To think it shouldnt take that long to get the pill..

[Chattymummyhere]

Got just over a weeks worth left, I get told ring up when you have a weeks worth left and you will be seen in time before you run out.

So I ring up yesterday as I know what they are like, no answer at all just the waiting line message that if it is not an emergency please hang up and call back later. Get though today to be told no appointment she can give me for nearly 2weeks and I am to ring back every day at 8:45am and 2:30pm to see if they can get me an appointment. Not that she has booked me an appointment for say 2weeks time just in case I cannot get one before so I could spend the whole of this week ringing up twice a day to get nothing to them be told another 2weeks??

I have to go every 3 months which takes the mick anyway without not being able to get an appointment when in nearly out and on holiday next month.

Guess I can see why so many young teens are pregnant in my area/at that doctors surgery, and before anyone says walk in center is only for the morning after pill, I believe our gum? clinic shut down so the only option is the doctors.

you don't drive.....and there are no buses or trains where you live? I get my contraception 50km away, because I prefer to go to a womens specialist clinic. Like I said, take responsibility.

Brave

Nope my weight is ok I could lose a little but nothing worrying never had high blood pressure, they made me change my pill once as the new one was cheaper I told them I did not like it and they swapped me back same day I complained.

Kobayashi

Yes there are buses as I said GUM clinic is shut down, walk in does the morning after pill, doctors that require a bus trip wont take me as I am then out of the catchment area. How am I not taking responsibility, I am preventing pregnancy by being careful I ring up at the time I am supposed to in fact slightly early as I know the doctors can be a bit crap, yet I am not taking responsibility for what? the doctors surgery running a rubbish appointment system? your not even supposed to be able to book appointments ahead so I rang up on a suitable day to try got no answer, rang today told they are full for 2 weeks! But hey try every day just in case

and to the person who said use the morning after pill hey if I could afford £25 everyday just to have sex I could afford another baby easy.

I think you need to have a serious conversation with your surgery - you can't be the only one at your surgery in this situation.

I would suggest writing to the practice manager and requesting that this is addressed as a priority going forwards as it is a ridiculous waste of money and time.

Out of interest, my surgery is also, generally, a book on the day only place, but I was allowed to book 3 weeks or so in advance for a routine antenatal check, so most surgeries do have flexibility.

If they are insisting on seeing you every three months, they should let you book your next appointment after each one, three months in advance.

Dahlen Could you point me to the part in the human rights act where it covers contraception?

From wiki but will point you in the right direction to check it out further.

Reproductive rights are rights relating to reproduction and reproductive health.[121] The World Health Organisation defines reproductive rights as follows:
Reproductive rights rest on the recognition of the basic right of all couples and individuals to decide freely and responsibly the number, spacing and timing of their children and to have the information and means to do so, and the right to attain the highest standard of sexual and reproductive health. They also include the right of all to make decisions concerning reproduction free of discrimination, coercion and violence.
?World Health Organisation[122]
Reproductive rights were first established as a subset of human rights at the United Nations 1968 International Conference on Human Rights.[123] The sixteenth article of the resulting Proclamation of Teheran states, "Parents have a basic human right to determine freely and responsibly the number and the spacing of their children."[123][124]
Reproductive rights may include some or all of the following rights: the right to legal or safe abortion, the right to control one's reproductive functions, the right to quality reproductive healthcare, and the right to education and access in order to make reproductive choices free from coercion, discrimination, and violence.[125]
Reproductive rights may also be understood to include education about contraception and sexually transmitted infections, and freedom from coerced sterilization and contraception, protection from gender-based practices such as female genital cutting (FGC) and male genital mutilation (MGM).[121][123][125][126]