Barnsley Hospital overwhelmed

Probably a bit late now matey. Dreamboy resuscitating a several month old thread as usual. Maybe he could help out at A&E with those resus skills.

 

Spot on, cost a few lives no doubt with late/missed diagnosis over phone.

 

Alternatively, it has allowed GPs to hold over 1 million extra appointments per year, so more people are getting treated and allowing them to free up in-person appointments for more serious issues.

I've had an attack of gout over the last couple of weeks. Last Tuesday it was so bad I rang the doctors. I had a phone call later than morning (from a separate service) and a prescription available to collect by mid-afternoon. I didn't have to take out time to go to the doctors (minimum 30 minutes) - and I couldn't wear shoes or drive anyway!, there were no issues with missing the appointment, and I'd do the same again next time.
Same practice. My wife has had some health issues, but more serious so she had several f2f appointments at fairly short notice, and all dealt with.

A lot of the issues people are experiencing are different standards and arrangements between different practices (and in England, these are all private now).

 

If they put you on allopurinol you won't have another attack ever again.

 

Yes it probably looks good on statistics but its just not the same and I'm sure there's been plenty more cases like this happening

 

Called the GPs this morning, 40th in the queue at 8:01 am!!! Phone line opens at 8, mad.

 

I agree im sure that will have happened at times sadly and things will have been missed quite a bit. On the other hand, if a GP contracts covid from seeing patients in person and is out of action for 7+ days how is that going to help?

Can't win either way.

 

Same as paramedics, police, doctors in hospitals and every other emergency service worker.

 

They can't do their roles remotely though can they? It isn't quite the same. There does need to be a point when they return though I agree.

 

This thread is pretty odd for me to read as I’ve pretty much ignored all the Covid idiots whinging cos they couldn’t see their partner or go to the pub. But still better than reading their drivel.

 

Glad it’s not to do with tories shutting A& E departments under the cloak of austerity.

 

Monday's are always mad.

 

People want to get in quick after ringing in sick and telling their bosses they've made an appointment.

 

What you said jv.

 

Getting a go to see you is like it was try to get a dentist a few years back. They are literally getting away with murder and hospitals getting the blame

 

All GPs are privatised (although they come under the NHS family umbrella), so you could have one GP down the road with terrible waiting times/service and one at the other end of the road with exceptional service. It's a bit all over the place.

 

i saw a practice nurse a few months back over a bunion, guess no doctor needed, she thought it wasn't severe enough yet, i explained that in my job it's bloody painful so she sent on my details anyway,
a month later had to call the referral clinic and they deem it severe enough to operate without actually seeing my toe!
got a pre-op in a few weeks and hopefully the op very soon after, xmas off work and the ashes would do nicely

 

A few years ago, I went to my doctor about a fatty lipoma in my arm. He said it was harmless but since he was retiring that week and no one could challenge him, if I wanted it removing he'd refer me to the hospital to have it removed.
In my experience the level if service you get from a doctor depends very much on what mood he or she is in, and how nicely you talk to them.