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WillowTheWhisp · 29-04-2005, 12:12

Tony Blair has been heckled by a woman complaining that she cannot make a doctor's appointment longer than 48 hours in advance due to the government targets that all patients should be seen within 48 hours and Tony Blair is gobsmacked because he had no idea that people couldn't make advance appointments!

He should take a look at Peel House. 48 hours isn't in it. You have to ring up or present yourself at the surgery on the day itself and hope you manage to get in! If you're lucky you get an appointment that day but that day only and it's probably going to be with a nurse who will then decide if you need to see a doctor.

The rest who are unlucky have to go away and try again the next day, and the next and so on. 48 hours? We'd think it a luxury if we could book an appointment 24 hours in advance let alone 48.

29-04-2005, 12:12	#1
WillowTheWhisp Resident Waffler Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Accrington, Hyndburn Posts: 18,142 Blog Entries: 14 Liked: 14 times Rep Power: 1062	News topic re doctor's appointments and targets Tony Blair has been heckled by a woman complaining that she cannot make a doctor's appointment longer than 48 hours in advance due to the government targets that all patients should be seen within 48 hours and Tony Blair is gobsmacked because he had no idea that people couldn't make advance appointments! He should take a look at Peel House. 48 hours isn't in it. You have to ring up or present yourself at the surgery on the day itself and hope you manage to get in! If you're lucky you get an appointment that day but that day only and it's probably going to be with a nurse who will then decide if you need to see a doctor. The rest who are unlucky have to go away and try again the next day, and the next and so on. 48 hours? We'd think it a luxury if we could book an appointment 24 hours in advance let alone 48. __________________