mad al 146 Posted October 3, 2007 Report Share Posted October 3, 2007 Had a bit of a health issue as of late and after giving it a week to settle down, if anything, was getting worse. So, phone up the surgery, earliest appointment...........SEVEN days. My condition got worse overnight, so hauled myself to the A&E at the local hospital where they found I had a lung infection leaving me with only 51% of my overall respiratory giblets fully functional Thank feck I never waited . What's it like with the rest of you lot? A bit of a joke with us, but the possible outcome makes me cringe........................Al Quote Link to post Share on other sites
noddy and big ears 0 Posted October 3, 2007 Report Share Posted October 3, 2007 that's wales for you AL we get stitched up good and proper here Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Irish Lurcher 1,013 Posted October 3, 2007 Report Share Posted October 3, 2007 Luckly fecker, I had a three day wait on a trolly before I could get a bed, I now refuse to enter a hospital over here, unless I am hauled in dead. Its a fucken joke. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest MOLLY Posted October 3, 2007 Report Share Posted October 3, 2007 Seven days is excellent Our surgery was 2-3wks. They have changed their appointment system now, you have to phone up after 8.30am on the day you want an appointment, so you spend about 45mins that morning with the phone on constant ring back, to be told there are no appointments left....so try again the next day. If your GP has said they need to see you back in 2wks time, you go to reception to book it, but guess what.... you cannot book that far ahead so have to phone back at 8.30am the day in question MOLL. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Simoman 110 Posted October 3, 2007 Report Share Posted October 3, 2007 Best thing is to phone as soon as the surgery opens and ask to speak the the triage (spell) nurse......... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Ditch_Shitter Posted October 3, 2007 Report Share Posted October 3, 2007 With ye on that one, Moll. It was the same in Hull. But here's a cracker! One afternoon, I felt my back give out and knew I had less than thirty minutes before it'd lock up and leave me screaming and damn near paralysed. I rang the doctors and explained this to reception. They said a GP would call me back in a few minutes. TEN minutes later, I called Them back and was told, yes, they'd spoken to the GP and a prescription for some pain killers had been made out and was waiting for me in Reception, I could jump on my push bike and pootle up there and get them any time I liked!!! Needless to say, fifteen minutes later, having deliberately locked my Dogs in doors and taken myself into the garden where I could safely be rescued, I was found by the young guy next door, hanging off the wheely bin, screaming and crying in agony! Completely unable to move. Just as I'd predicted was going to happen when I phoned the GP's. He called an ambulance and I was rushed off to A&E to spend some quality time being set back on my feet. Over here? I've only had to visit my new GP the one time, about some paper work. Fitted me in within a few days. And that was about as non urgent as it could get And I pretty well picked my own time of day Quote Link to post Share on other sites
martin 332 Posted October 3, 2007 Report Share Posted October 3, 2007 Same day here Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jultaylor1972 2 Posted October 4, 2007 Report Share Posted October 4, 2007 I guess Im one of the lucky ones then. I can usually get an appointment within a few days - If its more urgent then I can sit and wait at the end of surgery (For up to an hour) and be seen the same day. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SINDASOX 256 Posted October 4, 2007 Report Share Posted October 4, 2007 Got to wait ages for an appointment, and has anybody elses surgery telephone number changed to an 0870 number. SINDASOX Quote Link to post Share on other sites
COMPO 54 Posted October 4, 2007 Report Share Posted October 4, 2007 LOL@ Ditchshitter hanging off the wheelie bin Where i live it depends sometimes (mostly) its that day or the next, if however its for a kid they are a lot better and usually they squeeze you in between other patients or ask you to go up at the end of morning surgery and the Doc see's you before he goes off for his lunch. I am on medication for life being diabetic and have got to know the receptionists quiet well(up a lot with repeat prescriptions), we also have two kids and i think we get looked after well by our surgery, that said i have seen folk get fecked off by the receptionists but they tend to be rude chavs and the receptionist exact revenge by making them wait or giving them an appointment next week i aint telling you all where my doctors is i dont want you alll signing up and then they have to have an appointment system where i cant get seen until next week I have heard family up north saying they have had to wait that long for an appointment they have got well before the appointment comes up Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shepp 2,285 Posted October 4, 2007 Report Share Posted October 4, 2007 Must be lucky here, all appointments are made on a daily basis and I always get one the same day. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kay 3,709 Posted October 4, 2007 Report Share Posted October 4, 2007 We can get an appointment same day here but you either have to go round to the surgery on foot to book it at 8.30 am or ring & hope the phones not constantly engaged Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sandymere 8,263 Posted October 4, 2007 Report Share Posted October 4, 2007 Ours are OK to get an appointment, call first thing, it's more what happens when your there. I went a while ago and saw a staff grade who decided to take my blood pressure against my advice, i have white coat syndrone, BP was 220/170. Now i'm getting a little long in the tooth but still run approx 15 miles a week, surf once or twice a week and mountain bike at least once a week so was a little suprised when, without looking at my skinny little body, she advised me to increase my exercise and lose weight! Lordy to much treating the machine and not the patient i can just see some poor fecker having an ECG (heart reading) and a faulty conection gives a flat line she'll tell them to lie down as she needs to start chest compressions! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mad al 146 Posted October 4, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 4, 2007 Ours are OK to get an appointment, call first thing, it's more what happens when your there. I went a while ago and saw a staff grade who decided to take my blood pressure against my advice, i have white coat syndrone, BP was 220/170. Now i'm getting a little long in the tooth but still run approx 15 miles a week, surf once or twice a week and mountain bike at least once a week so was a little suprised when, without looking at my skinny little body, she advised me to increase my exercise and lose weight! Lordy to much treating the machine and not the patient i can just see some poor fecker having an ECG (heart reading) and a faulty conection gives a flat line she'll tell them to lie down as she needs to start chest compressions! This made me laugh, reminded me of the days when I was seriously fit and at the time, worked the General Hospital. It was a Monday morning, the day after I'd ran my guts out in the Welsh Half Marathon Champs. I needed to be on the third floor of this ward block, now normally I would have relished in running up the stairs, but this day, I thought I'd take the lift as my legs were like lead. Got to the third floor, doors opened and there looking me straight in the face was the top honcho in Cardiology who advised me to stop taking the lift and get myself some exercise :feck: ...............Al Quote Link to post Share on other sites
macberran 2 Posted October 4, 2007 Report Share Posted October 4, 2007 Never met a docter who cured anything Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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