Rain and the g.p's surgery
- 7 March 2012 15:09157956had to pop into the surgery at 1 pm for a jab and found the place empty, got sent upstairs to the waiting room again empty.
got called in well before my appointment time which suggests other people did not turn up.
noticed this before when it is raining and leaves me wondering how many appointments are made by people that don't really need to see a doctor. - 7 March 2012 16:10157959Yes a fair point there Howard. Being free at point of access probably means many who dont essentially need to be there often are. Although having said that it must always be free at the point of access. I am sure the medical staff expect a fair turnout of those that are really ill and those who probably just need re-assurance and a kind ear.
It's the latter who probably dont show in the rain.
At least today Howard you didnt have to sit in a waiting room with sick people all too ready, willing, and able to give you every disease known to man. Remember that old slogan used by the NHS a long time ago
"coughs and sneezes spread diseases!"
today you should be in theory disease free
email: dover7@msn.com - 7 March 2012 17:41157983Doctors, at one time, were there to be seen when you felt the need to see them. Now they are there for you when it suits them.
If you were to worry that your 'sniffles' were turning into something worse, then told to wait a day or two for an appointment and wake to discover that a ten minute walk, pleasant enough in the sunshine, has now to be done in torrential rain...the son-in-law promise to try and pick you up turns to nothing as traffic snarls up in such weather, for much the same reason the bus service suffers.
Might all the doctors have been busy with patients and nursey happy to get her last appointment out of the way before lunch?
Might there be a GP's mini-van service in operation to ensure that the infirm but willing patient get to their appointment?
Was the jab perhaps to counter the effects of melancholia?
Ignorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing. - 7 March 2012 18:20157985no tom always the same whatever time of day if it is raining.
a great pity as the normal waiting time for an appointment is 2 weeks.