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Originally Posted by WillowTheWhisp

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.

i have a doctor in rishton. making a appointment is no problem.you can ring at 9 and usually get in the same day. i have just spent 5 days in blackburn royal for a very bad wound to my foot. without going into to much detail, they have made a hole from the underside of my foot to the top of my little toe. this needs a dressing inserting right through the wound every two days without fail. so far the nurse has turned out at 9.30am on a sunday, 9.30am on a saturday, and is going to turn out at 9.30am on bank holiday monday. you cannot fault the service that is provided either at the doctors surgery or the aftercare provided at the medical centre. i think you are simply in the wrong area or the wrong practice.