To think GP surgeries shouldn’t be closed over Easter weekend? [Title edited by MNHQ]

What an abelist post.

I don't have high blood pressure.

I do have high needs to see the GP as a result of disabilities and the medication I am on (controlled drugs, therefore can't be on repeats). I am also fat due to steroids, used to treat said disabilities. And I can't walk/run/cycle. Even if the weather is better. Don't Spanish people need steroids?

Strange comments

Over 1m people get to see a GP face to face each and every single day.

Most GPs are not leaving to go abroad, though judging by your comments, maybe more should? you clearly don't value them.

We are an aging population, needing to see a GP rises very rapidly as people get into their 50s and beyond, much of which would reduce if we took better care of ourselves, so many of us have high blood pressure & pretty much avoidable with diet and exercise but what do we rely on? medication and GP visits.....

Anecdotally, just had 2 weeks in Spain, blown away by how few fat people we saw compared to the UK, yes the weather is better so easier to get out and about and walk/run/cycle but we also didn't experience the anger directed towards cyclists and runners you over here.... if posts on MN are anything to go by! lol!

@BurnoutGP From what I hear, most of you are going to countries to be paid by private health and insurance as there’s no NHS anywhere else. You just sell out and go to where the money is. Private money.

Everyone knows GPs don’t see people in their homes so the paramedics are called and the ill person bypasses the GP. They then get taken to hospital. My surgery is continually closed for training. It’s no wonder only 25% of the recent survey think the NHS is any good. For many of us, they are absent and dodge responsibility.

@BurnoutGP From what I hear, most of you are going to countries to be paid by private health and insurance as there’s no NHS anywhere else. You just sell out and go to where the money is. Private money.

Everyone knows GPs don’t see people in their homes so the paramedics are called and the ill person bypasses the GP. They then get taken to hospital. My surgery is continually closed for training. It’s no wonder only 25% of the recent survey think the NHS is any good. For many of us, they are absent and dodge responsibility.

of course they are closed.. to be honest GP's do very little now anyway they may as well get a rest at easter. most people by-pass their GP and just rock up at A&E anyway after spending an hour speaking to the call takers on the 111 service who at the end of the call just tell you to go to A&E anyway.

i work for the emergency services, imagine if we took 4 days off!

@BurnoutGP From what I hear, most of you are going to countries to be paid by private health and insurance as there’s no NHS anywhere else. You just sell out and go to where the money is. Private money.

Everyone knows GPs don’t see people in their homes so the paramedics are called and the ill person bypasses the GP. They then get taken to hospital. My surgery is continually closed for training. It’s no wonder only 25% of the recent survey think the NHS is any good. For many of us, they are absent and dodge responsibility.

of course they are closed.. to be honest GP's do very little now anyway they may as well get a rest at easter. most people by-pass their GP and just rock up at A&E anyway after spending an hour speaking to the call takers on the 111 service who at the end of the call just tell you to go to A&E anyway.

i work for the emergency services, imagine if we took 4 days off!

of course they are closed.. to be honest GP's do very little now anyway they may as well get a rest at easter. most people by-pass their GP and just rock up at A&E anyway after spending an hour speaking to the call takers on the 111 service who at the end of the call just tell you to go to A&E anyway.

i work for the emergency services, imagine if we took 4 days off!

of course they are closed.. to be honest GP's do very little now anyway they may as well get a rest at easter. most people by-pass their GP and just rock up at A&E anyway after spending an hour speaking to the call takers on the 111 service who at the end of the call just tell you to go to A&E anyway.

i work for the emergency services, imagine if we took 4 days off!

of course they are closed.. to be honest GP's do very little now anyway they may as well get a rest at easter. most people by-pass their GP and just rock up at A&E anyway after spending an hour speaking to the call takers on the 111 service who at the end of the call just tell you to go to A&E anyway.

i work for the emergency services, imagine if we took 4 days off!

After a kafkaesque situation around Christmas time where it took over a week to get someone to look at my toddler's twisted ankle we took the plunge and got insurance. Tested the private GP service this morning for the first time, DH got an online appointment in a couple of hours and I collected the prescription. He's really ill and needed antibiotics. Only alternative would have been 111 for us today who probably would have sent him to sit in A&E the whole day.
We are privileged to be able to do this and it infuriates me that it's necessary for proper care. The NHS is broken.
I don't agree with those here saying it's our fault for living rurally. We all get taxed the same! I can drive to the GP and don't complain about that, but getting the GP to give you an appointment is almost impossible.

I agree, just wondering why this isn’t extended to other patient facing roles.

My GP is rarely available at any time. Hopeless. 🙄

… not the same Doctor.

I don’t see what difference it makes, you can’t see a doctor anyway 🤷🏼‍♀️ closing an empty building for 4 days isn’t changing the fact the the NHS is a joke

… not the same Doctor.

After a kafkaesque situation around Christmas time where it took over a week to get someone to look at my toddler's twisted ankle we took the plunge and got insurance. Tested the private GP service this morning for the first time, DH got an online appointment in a couple of hours and I collected the prescription. He's really ill and needed antibiotics. Only alternative would have been 111 for us today who probably would have sent him to sit in A&E the whole day.
We are privileged to be able to do this and it infuriates me that it's necessary for proper care. The NHS is broken.
I don't agree with those here saying it's our fault for living rurally. We all get taxed the same! I can drive to the GP and don't complain about that, but getting the GP to give you an appointment is almost impossible.