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Scandichic said:
I had a hypo (I had been suffering with dizziness which the doc just shrugged at. When I asked if it could be too much met with a low carb diet this was poopood. I then had a hypo. My hubbie called NHS direct and as I drifted in and out of consciousness the paramedic was sent. All was made ok with honey and I was told I was on too much met and needed to see doc next day. I rang in the morning and they refused to give me an appointment. I rang the hospital and I rang the practise manager and got an appointment surprisingly quickly! Lol! Ring the practise manager say I!
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had a hypo in my GPs office, hence the appointment to see my consultant, otherwise I would still be saying that something isn't right!
 
nosher8355 said:
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had a hypo in my GPs office, hence the appointment to see my consultant, otherwise I would still be saying that something isn't right!
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Good grief! Definitely ring the practise manager! Hope you get sorted soon!
 
Scandichic said:
Good grief! Definitely ring the practise manager! Hope you get sorted soon!
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Have got myself sorted, but would have been having hypo after hypo, till, well, where I am now!
Still a long road as testing, testing, testing, to see what I can eat now.
 
My doctors are deregistering 1500 patients and closing their list to anyone except immediate family of those already registered. I'm just waiting to see if I'm one of the 1500 or not. Letters should be recieved by the end of the month.

I understand why they are doing it but............
 
I doubt they're as full as my current one. I believe theres too many patients and apparently they have been unable to recruit the 2 extra doctors they need.

oh and theres still more houses being built.
 
I have said it for years, that everybody will need health insurance soon to get treatment as they do in the States.
It's funny that the States are going the other way because of the crisis in the 'county hospitals'. Where they just can't cope especially in the deprived areas!
 
The nhs is not dismantling...it is groaning under huge economic pressures from the govt etc and from an increasing population and unknown immigrant Qtys......

It needs help from patients signing up petitions etc to save it and put pressure on govt...

Everybody can do this if they google 'put patients first petition'

It is no good patients just moaning!!! Find out what you can do to help.. Join your GP PPG's, sign up to 'put patients first' etc...

I am nothing to do with NHS, but I am doing my bit to help it...it's helped me enormously with my T1 for 30 years and I am just trying to ooen people's eyes to just how they can help from root/ground level...


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Lenny3 said:
I doubt they're as full as my current one. I believe theres too many patients and apparently they have been unable to recruit the 2 extra doctors they need.

oh and theres still more houses being built.
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Durham is the same - they are building thousands of new houses but no extra surgeries or schools. The local hospital can't cope with the numbers we have already and are frequently turning ambulances away:mad:
 
donnellysdogs said:
Register with your gp to be an online patient then at the moment you can book appointments so easily.
You're online expressing your concerns about getting an appt, so why can't you go register to book appts on line? It's so easy!!!

I was ill last Sunday, and knew I wasn't desperate and got an appt with my senior Partner online no trouble at all.

If you can deliberate your treatment online then you are well capable ig registering as a patient who would lime to book appts online, prescriptions are available for a lot of Patients too, and tests results will be available in the furure...

Basically, if you can order from ebay ir Amazon, then use these skills to book your appointments.. Sorry... My Receptionist at my surgery in a morning on average sees or takes over a 100 calls.. Thats just one receptionist... We have 4 people answering calls etc... If you cango online to deluberate, then you can get yourself on line to book an appt.

In our Practice, online bookings... you will never have a problem..


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Now that's a good idea DD, nice to see some surgery's are moving into the modern age.
 
I've been able to book non-urgent appointments and request repeat prescriptions online for about 12 months now. I've not needed an urgent one for years (touch wood) but the rceptionists are generally pretty helpful now both in person and on the phone (and all calls I believe are "recorded for training purposes").

We are lucky too to have a dispensary cum chemists attached to the surgery and I've sometimes been able to resolve issues , e.g. switching to SR metformin by speaking to our pharmacist.

Robbity
 
Noblehead...
ALL gp's that have signed up to have partners (self employed) and under QOF payments HAVE to achieve certain standards i.e online appts- minimum 20% of appts have to be available online)- and currently vastly under used by Patients..
They have to have prescriptions, test results, summary care records available before certain dates in 2015....

Unless Patients take an interest the govt's will get away with their **** cuts.

Our Practice is just introducing text messaging too to try and reduce the 30 patients a week that don't tuen up to their appointments.

We have a great new Practice Manager, but just 5 months ago our Practice would have failed the Cqc inspection.

I have painted the Practice on Sundays whilst the Senior Partner does his paperwork, I have laminated all posters, my secretary has done H&S assessments etc... All voluntarily done by our PPG. We do regular Newsletters and talking to Patients, and surveys-of which the GP's have to respond to.

The NHS needs help at ground, root level... Not Patients demanding things from their GP's that are just not viable....

Everybody has a huge, increasing population an housing etc appearing in their towns and City's. People can choose just to moan or make themselves more aware of what is actually happening with our GP's.

I'm not denyig they earn good money etc... But resources and money to patients is declining hugely, and that is NOT the gp's fault.


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Thanks for the info DD.

The missed appointments in gp surgery's is a cause for concern, my own surgery is much like yours and displays how many have been missed the previous week, I don't get to see my Dr much as my diabetes checks are carried out at the hospital clinic and I only get my bloods taken at the surgery by the DN.
 
I have just googled my surgeries website and pressed on the appointments tag.
Guess what it said?

Also 'that on line appointments will be available soon!

Living in the dark ages!
 
nosher8355 said:
I have just googled my surgeries website and pressed on the appointments tag.
Guess what it said?

Also 'that on line appointments will be available soon!

Living in the dark ages!
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Soon might mean tomorrow;)
 
Update.

Phoned 8.02 it rang and the messaging service came on line, left me waiting till 8.17, then the telephonist informed me that I had absolutely no chance of an appointment! 'Why didn't you ring at 8am, informing her that I had, she couldn't apologise enough! Still no appointment!
So, I had to get my prescription, so I had another 2 mile journey to get it. Pleasant enough, I approached the desk and received my prescription, noticing that my test strips, which I had specifically asked for! We're not on my repeat prescription, However I was given another for them after explanation. When I enquired about talking to the doctor, the receptionist, different from Monday, said, 'I'll fit you in somewhere' she looked at the computer and after a few minutes perusal she said that it would be impossible to fit me in! So I asked for a telephone consultation, as DD suggested, which was arranged!

On walking back, I thought to myself, why, can a doctor spend the time doing a phone consult and yet not have the time to see me face to face?

It's probably something to do with guidelines and procedures!

I will update you after the phone call!!!
 
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