hours. But at least you will be seen that day ?
56-60, M
