To ask what your gp surgery is like

[Coldnights]

And what ratio to patients each doctor has. Mine has two gp.s each with 3000 patients which I understand is more than the norm.

Wouldn't know- the place is locked up and no one allowed in.

The practice has an appalling CQC report, and doesn't see any patients, using the virus as an excuse.

What they do there all day I don't know.

I honestly like the previous poster wouldn't have a clue, I've actually given up trying to use them and paid for a urology specialist, and if I cant cope with my chronic illness I go to hospital.

They are next to useless with female health and chronic pain conditions anyway. I just phone them and book in my own medication.

Don't know, our practice has 3 sites and doctors move between them, serves 2 large villages and a small town. Pure ratio can't be all that's important, number of people with chronic illness, average age, levels of poverty all must have an impact.

I have no idea what the ratio is. How did you find that information?

My GP surgery used to be really good but has gone down hill over the last few years. They're still not seeing anyone at the surgery due to COVID. They seem to have a new policy of "guess what's wrong and hope we've prescribed the right medication".

Mine too is only doing phone appointments at the moment.

Before Covid it was quite good - newly built and spacious and generally possible to get an appointment the same day.

I think it had nearly 25 treatment rooms... Loads of GPS, a few midwives. A phlebotomist working every day 7.30am to 12pm and 2 evenings so if you need a blood test, you just show up and get in line.

I don't think any of it's patients have been inside mine for six months . It's actually ridiculous. It used to be a great surgery but then a couple of years ago the old established doctors all mysteriously left or retired . Since then it's been pants even before COVID .

Mine is in the ground floor of a former Cadburys chocolate factory. The head office of Pukka teas is in the same building. They moved out of a Victorian building about 5 years ago which was lovely with original features but rather impractical as several consulting rooms were upstairs. The new place is all purpose built.

They also have a satellite surgery in the next village.

Really good.
Far less face to face appts at the moment but I don’t think that’s necessarily a bad thing.
It’s been encouraged that all pts nominate a pharmaceutical for prescriptions to be sent directly to - that’s working brilliantly.
I rang up with some concerning symptoms and was phoned back exactly when they said and saw a GP within an hour. Blood tests were done at a local hospital and the GP phoned me back when she said she would and had a proposed plan.
Flu clinic for ds today ran like clockwork - I was extremely impressed.
I’m sorry that you’re not all having sucky a good experience.

There are 4 partners and a couple of trainee GPs for 10,000 patients. It has excellent reviews, always can get an appointment and you never feel like you're just another one in 10,000.

Its in a huge victorian semi that I would love as my own home!

No idea but I've never not been able to get an appointment within 24 hours, more often than not, the same day.

I think they utilise their staff really well. GP appointments are booked for things that need GP appointments. The practice nurses are used really well, for things they can deal with, and they have two paramedics (who see a lot of the same day appointments), as well as an in practice pharmacist.

The paramedics see patients and then pop off to get prescriptions/a second opinion etc. from a GP who is doing admin/telephone consults etc. that day.

The whole system works amazingly well, they're always very highly rated.