Would you say we should nationalise GPs? Would that help?
Comment on Patients clogging up A&E with hiccups, sore throats and niggles
FarceOfWill@infosec.pub 1 hour ago
Guess what fuckers, they dont want to be there any more than you want them there. Fix the gp system and it’ll all magically disappear.
Shocking no one wants to try and have a conversation about their health by shouting over the counter to a pharmacist in a packed shop as they vaguely listen with one ear while packing medication.
mannycalavera@feddit.uk 1 hour ago
mjr@infosec.pub 34 minutes ago
Not necessarily. It could also be done by requiring humane appointments systems in the GP contracts.
FarceOfWill@infosec.pub 1 hour ago
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mjr@infosec.pub 35 minutes ago
You can ask for a consultation with the pharmacist, which should be in a private side room. Of course, you do have to wait a bit if they’re busy dispensing, but it’ll almost always be quicker than the wait in A&E.
Agree entirely that the real solution is to fix the GP appointments farce, which in most places is still a choice between wardialling at 8am for an urgent triage appointment or waiting weeks for a non-urgent appointment by which time you’ve recovered or deteriorated to the point of visiting A&E anyway.