My doctor was late to my appointment because he had been at the local country hotel full of asylum seekers...

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When was the last time you had a home visit? Is this a way of managing the " problem" by them taking clinics there? Is it a way of hiding this issue? I understood they did not have access to the NHS yet I see massive bags of medicine labelled for this hotel too at the dispensary. We wait about 6-7 weeks for a routine appointment.

Yes hun but when your Dr did a home visit I hightly doubt he had a waiting room full of people waiting.

They have clinic or they do home visits and not all in the same session.

As others have said this wouldn't have been a home visit as someone was ill, it was probably a government box ticking vaccination or health assessment session in which case it should have been done at a different time to his routine practice appointments.

Yes I get that but why keep making it worse by adding even more people to the UK in competition for scarce housing and resources

Are you a mother pp? Maybe you and your husband have a couple of small children? With a husband and a reasonably comfortable nothing special going on life? Whoops! Here comes another nation to save you from your government with a massive bombing campaign, just for starters. Bang! Your house. Bangbang! Local
Economy. All gone. Fortunately, although your money is worthless overnight, your jewellery can be sold to a people trafficker who can get one of you to Europe. You and kids can stay in a tent, half safe, until husband gets to a safe country and sends for you. Or, you can pay 3 times more and risk all your lives by insisting you all take your chances of dying in the cold waters of the English Channel. Most mothers choose the safer option of trying to join one family member once safe, preferring the chance of a future for all of them. That's why you rarely see women and children as asylum seekers.

NHS waiting times are down, falling to lowest level in almost three years

So asylum seekers getting appointments is a dog whistle.

yep

Yep to what?

Wait times vary from area to area. People's wait times may be longer for a multitude of different reasons, one of which could be asylum seekers.

But when the optics are that an individual is experiencing longer wait times (or a late GP) because the GP is busy seeing asylum seekers, it must feel frustrating for them. Personally, I don't think it's helpful to anyone to invalidate their feelings of frustration.

I have no idea I wasn't at the doctors. I just know I rang, told them my dad wanted me to ring an ambulance. She told me to tell him he didnt need one and she would come. I dont remember having an appointment time. She turned up, let herself in the back door and attended to my dad.

Doctors always run late anyway. I cant think of a time I've seen a doctor and theyve been on time.

Even if those feelings of frustration are born out of racism or misunderstanding?

Do you think the OP would have started a thread if her appointment was delayed because the GP visited a care home?

well good for you ,,you obs earn more so thats why you pay more duh .....just cos youre "happy" to fund healthcare for every tom dick or harry who comes here illegally theres a lot who can't afford to keep chucking our hard earned money to these people...im happy for you to dig deeper but dont expect all of us to follow

Just seems a strange thing to do and ‘why not’ isn’t really an answer. I was just curious as to the rationale but it seems there wasn’t one.

to what ever..i dont care x

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You've never been to South London, have you?

I just get a same day appointment or telephone appointment.

And herein lies the problem. There are twice as many GPs in my doctors practice as there were 30 years ago when I joined. Back then you get a next day visit. So why cant you anymore?
Well mostly because most of them only work part time, no evening clinics, no Saturday morning clinics, and people wonder why A&E is always packed

i dont receive any benefits, THANK YOU i work and i pay a lot towards NI I pay for private healthcare, dentist and prescriptions so you dont pay for me so wind your neck in..i was just giving an example re my husbands contributions my husband is retired but still works full time so maybe his contributions arent as big as yours..bloody snob looking down your nose at people

Can you imagine the ops reaction if they block booked surgery appointments for groups too, she'd had kittens that they were hanging round in groups at her doctors and that nowhere was safe.

Notice too that the op has now disappeared since dropping the cat amongst the pigeons too...!

Did OP actually say how late the Dr was?

Is this whole ragebait thread actually because there were roadworks and the journey back took 5 mins longer than it ought to?

Let's face it : there are people who'd like to see their boats shot down so they drown in the Channel before getting here at all.

I think MNHQ should have stuck by their instincts that made them hide this thread initially, rather than accept whatever bullshit OP fed them when they got in touch with her.

I agree with you OP, but you'd get more joy playing leftie bingo...

Racist ✓
Goady✓
Daily mail reader✓
Just to name a few.

Before anyone jumps in this is a genuine question, not for goadiness, I'm trying to understand why the AS are only men.

They're not, @PatchouliPrincess . I've worked with quite a few refugee clients over the years, and a fair few of them were women and, in one case, an entire family.

They all arrived here as asylum seekers.

Really a long and arduous journey, involving god knows what!

Or stay home with the rest of your family, until you know it is safe.

Kindly, you're a bit of an idiot.

One of my close friends is a GP and visits asylum seekers accommodation twice a week. Once in her official capacity, for which she is contracted to be there for a half day and will see as many people as time allows. The other day she works on a voluntary basis. The care given is no different whether she is contracted or volunteering. It is basic.

You can't expect people who have an allowance of £9 per week, who are usually placed in accommodation with no infrastructure within walking distance, to make their own medical arrangements. How can they register with a GP when they don't yet have any status to be here?

Incidentally, I made a non-emergency appointment with my surgery this morning for Friday.