A bit of an update

Best wishes to you and your family. Like it’s been said, these are the stories the mainline press WONT cover. Keep your chin up JP.

 

In contrast, our local surgery has been great with my parents (both in their 70's) and their friends.

Hope all turns out well for you JP.

 

Cheers. My surgery great with me. Got a phone call & booked in, no problem.

Today's call from Track & Trace was another farce. They actually gave me the wrong date to end self-isolation. The lass went away & checked with her supervisor & finally agreed I was right that it ended the day after my birthday, March 2nd & not February 25th, the day of my Mum's self-isolation. Would be funny, if people's lives weren't at stake.

 

Hi,

Sounds like you're doing all you can do under the circumstances. It's always worth remembering that.

 

I feel better now I made the decision to come down here on Friday, when things got to crisis point. Been unable to get anything done till I made that decision, but was nowt to lose by then. I've checked the records now & these were the dates re my Dad:

22nd Jan hospital admission after fall & head injury. Tested for Covid - negative

29th Jan - still in hospital. Tested for Covid - positive

2nd February - sent home to my 79 year old Mum (asymptomatic at this point).

5th Feb his symptoms are getting bad.

15th Feb my Mum seriously ill too.

I'd like Matt Hand Job to explain this.

 

Same with mine(Victoria M.C.) been brilliant for me & my family, I go for my Jab Saturday.


Hope you & your Mam N Dad get sorted J.P.

 

Here`s hoping for an upturn in fortunes JP.

 

How are they both doing with Covid now?

I've got two elderly parents too, one, my Dad, with recently diagnosed kidney cancer, IPF and schemic heart disease. The other with COPD, osteoarthritis and osteoporosis. My Dad 'cares' for my Mum. She'd disagree! What fun Covid has been! Oh how I laughed...

I just do what I can each day and rest assured that everything else is out of my control.

My local surgery in Burley are incredible, really good. Shame to read others are so poor. (I'm not far from you, in Bramley. Parents in Ackworth)

 

Burley is fab isn't it? Not sure about Covid wise as not needed to thankfully but I hear horror stories about how others have to phone at 8am (pre Covid) on the dot and still don't get an appointment at their surgeries and the only times I have ever needed to go there and just turned up whenever they have offered to fit me in the same day or given me a day and time of my choosing.

 

It's a fantastic surgery. Online app always gets me a same day appointment as long as I'm not too fussy as to which doctor I see and I'm reasonably quick when the appointments appear on a morning.

 

Out of interest does the online app work at the moment for booking appointments? My surgery used to have a decent online appointment booking system (patient access app) but vibe march last year there haven't been online appointments available.

In fact my doctor's surgery has been absolutely **** this year

 

Yes, book via the patient access app then a doctor rings you. They either deal with it over the phone or ask you to come in for a consultation if needs be.

 

The b@stards. So basically it's just my doctors who decided to cancel that facility then the tw@ts.

I needed an appointment last month, it took (I've just checked my phone) 313 calls over a period of 4 days to get a telephone appointment.

 

Huddersfield Road surgery perchance?

 

Surprisingly no, it's hoyland medical practice.

Oh and they never called back on the telephone appointment either so I had to go to a walk In centre instead. Typical

 

That's pretty poor going.

Their phone must be off the hook all day.

 

That's the worst thing. If you call them after about 9am then even if you get through to them the literally refuse to even advise you or anything and just say try again tomorrow. I got told to go to Tesco pharmacy and buy some general over the counter stuff as "that's all a doctor would tell you at an appointment" anyway.
After visiting a walk-in centre (which was excellent and saw me immediately and diagnosed the problem straight away) I'm now waiting for an operation. Now I know Tesco chemist is good but I doubt they've got an operating table in the back.

 

That’s truly shocking.

In ‘normal’ times, I’d get a drs appointment about 4 or 5 days away. During Covid, the dr phoned me an hour after I’d called, and saw me next morning. Probably because they don’t have to waste time seeing all the old ladies that usually clog up the surgery.

 

Yes that's what I've heard from other people at different surgeries but mine has been absolutely awful.

 

Mum still really very ill at home with me. Dad in a care home. He has little chance of any recovery, due to other ailments, including cancer, dementia, etc.

I use Meanwood Practice normally & they are excellent.

I'm sorry to hear about your folks. I know Bramley well & used to live up the road from Burley in Hyde Park for just short of 20 years, including the days of the riots. Old age is a horrible thing & most people get the proper care.