Re: Waiting times
Originally Posted by
Floydy
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Hopsitals, GP surgeries, even trying to book an appointment. The time we are having to wait to get seen by a doctor is becoming an impossible task.
I have been waiting for an ENT appointment since last June, and that's only for an initial consultation. In the meantime, the particular health complaint which has caused my referral has become much worse. It has been postponed, cancelled, re-submitted and put back through various phone calls and enquiries from myself and or/my doctor.
Also, you cannot even get through on the phone anymore to book a GP appointment. You are "Number 10 in a queue" and you wait an age listening to bland eloevator music and interjections from some recorded voice about help with dementia and so on. It's now ridiculous.
I understand the NHS is in a terribly fragile state through lack of money, shortages of equipment and expertise recruiting new staff. I understand too that there are many people who cancel appointments without telling the surgery and that is simply not on.
Another issue, which is deemed as some kind of unspeakable no-go area is the rise of the migrant and immigrant population wanting to see a doctor. Those of us who were born in the UK, paid our taxes and our National Insurance are placed as 'low priority' in favour of these people who will no doubt claim human rights if they are not looked after. It's all wrong and needs to change. Or is that taboo and a closed subject?
Thoughts?
Do you live in a busy town Floydy ?
I don't understand why Gps don't have evening surgeries as they always did .
Surely would take the strain off day time clinics .as a child we went to our local GP in the evening ( it was held in the back room of his house ( no receptionist no computer-every departing patient just called the next one in )
It's true about low priority.
Two years ago Mr M had a heart attack in Spain where he was treated promptly and well.
The drs told him to report to his GP on arriving home so he did.
The Gp referred his case to the cardiologist after waiting some weeks I called them up and was told his appointment was in five months time .
We went back to our GPwho rearranged it for earlier saying they always do that as they consider you 'low priority'.
What ?
Some office worker -not a Dr - somewhere can assess a person they have never seen as 'low priority'.
We have the most rediculous system of National health in the world .
We simply cannot give free health treatment to all and sundry .
It the NHS not international free for all.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/201...alth-tourists/