Would you say we should nationalise GPs? Would that help?
Comment on Patients clogging up A&E with hiccups, sore throats and niggles
FarceOfWill@infosec.pub 1 day ago
Guess what fuckers, they dont want to be there any more than you want them there. Fix the gp system and it’ll all magically disappear.
Shocking no one wants to try and have a conversation about their health by shouting over the counter to a pharmacist in a packed shop as they vaguely listen with one ear while packing medication.
mannycalavera@feddit.uk 1 day ago
wewbull@feddit.uk 12 hours ago
I would say yes, or at least there’s no reason that a doctor has to run a business in order for a GP surgery to exist. They are medical practices, not small business managers.
mjr@infosec.pub 1 day ago
Not necessarily. It could also be done by requiring humane appointments systems in the GP contracts.
mannycalavera@feddit.uk 1 day ago
Sadly I’m old enough to remember when my local GP made house calls and worked on a weekend. Is that what you meant by humane appointments?
MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works 13 hours ago
They said “humane appointment systems”.
I see that as being a system where you don’t have to try and ring up as fast as you can in hopes that there’s still time for you to be seen that day etc.
One of my previous GP surgeries sold only take appointments between 8 and 9am bit appointments for the day would be filled up usually within 15 minutes. And they would never book appointments for other days.
My current one is much better now and wish other GP surgeries did appointments the same way. Because I know the prior experience is the common one in this country sadly.
mjr@infosec.pub 11 hours ago
Perhaps, if those are appointment types are needed and wanted, but mainly ending the choice between wardialling and too-long waits. It sucks that you phone up at 9am and get told to call at 8 tomorrow if you’ve not got so ill you go to A&E or a private clinic if you can. Ill people often can’t control their sleep and primary care should be run with more consideration for the patients, not mainly operator convenience.
FarceOfWill@infosec.pub 1 day ago
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mjr@infosec.pub 1 day ago
You can ask for a consultation with the pharmacist, which should be in a private side room. Of course, you do have to wait a bit if they’re busy dispensing, but it’ll almost always be quicker than the wait in A&E.
Agree entirely that the real solution is to fix the GP appointments farce, which in most places is still a choice between wardialling at 8am for an urgent triage appointment or waiting weeks for a non-urgent appointment by which time you’ve recovered or deteriorated to the point of visiting A&E anyway.