Quote Originally Posted by Andy_Faber View Post
Can we have a bit of a reset, it’s all got a bit bitter chaps. Yes I’m guilty too
Okay...taking things in a slightly different direction, not least because this isn’t entirely the government’s fault...I’d like to raise a question about the NHS and Covid.
Back when the weather was better and the days were longer we, quite rightly imo, had the regular Thursday evening claps for the NHS.
But has the whole of the NHS performed so brilliantly? Can’t help feeling a little let down by some aspects of GP practices and I’ll have to be anecdotal in the telling, but it seems to have become alarmingly and increasingly difficult to win the attention of a GP over the last six months.
As examples I know of a couple in their mid seventies who both have health issues...she struggling with depression and he with a not altogether unrelated heart condition. Both feel that they’ve been deserted by their GP during the pandemic while at the other end of the spectrum I know of a five year old who has succumbed to tonsillitis three times over the same period. On each occasion he has been readily prescribed antibiotics over the phone but there has been a refusal to actually instigate a first hand and visual investigation of his condition.
There’s a lot to be said for telephone appointments, but with schools back fully, students - ridiculously imo - returned and many back at work...are GP’s shirking their responsibilities? Genuine question NOT an accusation.