To think it’s disgusting you just can’t get a gps appointment these days

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Been in the phone since 8 am trying to get an appointment
first 10/15 mins I couldn’t even get in the queue the phone would just say unable to connect you please try later …. Wtf

then 15 mins later was able to get in the queue
15 person in the queue
so 30 mins wait then to be told no there no appointments at all
all I can get is a phone call from there partnership
in the evening

when I said I really want a face to face with any dr as my face is swollen
just got told sorry no we don’t have any … and that if I get a phone call this evening and then they want to see me they will book it then ….

its just so fuckign shit

They said on the phone that I can't even take him to the out of hours as they don't see anyone under 2. “

Where are you? Out of hours will see anyone, from newborn here (NW England coast)

Well at our surgery I had to speak to the Doctor first before being allowed to drop off the sample. In the meantime I had to keep my DC home from school because they're not allowed to use the toilets during lessons. So the system may well have worked for you but it doesn't for everyone. In the meantime I had to keep my child at home at a crucial time in their education. Oh and just to add to that I needed to visit several pharmacies in order to get the antibiotics too.

I think the speed in which you can get a GP appointment is very much based on where you are and the capacity of the surgery. My Village surgery has 4000 patients total. The slightly bigger surgery up the road has 29000 - my husband was a patient there previously and says getting an appointment was near impossible. I can usually get an appt same day if they deem an appt necessary.

There's a cip that went viral recently of Tony Blair being grilled on question time because people were angry they had to accept some GP appointments that same day and couldn't choose to have them a few days later.

How times have changed.

Which on the reasons behind problems getting a GP appointment.

www.which.co.uk/news/article/why-is-it-so-hard-to-get-a-gp-appointment-agsTT2p0SeE3?fbclid=IwAR0DENHlK31czZNIlNTIrQR7pmwMgPQwuXrj-yVCmIDQjAwlDoLqVKEQU68

I called at 11:57am last week, I got through straight away and got an appointment for the 14th.

I should add that it's a non-urgent appointment and it's to see a nurse and not my actual doctor.