My DD saw the doctor today as she's been poorly for a few days with sickness and diarrhoea. Rang 111 first and then managed to see a doctor who called me earlier this morning to discuss.
Up until that point I've been a bit critical of GP's - but felt really sorry for the doctor when I spoke to her today. She seemed so drained and flat on the phone. We then saw her in person, and didn't feel rushed at all but I could just tell she was exhausted and probably a bit down/ depressed - voice very low when speaking and it just got me thinking about how overworked and overstretched they are atm. I was probably thinking about something I watched on YouTube recently of a GP practice in Scotland where a doctor was in tears talking about what she had to deal with.
I don't know...just got me thinking that there is a lot of criticism from the media and people annoyed about not being able to get an appointment but they're only human and it must be hard do a job when you can't see/treat everybody that needs to be seen right away.