Save the NHS? Why?

I've been with my local Surgery and Doctor for 30 years and although I use it rarely on the occasions I do I get an appointment the same day and always have done. When my Wife fell ill he was the only Doctor my wife would accept to make a house call. Whenever my wife got worse he came immediately no matter what time of day or day it was and I am very grateful for that. However, my neighbours are registered with a Surgery in the center of town and if they ask for an appointment and they can be told it will be two weeks before an appointment is available. No Surgery that cannot give an appointment within two days is fit for purpose and in fact by holding the patient back can actually, in my opinion, endanger their health and perhaps Life.
So move down here, Clueless, and register with my Surgery!!!

 

My appointment was for 9am I was called at 9.50am so I sat there another 5 minutes and then the doctor came back and called me again,he then said I called you once,didn't you hear me,I said yes I heard you but I decided to sit here a little longer as I have been waiting 50 minutes already and my time is just as important as yours is,as I followed him to his room he remarked that I could go back and wait some more if I wanted to,so I said OK and turned round to walk to the waiting room,he followed me and said look I think we have got off to a bad start,so I accepted that as his apology and allowed him to to see me

I was at all times polite courteous and showed him the respect that he expected,I also mentioned that if a patient was ever late they were made to wait until end of surgery so I thought I would keep him waiting,ever since then he and the lovely Ladies in reception have always treated me with the respect that I expect Ps,and I still look after all their 40 Roses

 

Well, despite my high ratings of my particular Surgery in being always able to get an appointment the same day I am prepared to wait, say, 20 -25 minutes beyond the appointment time because I would rather ensure that the Doctor was giving his patients as much time as was needed [including me].
I'm not sure what the standard time for examining and treating a patient is that GP's set for their working day, although I think I saw somewhere it was 5 minutes of less. Having said that I've never had an impression from my Doctor that he was under any time pressure.

 

That's OK if your appointment (8.30am-9.30ami)s in the first hour but the poor old Owl who's
appointment is at 12.30pm won't see the doctor until the next day

 

Any GP Surgery that can't give an appointment the same day or by the next day has lost it original purpose to give the best medical treatment to patients........and is not fit for purpose. There should be a review to bring Surgeries into a working state where they can offer an appointment with 48 hours.

 

I hope you get yourself sorted clueless1, that's very poor service.

It makes us feel lucky we have a very good service from our GP here. It's not so good in our local hospital though, the admin is bad rather than the medical care. We have quite a few visits with our aged in-laws and it's hit or miss with getting appointments, quite often they lose letters or deny getting them from the GP. (Our GP is excellent and we ring him up and get him to re-fax letters to get things moving again). The most annoying thing is they give the same appointment time to everyone who has a morning session, so we take Father-in-Law along at the specified 9:00am appointment to find a dozen or more patients all hanging around. It can take 2 or more hours sometimes to get seen, it's a terrible system. I understand they do this because so many people fail to turn up or come late, so rather than face up to those inconsiderate people they make the majority suffer.

 

Clueless that is absolutely dreadful treatment.. I would change to another Dr.. We are very lucky here like Armandii.. Never running very late unless there is an emergency.. I always see the same Dr which I think helps then you build up a rap-our with them... Or maybe like Woo you need to call his bluff.. Either way that is no way to be treated... I hope you are getting your other problem sorted out.. Sounds like there is some definite anxieties there, so please get checked out..