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<blockquote data-quote="CHRISXX" data-source="post: 2696836" data-attributes="member: 553473"><p>Hello Rachox,</p><p></p><p>Thanks for your reply - please excuse this long message but I wanted to explain why I will definitely not be able to ask a Doctor about this:</p><p></p><p>When patients telephone my Doctors Surgery it is a normal situation to be anywhere from 20th to 35th in the queue.</p><p></p><p>Because of that the waiting time to be able to speak to Reception staff can be up to a ridiculous 2.5 hours - definitely over an hour at best - however very frequently people are cut off after about a hour which as I am sure you can imagine is very frustrating.</p><p></p><p>When people that I know have been able to get through and speak to the reception staff they have frequently been told that there are no appointments available - their systems do not allow bookings beyond a month into the future and the existing month`s appointments are nearly always fully booked up.</p><p></p><p>During about the last 4 years for various important reasons I have tried telephoning the Surgery and persevering but having the attitude - You have to wait as long as it takes - I have NEVER been able to even speak to the Reception staff let alone get a Doctors appointment.</p><p></p><p>During 2022 I was trying to arrange for a home visit to receive a Covid-19 vaccination - not being able to do this by telephoning the Surgery I had to try these forms of communications:</p><p></p><p>I sent 6 emails - submitted 4 online messages - sent 3 recorded delivery letters - sent 3 special delivery letters those were addressed to the Practice Manager and even submitted a complaint using an official Surgery complaint form addressed F.A.O. the Practice Manager - none of these including the official complaint form which was stated should be acknowledged within 3 working days were ever even acknowledged let alone replied to or my vaccination home visit arranged.</p><p></p><p>I had to contact my local Healthwatch organisation who then tried to contact the Surgery also without success.</p><p></p><p>Healthwatch then arranged with another NHS area Health Centre many miles away from where I live to send a member of a Covid-19 vaccination team to visit me at my home - they came from Essex - I live in SE London.</p><p></p><p><strong>163 days after first contacting my Doctors Surgery I then received a home visit Covid-19 vaccination. </strong></p><p></p><p>I have only been able to arrange appointments when I have previously been at the Medical Centre having blood tests done or Vaccinations and even then I have sometimes had to accept an appointment with a Physician because there were no Doctor appointments available at all.</p><p></p><p>Physicians at my Doctors Surgery can carry out Diabetes reviews but ridiculously cannot carry out medication reviews or change medication doses.</p><p></p><p>Thanks again for your reply.</p><p></p><p>Chris</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CHRISXX, post: 2696836, member: 553473"] Hello Rachox, Thanks for your reply - please excuse this long message but I wanted to explain why I will definitely not be able to ask a Doctor about this: When patients telephone my Doctors Surgery it is a normal situation to be anywhere from 20th to 35th in the queue. Because of that the waiting time to be able to speak to Reception staff can be up to a ridiculous 2.5 hours - definitely over an hour at best - however very frequently people are cut off after about a hour which as I am sure you can imagine is very frustrating. When people that I know have been able to get through and speak to the reception staff they have frequently been told that there are no appointments available - their systems do not allow bookings beyond a month into the future and the existing month`s appointments are nearly always fully booked up. During about the last 4 years for various important reasons I have tried telephoning the Surgery and persevering but having the attitude - You have to wait as long as it takes - I have NEVER been able to even speak to the Reception staff let alone get a Doctors appointment. During 2022 I was trying to arrange for a home visit to receive a Covid-19 vaccination - not being able to do this by telephoning the Surgery I had to try these forms of communications: I sent 6 emails - submitted 4 online messages - sent 3 recorded delivery letters - sent 3 special delivery letters those were addressed to the Practice Manager and even submitted a complaint using an official Surgery complaint form addressed F.A.O. the Practice Manager - none of these including the official complaint form which was stated should be acknowledged within 3 working days were ever even acknowledged let alone replied to or my vaccination home visit arranged. I had to contact my local Healthwatch organisation who then tried to contact the Surgery also without success. Healthwatch then arranged with another NHS area Health Centre many miles away from where I live to send a member of a Covid-19 vaccination team to visit me at my home - they came from Essex - I live in SE London. [B]163 days after first contacting my Doctors Surgery I then received a home visit Covid-19 vaccination. [/B] I have only been able to arrange appointments when I have previously been at the Medical Centre having blood tests done or Vaccinations and even then I have sometimes had to accept an appointment with a Physician because there were no Doctor appointments available at all. Physicians at my Doctors Surgery can carry out Diabetes reviews but ridiculously cannot carry out medication reviews or change medication doses. Thanks again for your reply. Chris [/QUOTE]
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