#22

The one on the phone just took my date of birth and said “ok, you’re booked in” but then I was like “do…you want my name?” But she knew already! Witchcraft!

#24

Can I just shock you, you can download the myGP app and register to book online appointments at your local geep’s that way. You don’t need to fill out loads of forms, just download the app. Let’s you see all available appointments and that.

#25

my doctor only really functions on same day appointments (phone up at 8am sharp and keep redialling until you get through, otherwise forget it)

when I’ve tried in the past to say it’s not urgent and I can wait a couple of weeks they act like I’ve asked if I can come round and do something nasty in reception

#26

I told my gf that when she had sepsis and nearly died and she said I was “being unhelpful”.

#27

this has tickled me

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#28

Not this again!

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#29

I thought you just had to call up on the morning if you didn’t want to wait a month or so? Didn’t realise it was an emergency only thing.

#31

They call them emergency appointments at mine. Kind of need some frame of reference for what constitutes an emergency at a GP that isn’t an A&E job…

#32

think mine calls them “urgent”

#34

Oh ok. I didn’t realise that. I just thought that was how we got appointments in this wacky world.

#35

You’re going to up your performance next time, it needs to be fitting of an emergency!

#36

Big shout out to the sepsis crew!

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#37

My GP only really does same-day appointments and if you’re not there in the queue before 8:30am then you’re not getting in

I guess they probably had so many people make appointments and not show up but it’s a waste of a day going there and back twice when I just need them to sling me a new prescription for my pill or something

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#39

#notalllocalgeeps

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#40

That’s what happens at my practice anyway :woman_shrugging:

#41

Fair do’s, quite a few are on there mind.

#42

Haven’t had to get an appointment for anything for myself that couldn’t wait a week or so, and they have an online system for that. With the kid, they’ve always been good at giving a same-day appointment, though it can take calling dozens of times, or more usually, just being there when it opens (and waiting in a queue of even more desperate people).

#43

Maybe a way to allow you to gauage if you are using correctly is on the board in the waiting room they put up what everyone is in for (anonymously) and whether they booked on the day or 2 months ago.

#44

i dont think all the ones on there have the same services available either, think on mine you can request a repeat prescription but not book an appointment. which is really really just great

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#45

I had bad tootache the other week, my dentist surgery’s rubbish, so i went to the emergency dentist. Got there at 8:30am, filled in a form, had a triage appointment, got an x-ray, had a dental check, had two wisdom teeth whipped out, all done by 11ish. Total cost - £0. Well ruddy done the NHS.

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