Booking a doctors appointment
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My 3yr old son has been a bit poorly all weekend, the missus took yesterday off, he's been coughing lots, has a mild temperature, hardly eating & is being sick a lot (in my bed too....grrr). I've taken today off & have just phoned to docs as I want to get him checked out.
Started calling at 8:55. I got through a couple of times but it just rang & rang. Finally got to speak to someone at 9:17 and guess what? They have NO appointments left for today!! What a bunch of effing gypsies. I'm now going to have to go to the drop in centre at the hospital & waste hours of my life sitting on a piss stained plastic chair staring at a fat receptionist.
Started calling at 8:55. I got through a couple of times but it just rang & rang. Finally got to speak to someone at 9:17 and guess what? They have NO appointments left for today!! What a bunch of effing gypsies. I'm now going to have to go to the drop in centre at the hospital & waste hours of my life sitting on a piss stained plastic chair staring at a fat receptionist.
bertelli_1 said:
My 3yr old son has been a bit poorly all weekend, the missus took yesterday off, he's been coughing lots, has a mild temperature, hardly eating & is being sick a lot (in my bed too....grrr). I've taken today off & have just phoned to docs as I want to get him checked out.
Started calling at 8:55. I got through a couple of times but it just rang & rang. Finally got to speak to someone at 9:17 and guess what? They have NO appointments left for today!! What a bunch of effing gypsies. I'm now going to have to go to the drop in centre at the hospital & waste hours of my life sitting on a piss stained plastic chair staring at a fat receptionist.
I blame the governmentStarted calling at 8:55. I got through a couple of times but it just rang & rang. Finally got to speak to someone at 9:17 and guess what? They have NO appointments left for today!! What a bunch of effing gypsies. I'm now going to have to go to the drop in centre at the hospital & waste hours of my life sitting on a piss stained plastic chair staring at a fat receptionist.
bertelli_1 said:
My 3yr old son has been a bit poorly all weekend, the missus took yesterday off, he's been coughing lots, has a mild temperature, hardly eating & is being sick a lot (in my bed too....grrr). I've taken today off & have just phoned to docs as I want to get him checked out.
Started calling at 8:55. I got through a couple of times but it just rang & rang. Finally got to speak to someone at 9:17 and guess what? They have NO appointments left for today!! What a bunch of effing gypsies. I'm now going to have to go to the drop in centre at the hospital & waste hours of my life sitting on a piss stained plastic chair staring at a fat receptionist.
Yes but think of it this way...Started calling at 8:55. I got through a couple of times but it just rang & rang. Finally got to speak to someone at 9:17 and guess what? They have NO appointments left for today!! What a bunch of effing gypsies. I'm now going to have to go to the drop in centre at the hospital & waste hours of my life sitting on a piss stained plastic chair staring at a fat receptionist.
If they don't allow you to book appointments before the day you never have to wait longer than ~12hrs to see a GP
Hence, shorter waiting lists and Winky can say with that smug pride that only politicians can muster; "We have made an NHS were nobody waits more than a day to see their doctor" - Conveniently forgetting that people like you can't get an appointment, let alone wait for it...
Why did you wait until 8.55 before phoning? By definition these things are first come first served, so you need to get in there before the hoardes of hypochondriac pensioners.
You stated you've taken the day off so whats the problem with waiting down the drop in centre? (wait is usually 1hr tops in my experience)
You stated you've taken the day off so whats the problem with waiting down the drop in centre? (wait is usually 1hr tops in my experience)
Booked a Doctors appointment last week (2 days in advance). Took the time off work and turned up at the booked time only to be told by the receptionist that there was no record of my appointment. I asked her to recheck and the receptionist told me I must be mistaken! Eventually left in a very bad mood. 
I wrote to the practice manager, and it turns out my appointment was on the system - the useless receptionist was simply illeterate!
I have now got a form to change to a different surgery.
I wrote to the practice manager, and it turns out my appointment was on the system - the useless receptionist was simply illeterate!
I have now got a form to change to a different surgery.
We have a great thing in Reading, if your kid is ill out of hours you just call the local hospital who have a drop "GP staffed" type thing. You just call and let them know you are on route. Never had to wait more than 5 mins once i arrive (with 4 kids i've been sat there a few times at 10.30pm when they are not well)
NHS is great round here, had all 4 kids in the Royal Berks with a private ensuite room each time (TV, interenet, etc)
Must be lucky?
NHS is great round here, had all 4 kids in the Royal Berks with a private ensuite room each time (TV, interenet, etc)
Must be lucky?
The OH has this problem all the time - been a women she seems to feel it necersary to go to the doctors at least once a week, for nothing.
She rings for an appointment at 8.00, can't get through and when she does, no appointments. And you can't book for another day?
You can't just turn up and wait either?! What and when did this all go wrong?
And to top it off, when you do eventually manage to get an appointment by asking for one in a Polish accent, you get there to find that all the appointments that had been taken up previously, are taken up by old people who are just lonely and old!
There is nothing wrong with them that can be fixed. They're just old and they are of course going to be ill!
They should have separate old peoples doctors, where they adminster a chat and some tea and digestives!
She rings for an appointment at 8.00, can't get through and when she does, no appointments. And you can't book for another day?
You can't just turn up and wait either?! What and when did this all go wrong?
And to top it off, when you do eventually manage to get an appointment by asking for one in a Polish accent, you get there to find that all the appointments that had been taken up previously, are taken up by old people who are just lonely and old!
There is nothing wrong with them that can be fixed. They're just old and they are of course going to be ill!
They should have separate old peoples doctors, where they adminster a chat and some tea and digestives!
My local surgery, 4 doors away from my house, has a system whereby you ring in at 8:30 to book an appointment. I normally leave for work at 7:55 but, needing an appointment, I waited till 8:30 and rang them. They said that they could give me an appointment that day for 3:15, I told them not to bother and went to work...LATE!
Next day I went to work and rang them at 8:30. They gave me an appointment for 8:50
They will not give an appointment for next day but you can book a week in advance! Next time I'll ask mystic Meg when I'm due to be ill!
Next day I went to work and rang them at 8:30. They gave me an appointment for 8:50
They will not give an appointment for next day but you can book a week in advance! Next time I'll ask mystic Meg when I'm due to be ill!
What gets me, is our practice has about 6 doctors in it, when you turn up for your appointment, there are at most 3 or 4 other patients waiting, so why cant others get an appointment, they cant be that busy.
In my youth, the local doctor, had a waiting room about maybe 6 x 6 metres, you sat down, as the first one went in to see the doctor, you all moved up a seat, no booking, no probs, just got in the queu and waited.
Mind then, doctors had less papeerwork to do, just fill in the patients details in PEN, not computers etc.
In my youth, the local doctor, had a waiting room about maybe 6 x 6 metres, you sat down, as the first one went in to see the doctor, you all moved up a seat, no booking, no probs, just got in the queu and waited.
Mind then, doctors had less papeerwork to do, just fill in the patients details in PEN, not computers etc.
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