To show support for my GP practice?

[SmellyOldOwls]

I've just been reading about the GPs and the abuse they are facing about not being able to offer face to face appointments, I knew it was going on - I see it all the time on Facebook, people complaining about GPs not being open.

My GP surgery have been really good and they have seen my children a few times in the last few weeks. They've prescribed a few things for my baby too when I've just left a voicemail on the prescription line explaining the problem (eg eye drops). I'm actually finding it a lot easier when the kids are ill now than before (appreciate the system isn't working for many people though)

I kind of feel like I want to say thanks just for a bit of moral support for them - is that a bit weird and how? If I take chocolates or anything I'll have to stand outside and shout into the intercom and explain what I'm doing and they might not let me in post a card through the letterbox maybe? Or just mind my business and stay out of the road?

Please, please do this. Im a nurse practitioner in a GP surgery and we need stuff like this so badly

You've inspired me OP! I'd like to do something nice for my GPS too! They have such negative reviews but every GP I have ever seen there has been wonderful. I'm assuming the bad reviews are because of how hard it is to get an appointment but why don't people realise that's due to demand not the failure of the practice!!!! X

Lovely idea and they will definitely appreciate it -
I’m a clinical pharmacist working in GP practice and my GP’s would be very touched 😊

I think a card is a lovely idea if you've been really happy with the service. I have a 3 day wait for a phone call about coeliac disease - which is a total waste of time as they can't do the test over the phone. If a telephone consultation works for you then fantastic - but there should be a choice.

@Tal45

I think a card is a lovely idea if you've been really happy with the service. I have a 3 day wait for a phone call about coeliac disease - which is a total waste of time as they can't do the test over the phone. If a telephone consultation works for you then fantastic - but there should be a choice.

I think that's why I want to say thanks to my GP - they've been really sensible and the receptionists are really polite, people complain about them and say they act like gatekeepers to treatment and that but the ones in my practice always listen if I say I think I need my baby seen today or whatever and they'll go away and ask someone (the manager presumably) then come back and do what they can. So I'm lucky we have not a choice exactly but definitely a listening ear.

That would be lovely. My DD is a GP receptionist. She's only 18 and she's started coming home dejected as things are so hard and whilst many patients are lovely, dealing with the emotions of those who are distressed or frustrated is really challenging. On top of there being a backlog of normal work there's now the flu jabs and booster Covid to manage - they worked over weekends earlier in the year to get them done, and there's loads of negativity on social media, and the exhaustion seems to have hit in the last few weeks. A kind word makes a big difference.

I’m always saying thank you and sending emsils to our Gp.