No, we still don’t have a date for Hubby’s op yet, but there has been a significant change in the way our GP surgery is being run.
I just hope I don’t jinx it by writing about it!
It would appear that someone has finally cottoned on that the original system of making an appointment actually works. So rather than the Sit and Wait clinic being full within ten minutes of opening time, now you can make an appointment to see the doc leaving the Sit and Wait for the duty doctor and emergencies only.
The relief and stress reduction on the reception staff is amazing, and when Hubby went up this morning he was given an appointment with our preferred lady doctor this afternoon. The Sit and Wait had five people in it, and valuable time was not being taken up with the need for repeat prescriptions, follow up appointments or sick notes. It also appears that should the doc tell you to make a follow up appointment, you can now do that too!!
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I am a retired number cruncher with a vivid imagination and wacky sense of humour which extends to short stories and poetry. I love to cook and am a bit of a dog whisperer as I get on better with them than people sometimes!
In November 2020, we lost our beloved Maggie who adopted us as a 7 week old pup in March 2005. We decided to have a photo put on canvas as we had for her predecessor Barney. We now have three pictures of our fur babies on the wall as we found a snapshot of Kizzy, my GSD when Hubby and I first met so had hers done too.
On February 24th 2022 we were blessed to find Maya, a 13 week old GSD pup who has made her own place in our hearts. You can follow our training methods, photos and her growth in my blog posts.
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So glad there has been this improvement. Finally!! Didn’t you mention in one of your posts that this lady doctor you like is new? Maybe she’s behind the changes.
Apparently she was there before, left and came back. The newest lady doctor has contradicted herself with Hubby’s meds on the two occasions Hubby saw her, so we were glad to see this other lady GP who says she’s staying this time. She is also getting to know us as people, which is a definite plus!
It is definitely a plus. Hope she does stay and you can see her all the time. The continuity is also a plus.
Hopefully. She’s also very approachable, and you don;t feel like you’re wasting her time as she doesn’t rush you.
That’s perfect. Very important.
I feel we’ve turned a corner in our health care and hope it lasts.
You can add my wishes to yours.
🙂
That’s good! The system finally working.
Finally someone has some common sense.
Yeah! Finally.
Progress! Will the op require a hospital stay or is it out-patient?
Sadly the op is nothing to do with the basic running of the surgery (sigh) and we are waiting to hear from the hospital some 80 miles away. They forgot him last year, hence the delay to now. He’ll be in overnight, possibly 2, which is why it was important I could drive the distance as he can’t drive afterwards either. It’s the end of January next week and one of the tests is only valid for 28 days, plus they have to give him 10 days notice to adjust his meds for blood thinners. It’s cutting it fine. Our ‘new’ doctor is aware of his frustrations, but if she starts the ball rolling with a different hospital, he’ll go to the back of the queue and it really needs to be sorted as it’s been going on for over two years now.
Common sense…how refreshing!
exactly!
Reblogged this on anita dawes and jaye marie.
thank you