How does your local Doctors appointment system work?

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Recently our local Doctors surgery has changed it's appointment system so that the only way you can see a Doctor now is you have to ring up first and tell them what the problem is, then the Nurse will tell you a Doctor will ring you back within so many hours (not a specific time) for a telephone assessment, and then he/she during that assessment will decide if it's worth coming in or it.

****ing pathetic.

Since when has seeing a doctor become a 'near' emergency only process?

Is this becoming the norn now?

 

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Exactly the same as our doctors
Now they've brought in that you cannot phone up a repeat prescription - you must take the piece of paper in or take it into a chemist. Talk about moving technology forward

yep, my GF was asked to just write down what meds she wants on a piece of paper and hand it into the doctors surgery and the Doctor then takes two days to sign off on it, think how many people that must make spelling mistakes for example.

 

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Mine is very easy. I log in to here - https://patient.emisaccess.co.uk

Put in my details, find a slot and turn up. Normally can get one within 2 days.

That's how it should be, simple as that.