howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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Forgot all about them Jan,good point from Bob I always go to NHS choices website which is excellent and should save a lot of unnecessary visits to a GP or Minor injuries unit. A while back I had a rash on the top of both feet and was starting to bleed. Logged on saw all the photos of rashes and mine came up as leave it alone it will go of its own accord in 3 to 4 weeks which it did.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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Had a blood test on Monday expecting to get the results in a weeks time. The laboratory must have rang my surgery the same or following day because of something they consider needs to be looked at.
I got a letter today dated Tuesday from my GP saying he needed to talk to me about my test results and that they would ring me on the 2nd February!!
Reginald Barrington- Location: Dover
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That must put your mind at rest!
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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Captain Haddock- Location: Marlinspike Hall
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howard mcsweeney1 wrote:Pressure being put on GP surgeries to open 7 days a week but there aren't enough doctors to fill the hours.
Howard, you are falling into the same trap as with the Junior Doctor strikes which used to be quite fashionable.
With the same number of doctors treating the same number of patients IF some of them were working at weekend instead of Mon to Fri it would
Allow more patients to book appointment without taking time off work which is good for the countries productivity.
Free up the Golf Courses at weekends.
(It would also allow the same number of practice doctors to use surgeries with fewer rooms)
What's not to like? (Unless you are a highly paid doctor who we have spent hundreds of thousands training who feels that unlike most workers in 2017 it's his/her God given right to have every weekend off)
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Paul M- Registered: 1 Feb 2016
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And then we just need to try to get many senior doctors to work 35 hours from Monday to Friday, again freeing up some golf courses midweek.
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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Thinking back I'm sure surgeries used to open at 8 am then have a three hour closure then open 3 pm - 7 pm so people did not lose work time. My Dentist who practiced next to Ilford Station - 15 mins to the City opened between 7 and 10 am had the rest of the day to himself then re-opened 5 pm until 7 pm.
Jan Higgins- Location: Dover
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Listening to a GP on Sky News this morning who complained it was all the admin they now have that takes up so much of their time also not enough GPs in the first place, her practice has been unable to recruit a new one.
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Bob Whysman- Registered: 23 Aug 2013
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Jan Higgins wrote:Listening to a GP on Sky News this morning who complained it was all the admin they now have that takes up so much of their time also not enough GPs in the first place, her practice has been unable to recruit a new one.
Perhaps she should consider recruiting an 'old' one Jan.
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Do nothing and nothing happens.
Captain Haddock- Location: Marlinspike Hall
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For those who thought I was 'lucky' to get a same day GP appointment yesterday it appears I'm on a lucky streak.
Appointments for X-ray, blood-test, ECG and follow up with GP all booked during consultation and confirmed by e-mail before I got home (+ pneumonia injection thrown in!)
I [U]think[/U] he was joking when he said don't book your winter holiday before our next appointment?
Meanwhile here's the latest pollresults:-
'If no one went no faster than what I do there'd be a sight less trouble in this world'
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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Apparently GPs have been told not to prescribe over the counter drugs like Paracetamol and Ibuprofene. Surprised that they have been as Savers sell the former at 19 pence for 16 tablets and much the same for the latter.
Jan Higgins- Location: Dover
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I take prescribed Paracetamol as my painkiller. The trouble with buying it over the counter is that silly low number I am only allowed to buy in one go, I would have to traipse round several places just to get a weeks supply.
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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Would it be better if your GP prescribed something stronger like Co-Codamol Jan or are you taking anything that would clash with it?
Jan Higgins- Location: Dover
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I have tried it but prefer the Paracetamol, I do not always need something that strong.
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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Saw a notice in a local GP surgery window that states that there were 380 million GP consultations last year in the UK - up 40 million on 7 years before. As it is not a generation thing and our demographic hasn't changed I am at a loss as to why such a large rise.
Paul M- Registered: 1 Feb 2016
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I imagine it is a generation of thing what with an ageing population, oh, and of course a large increase in immigration.....
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Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
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paulm,what has imigrants got to do with the increase,when a large amount of docters and nurses and other health care assistants are imigrants themselves.we would be worse off with out them
Captain Haddock- Location: Marlinspike Hall
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Brian Dixon wrote:paulm,what has imigrants got to do with the increase,when a large amount of docters and nurses and other health care assistants are imigrants themselves.we would be worse off with out them
Rubbish. We have NOT been importing immigrant health care workers at anywhere near the same rate as immigration has increased over the past two decades. Here's some general background reading :-
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2008/jun/18/nhs60.nhs2
Even if the health service was run by self replicating robots and funded by 100% of our income tax it would still not be 'enough'.
As you can read the great increase in immigrant GPs was under the excellent Enoch Powell.
Personally I find it morally disgusting that we are still importing health care professionals from abroad 1) from countries who paid for their training 2) where they have real health care problems rather than people being so pissed that they have to be taken to A&E, are feeling a bit depressed or want some aspirin on prescription at enormous cost when they can't be arsed to go to Boots to buy some.
'If no one went no faster than what I do there'd be a sight less trouble in this world'
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
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asprin cheaper in poundland 3 packs for a pound
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
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captain,60% of nhs workers are inported.