Now that's a thorny issue right there
Yes they are prickles but I've seen some very nasty ones that you would call thorns.
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Yes they are prickles but I've seen some very nasty ones that you would call thorns.
This is some of the worst most egregious misinformation I have ever seen!!!
It was Poison not Bon Jovi...
You must be one of the few seeing patients. Rest are fobbing people of to nurses, advance nurse practitioners and pharmacists. Or a phone call back. How exactly a doctor can diagnose someone over the phone is something I’ve yet to figure out.
This is some of the worst most egregious misinformation I have ever seen!!!
It was Poison not Bon Jovi...
Trap sprung! Bret Michaels fan outed!
Here’s the thing, if you contact a GP, say you have those symptoms per the advert, you will be seen same day.
My local place seems to be doing very well, they’ve had online booking for ages, you just put in what you need or what your concern is and they either sort it (e.g. repeat prescription) or get you in if it’s of concern.
At my surgery my old man said you had to be dead or dying to get seen by a doctor and that was before covid.
They will be seeing lots of people. Everyone assumes everyone else is a time waster but that their issue is important. If you can’t see them, it’s because they’re very busy. I promise you they aren’t sitting with their thumb up their arse waiting for something to do
Parents GP don't allow you to book any appointment a head of time. You have to phone from 8am and despite them ringing from 7:30am. Everytime they get through all slots are magically taken. The only option is phone back tomorrow at 8am or take a telephone appointment. When they do visit the surgery you are lucky if there are two people waiting. And they are not even seeing a doctor. Usually a nurse for bloods or a asthma / diabetes check. They are not my GP and my parents won't allow me to complain or to take action to the health board. There are serious issues at this practise. It's not a one bad apple though. Speak to many friends / family / collegues from different areas of Edinburgh. Telling the same sad story.
Similar to my surgery, there's more staff cars than patients in the car park and very few patients in the waiting area
Yeah, i have COPD diagnosed several years ago, held in check by my keeping active and a daily cycle to the shops and back. This makes me on the radar and I get an annual check on most things to do with my health. An incipient cancer would likely be picked up in the process.
To be fair I haven't tried to see a GP recently, so it may have improved. But previously it did seem very much as you describe at my surgery. The only way to get an appointment being to phone up that day at 8am, wait in a queue to either be disconnected or finally get through and find that all the appointments have gone. Rinse and repeat. Not possible to book an appointment for another day or to book a GP appointment online (other services were available online but not GP appointments). If you are experiencing chest pain or shortness of breath, call 999.
Have you ever asked when appointments open up? We have tranches of appointments that open up at different times of day and every day, some urgent, some in couple of days and some in a few days or weeks time.
People still tell me when they are in front of me that all the appointments were done at 8am and it was impossible to book despite a) they are in front of me so did manage to book and b) I know what the spiel our reception team give about appointments opening up later, because I wrote it! people don’t always listen and assume there is nothing and don’t want to ring later. There may be nothing right now, but that doesn’t mean there will be none until tomorrow or day after etc. you have to have a system that covers multiple options
People still tell me when they are in front of me that all the appointments were done at 8am and it was impossible to book despite a) they are in front of me so did manage to book and b) I know what the spiel our reception team give about appointments opening up later, because I wrote it! people don’t always listen and assume there is nothing and don’t want to ring later. There may be nothing right now, but that doesn’t mean there will be none until tomorrow or day after etc. you have to have a system that covers multiple options
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If you are responding to me, then the description I gave was accurate. I'm not really a shoot the messenger type when dealing with reception staff, but I did have a couple of animated conversations when I was trying to get a GP appointment. I literally said to them that there must be some other option available to get an appointment rather than calling at 8am and sitting in a queue. I was told that there was no point calling later in the day and that the only way to get an appointment was to join the 8am queue. Hopefully it's now better, but it was a farcical situation.
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Lies. All lies.
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There is issues in specific areas, but because some areas are ok (usually more affluent areas) people wont accept its a wide spread problem.
There is even people now on TV claiming the NHS is not under resourced despite a tiny 3% increase in bed utilisation for flu putting it on its knees. Its the usual proposals, people should be ashamed of seeking medical help. Misusing the NHS etc. We trying to make people feel guilty for accessing health services.
Removing catchment area restrictions would help a lot without even spending money, but the problem would be those currently in good areas would obviously notice things getting worse as demand spills over from problem areas.
Do you have a home medicine cabinet. Do you kept it stocked as per the recommendations in most surgeries? If you do and you use it appropriately and you don't feel better after the prescribed period (again posted in most surgeries) then you are entitled to consult a doctor.
It is misuse for minor ailments, cuts, sprains and bruises. Sore throat except beyond a week, runny nose, headache, colds etc.
Trust me I was a scout.
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Trying to imagine people choosing to sit in a&e for a cold they have had a couple of days with no known covid type thing spreading, nope doesnt compute sorry.
Obviously severe head pain that isnt controllable by pain killers I think is understandable, I think the idea that these problems are about doing what you posted arent what is happening. Bruises can be potentially something serious, if one appears without an obvious cause, I would understand people seeking an examination on it.
For reference I have never seen anything in a GP surgery about medicine cabinets, if they were on the wall, they werent visible enough for me to notice them.