Quote Originally Posted by ramAnag View Post

As for blaming my ‘Dr woes on Tory rule’…let’s just say - and I know this is all anecdotal - 45 years ago when I moved to the Ashbourne area I could get a doctors appointment when I needed one. The facilities weren’t great but the GP’s - no not that one - were. Under Blair provision was made to build a new hospital and health centre - as it was in Derby - and the facilities improved enormously in the early part of this century. Then God knows what happened, you can book on line now, that’s convenient…until you find there’s a 15 week wait unless the condition is ‘urgent’.

there’re very few immigrants in Ashbourne.
I think I’ve mentioned before I’ve recently moved practises, both about the same catchment and affluence, the former ‘just alright’ and ‘getting more difficult to see a doctor’, the latter absolutely **** hot, I’ve yet to fail to see a doctor (or other appropriate professional) either on the day or on the appropriate date within a few days where they use a travelling specialist. A lot of peoples’ whinges about general practise is due to process failures within the practises, not all but a good proportion IMO and again as I’ve mentioned before Mrs F and I having come from process improvement and customer relations disciplines can see where the differences arise

Regarding Ashbourne, a genuine question, do you not think that the situation you mention to some degree conditions your opinion?