My doctor was late to my appointment because he had been at the local country hotel full of asylum seekers...

You should move to Trump America. Sounds like you'd be happier there.

You keep saying that you want people to give suggestions to deal with the issue but I’m not clear what the issue you have is? That asylum seekers are entitled to healthcare? Or that you have to wait 6-8 weeks for an appointment? If it’s the first, then I don’t see this as an issue. Everyone should har basic healthcare regardless of their immigration status. I care for children with a chronic condition, several of who are asylum seekers, and they would all die within a few weeks without healthcare. I would question anyone’s morals that could argue they should not be entitled to care. If your issue is with the wait for GP appointments then you need to look closer to home at what our governments have done to destroy the NHS not at asylum seekers.

'What do you think should happen about asylum seekers with health issues'

What is wrong with some posters. They should get healthcare by a designated Dr not one moonlighting whilst his own patients are waiting.

But it doesn’t sound like the OP has suffered any clinical detriment. She just sounds annoyed about a routine appointment.

We are allowed to raise these issues, and the majority of British people agree with you.

However, remember that mumsnet is used by paid agitators, political lobbyists and so on.

One way of stopping discussion is calling people names such as racists, acting like you are an idiot, ( writing 'sigh' as if you are so tedious)...and so on.

Just know, that is you are reading this, and not happy with paying tax towards men who we are not responsible for, that you are not alone.

Vote wisely!

Total waste of time. There is no requirement in a GP contract for a named individual to be available during core hours. Not even the contract holder.

Stop being reasonable and seeing the very obvious time benefit of this! That’s not the narrative the OP wants.

Im not sure that she would want you wishing them well either.

Happy to read this. I'm glad whenever an asylum seeker gets needed care.

Sp people are aware and can raise it with their MPs if needed.

Healthcare for asylum seekers should not be at the detriment of everyone else, obviously.

What do you think should happen about asylum
seekers with health issues? Would you prefer that they waited in the same waiting room with you? I suspect that GPs don’t do that because of the potential for things to kick off and they don’t want to have to cancel whole days of appointments because a fight happens.

I don’t see a problem with NHS GPs having clinics at hotels and seeing lots of people in one go. (Like in Call The Midwife) Whatever your opinion on immigration, the journey will involve reasons why contagious diseases could spread- do you want outbreaks of illnesses in your local area which could be controlled with modern medicine like antibiotics and immunizations? Healthcare professionals make an oath to do no harm and help people and helping these men is included in that oath. It’s the same as people in person getting healthcare- access to healthcare is a right in a supposedly developed country.

Home visits? So much more efficient to do all of them at once.

I’m so glad that this group of people got appropriate health care.

Things like healthcare, quick appointments, no waiting lists for surgery, cancer care etc.

schools - one of my friends couldn’t get her child into the school her eldest was in because there was already 32 kids enrolled (or whatever the number was). Then when September started they had been told to increase the amount of kids to whatever to allow some asylum seekers. Its not really fair that they wouldn’t allow her child in as an extra but several others were ok.

Theres more but I haven’t got time to reply.

Yes lovely no one else disputes asylum deserve jabs and health care. The problem is this nhs df seems to have double booked himself. He shouldn't be late for his actual job because he's raking it in on the side.

Btw has your health actually suffered as a result of this OP or are you just annoyed at your relative lack of importance? Because that is what it looks like to me

But what’s the point raising it on here? What’s that going to achieve?

I work on tbe London Tube. When I'm not at work and just travelling to visit family, should I not help people who may be lost or confused by the network?

If someone falls ill on the tube should an off-duty HCP not offer assistance?

If a police officer sees a robbery should s/he not report it?

I don't get your logic. 🤷🏻‍♀️

We haven't had a asylum seeker bashing thread for a while.

Would you prefer the people had been seen at the practice?

It's not your country. It's just the country you happened to have been born in.

Thank your god, or your lucky stars, or whatever you believe in that you weren't born in a country which is so dangerous or inhospitable that leaving is the best option.

The thing is you are making all sorts of ill informed judgements and asking people to contribute equally ill informed judgements and opinions. There is no proper debate or discussion.

GPs are generally and almost completely not NHS doctors. They own or work for independent organisations who are free to take on contracts to provide services. They can for example be engaged by the home office and or the NHs to provide healthcare to people detained or housed in group settings. They are still obligated to fulfil their NHS contract but may engage other people to do that.

There is usually a public health imperative to screen and vaccinate people who enter the country and live in group settings. It can be easier to do that as an outreach service than use GP practice capacity to do it.