Most frustratingly you can’t hear it ring and they have a strict note telling you to ring it ONLY once
Last time I waited for 15 mins before even the receptionist came to ask my name
Most frustratingly you can’t hear it ring and they have a strict note telling you to ring it ONLY onceMine too!!! Bloody door bell indoors
That’s like ours you then exit from a separate door so you don’t need to go through the waiting room again. It’s really well run ,at least you get seen on your appointment time where as before you could’ve been sitting hours .Our GP is fab. All calls are triaged but if you want a face to face or they feel it's needed then you get one. They just ask you arrive on time, not early, you go into the waiting room which has socially distanced seating. You are asked to wear a face mask. They've been amazing. It's a shame it's so postcode lottery
Similar situation to this in my local authority in Scotland and I’m in a lockdown area. Our family GP went above and beyond and visited my mum at home twice. I’m not aware of any issues locally with GP surgeries, had both my smear and flu jab no problem.Our GP is fab. All calls are triaged but if you want a face to face or they feel it's needed then you get one. They just ask you arrive on time, not early, you go into the waiting room which has socially distanced seating. You are asked to wear a face mask. They've been amazing. It's a shame it's so postcode lottery
Yeah we have a separate exit too. If anything it's so much easier and better now then it was pre covid.That’s like ours you then exit from a separate door so you don’t need to go through the waiting room again. It’s really well run ,at least you get seen on your appointment time where as before you could’ve been sitting hours .
Yes I think so too. Even prescriptions are more straightforward the chemist just collects and sends a text when it’s ready.Yeah we have a separate exit too. If anything it's so much easier and better now then it was pre covid.
I do hope a lot of this stuff continues once this is all overYes I think so too. Even prescriptions are more straightforward the chemist just collects and sends a text when it’s ready.
Well our health minister said this is the way forward the old system wasn’t working ,even for hospitals ,so hopefully it will be.I do hope a lot of this stuff continues once this is all over
I think it depends on your area / surgery. Some around me are ‘business as usual’ per say but mine has shut its doors and unless it can’t be done online I.e. bloods or immunisations it doesn’t get done in person. They’ve even prescribed me a do it yourself contraceptive injection with enough to last until mid next year because they don’t anticipate providing the service until then at least. It’s absolutely crazy. And it’s still impossible to even get a phone call consultation they’re all gone by 8:10 every morning!That is awful. Why aren't they opened? Doctors here never stopped doing in-person appointment at all this year.
Yeah we have a separate exit too. If anything it's so much easier and better now then it was pre covid.
It must depend on whereabouts in NI you live, because that’s not my experience, or a friends and one of my neighbours. We have different GPs but all in the same Health Centre.I can't understand why they don't see people in England we can get appointments no problem ...are the other nations the same ?
Yikes, sorry to hear that. I am on Depo too and couldn't imagine having to do it myself. How are you finding it?I think it depends on your area / surgery. Some around me are ‘business as usual’ per say but mine has shut its doors and unless it can’t be done online I.e. bloods or immunisations it doesn’t get done in person. They’ve even prescribed me a do it yourself contraceptive injection with enough to last until mid next year because they don’t anticipate providing the service until then at least. It’s absolutely crazy. And it’s still impossible to even get a phone call consultation they’re all gone by 8:10 every morning!
This is different too. You either collect it from the chemists or have it delivered if you’re on their list and unable/unwell to collect it yourself.Yes I think so too. Even prescriptions are more straightforward the chemist just collects and sends a text when it’s ready.
Yes maybe they all must be doing their own thing ?It must depend on whereabouts in NI you live, because that’s not my experience, or a friends and one of my neighbours. We have different GPs but all in the same Health Centre.
Boots lift mine and text when it's ready .This is different too. You either collect it from the chemists or have it delivered if you’re on their list and unable/unwell to collect it yourself.
You’re not notified, you either ring them or take a chance and call in and see if it’s there/ready.
I’d like to have confidence in wee Robin, but ....Well our health minister said this is the way forward the old system wasn’t working ,even for hospitals ,so hopefully it will be.
I feel sorry for him getting bullied by Poots and WilsonI’d like to have confidence in wee Robin, but ....
Those two have their own agenda.I feel sorry for him getting bullied by Poots and Wilson
Too bloody rightThose two have their own agenda.
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