Doctor appointments. Bloody ridiculous!!!
- Thread starter Linny
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Book online for ours, it generally works okay. When I've needed something more urgent I've gone to the urgent care place albeit they misdiagnosed me so I spent a week on a knackered foot off my tits on Codeine.
The on call doctor has worked well when I've used it.
I can see both sides of the receptionist argument. On the face of it they are rude and unhelpful but when you see the idiots they deal with day in day out and the ones I deal with when they ring the wrong number and get my house, you can understand it.
That said, I was in a couple weeks back and a it was established that the young lad at the counter couldn't speak a word of English. Her response was to raise her voice and say "Did neebody tell ya ya needed an interpreter?"
The on call doctor has worked well when I've used it.
I can see both sides of the receptionist argument. On the face of it they are rude and unhelpful but when you see the idiots they deal with day in day out and the ones I deal with when they ring the wrong number and get my house, you can understand it.
That said, I was in a couple weeks back and a it was established that the young lad at the counter couldn't speak a word of English. Her response was to raise her voice and say "Did neebody tell ya ya needed an interpreter?"
Sidewinder2
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Bad Arse Aids RIP
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Just google it.
ajthemackem
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You picked the worst time to try and get a same week appointment like; day after a four day Bank Holiday weekend.
small mythos
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We were in that practice too , before they moved we set up online because two of the family get repeat prescriptions. Everything was ok until one of the prescriptions didn’t get sent to the pharmacy and they asked us to ‘pop’ in and collect a paper one and we realised just what a chew on it was getting to the place.
We’ve actually just transferred to another practice a few minutes walk away from the house because of the hassle getting to pallion from sr3 .
Kevsgreat
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Similar at ours at Park Lane. Give them a ring at 8.30 and you can usually get an appointment within 48 hours. Ring any other time of the day though and it's at least a couple of weeks.
The one time I've had bother was getting stuck going in circles between the GP and the people at 111. 111 said I needed to make an urgent appointment, the receptionist at the GP wouldn't have it. Ended up going to the out of hours place at Pallion.
It's easy to get frustrated with it, but I wouldn't fancy doing their jobs.
Hull_Mackem
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My epitaph
Yankee Mackem
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If you say its an emergency I do believe they are obliged to either get you an appointment that same day or arrange a call back.
Surgeries are full of Palestinians and Muslims these days. English people don't get a look in.
I'm all for the NHS subsidising employers. Hope you didn't have to pay anything towards it.
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box2box
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Phone out of hours, exaggerate what you have say, and who had it for twice as long and you should get an out of hours appointment that evening
Ijustsaidthat
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What the UK needs is clearly an American based pay as you go system, or a prepaid Insurance Card that gets you to be able to walk into anywhere you want and get treated first...
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Can everybody just stop making appointments at the doctors please thank you.
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wasnotwas
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Try and ring 8.30 am for an appointment the same day as with mine.
If you fail, it's the same routine the following day.
You end up ringing 111 for a walk in or urgent care unit appointment.
Abu Dhabi Red and White
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In the experience of my family, it's rare to be able to see the same doc again as well - so much for continuity of care.
No wonder the system struggles if people abuse the system in place. That appointment could go to someone who genuinely needs it.
