If your problem is not trivial go to A&E if it warrents being seen the same day, if not put up with it untill you can be seen by a GP.
From your comments you seem to think its the fault of the surgary that you are not seen the same day.
As I've said before grow some balls if you are in pain go and wait at A&E if not wait at home untill you can see your GP and get on with your life.
The 3rd option is to go private.
KaHn
But you fail to see the obvious issues here:-
1) You are suggesting people self diagnose their problems. While obvious things are clearly obvious, there's many cases which people are simply on the fence about and will therefore just wait to see the doctor for. If someone is having chest pains? How do they gauge how serious/important? A&E or doctor in a week? Minor dizzy spells? A&E or doctor in a week?
2) Quite simply though - and really the main issue this thread is about - you should not have to wait for a week or more to see a GP. If the waiting lists are that long, it clearly suggests they are under resourced and there is a fundamental problem. At certain times (eg: last dec/jan) when call rises (due to flu etc) I can see why waiting times increase, but my two experiences are from Jan and Mar (for an ongoing painful condition) and things consistantly seem poor.
Yes, you've repeatedly suggested (for some unknown reason, other than you probably think it sounds cool) I grow some balls... I'd personally suggest you grow some brain cells, or at least just cut the attitude
Why the hell should he have to pay for it when this is what a large chunk of our taxes get spent on?
It seems Kahn is mainly here to stir up the thread. He's practically just arguing for the sake of it.
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