Is this a record?

[Vilmos]

Went to the Dulwich Medical Centre to make an appointment to see a doctor. I have to wait for fifteen days.

Can you better that?

[Penguin68]

Was this a particular doctor or any doctor at all?

[computedshorty]

I bet you forgot why you went by the time you got there.

If it was a cold it would have run its coarse and gone.

If you had cut a small part of yourself it would be healing now with a scab.

If you had cut an artery, you wont have to go back.

[Health Involvement]

Hi Vilmos,

Can I suggest that if you experience problems getting a GP appointment that you speak to my colleagues in the NHS Southwark PALS Team (Patient Advice & Liaison) about that - they can get involved to help you get a more timely appointment, and the feedback about using local health services is used to improve services for the future.

You can email them at [email protected] or call 0800 587 7170 (weekdays 9.30 - 12.30 and 2-4pm).

Regards,

Keri Lewis

NHS Southwark Communications & Engagement

[Vilmos]

Penguin68: No, I didn't specify a doctor, I just asked for an appointment to see any doctor.

Health Involvement: I suppose I could complain but then I would be possibly jumping the queue over people who needed to see a doctor more than me, people in pain for instance, which I am not suffering. So I will patiently wait my turn.

I must say the NHS is looking more and more like wallpaper by the day. It looks the business but it is actually more of a threat to peoples' health than a help. The fact of the matter is there are just too many people today for it to cope and the template for a welfare state of the 1940s just doesn't fit today's needs, and I say that as someone who is approaching his three score years and ten.

[Santerme]

Move to Dorset...

I phone at 8.30 and get an appointment when I want to come in the same day....

Simples!!!

[Loz]

Maybe, Santerme. But the downside is that you have to live in Dorset.