Can drs have no pre bookable appointments?

So what happened when you called 111 on the first day you weren't able to get the GP appointment you need???

On the assumption that you're not medical yourself, ask for a GP appt, tell them your symptoms and see what they say. Not everything has the answer in a blood test.

The elderly are encouraged to ring NHS 111.

You can get iron, B12 & vit D tests in superdrug. You can then get prescription supplements through their online service if the tests show you need it.

Our GP you ring at 8am can take up to15min to get through. If it's urgent they will try to get u an appointment that day. If there's no appointments you will be triaged for a nurses call that morning who will decide if you need to be seen. For regular appointments it's two weeks. I've never had issue getting an appointment.
For bloods they decide what you need, make a note on system then you go to the hospital to get them done, it's ticketed so no booking.

Yes sorry, local Health Board is what appears when I google mine.
It could be other body on yours.

If your proposed method of treating patients involves them not being able to access a doctor at all and having to guess what is wrong with them and self medicate based on their guess it’s probably a good idea that somebody is taken away from patients for a bit to focus on how you could do the actual job of treating patients who need to be seen.

A complaint of some sort seems quite reasonable. Sometimes it focuses people into fixing stuff.

We get an appointment on the day by filling in an econsult form online at 7.30am.We can also phone at 8.00. They have no pre-bookable appointments so even if you want to see them about something non-urgent that is the way we have to go.

It looks to me like you need to mention this to your Trust.
I really feel for you, I know how it feels. Best luck.

I’m in Scotland so no NHS app. Our surgery has no e-consult or online option. You phone at 8 for an on the day appointment, or you can phone on a Wednesday for a bookable one which is 6/8 weeks. The 8am thing is per OP and pps - fastest finger first but generally no dice.

We’re lucky to be able to access an online GP privately via video call because of DP having private health care with work, which is handy for eg when I had tonsillitis last year and needed antibiotics. I had a private appointment for a dodgy mole where the doctor said I needed referred to dermatology. My surgery wouldn’t take his referral letter so I still had to book an appointment to see a doctor there which was another seven weeks to wait, and now I am waiting for dermatology to see me - I got a letter from them saying I am on their waiting list. So we wait.

Perish the thought that people think their GP should provide basic medical care.

My GP is the exact same OP it's a disgrace you need to phone mine at 8an and wait in the queue, when I finally got through around 9.30 I was told all appointments for the day were gone & to call the following day I spent over a week doing this, which meant cancelling multiple meets at work to make these these 60-120 minute phone calls each day! I eventually gave up, 2 family members recently had the the same problem one of which ended up seriously unwell in hospital

Mine usually has a duty dr on that triages stuff on the day. So if I had a history of anaemia and I called and said I was getting same symptoms, duty Dr would likely approve a blood test form for me to pick up and take to the city phlebotomy clinic without having an appointment. Then I'd get a notification on my NHS app when results available and a call from GP if outside normal.

The fully greyed out online appointment calendar happened in my GP too.
Now is the waiting list option.

Can you walk in early in the morning? Will they give you an appointment this way?

Not in Scotland they don't, the app doesn't exist here

The more I read things like this, the luckier I think we are. Our practice doesn't have bookable appointments either. You phone between 8and 10, give the receptionist either a quick summary of the issue or say that you're not comfortable sharing except with the GP . They tell you that a Dr will phone back in either the morning or the afternoon (depending on how quickly the morning lists fill up), and you tell them any times that won't work for you. Dr rings ,talks to you and if they need to see you in person they book in an appointment for you. Otherwise they may give you advice/send you a prescription/refer you on/book a nurse appointment or whatever is required. Because they can tailor their appointments they can also alter the length according to how long to get think they might need. If a problem develops out with the 8-10 period you can still phone for advice particularly for children, the elderly or anyone vulnerable, so I've phoned about my mum at 5pm before, had a GP phone back within ten minutes and a prescription at the front desk for collection within 20 minutes. It seems to work pretty well. You do sometimes have to sit in a queue on the phone, but that's the worst of it