Quizzes & Puzzles15 mins ago
Gp Appointment Allocation
32 Answers
If the system at your local GP surgery is the same as mine... i.e - You ring in from 8.30am and are allocated an appointment with the next available GP at the next available time slot. Does this system bother you at all?
I had to go to the doctors 4 times last year with the same issue. Each time a different doctor and each time different feedback and approach to treatment.
I would take more comfort seeing the same doctor if going back with the same symptoms. But it is simply not set up that way at our doctors and quite often when you sit talking to the doctor, everything he needs to know is in my medical history and you spend 80% of the consultation repeating yourself to a new doctor.
I have to say every doctor is great at our surgery and in the end we managed to get to the bottom of why I wasnt feeling too good. But I havent seen "my own GP" in years now, infact cant remember the last time that I saw the same doctor consecutively.......
Perhaps I am being naive in even thinking that if you saw the doctor that you saw last time he would even remember who you are..... But if he was the one who, for instance sent you for tests and said "come back and see us in a month" i would like to see HIM/HER in a month....
I had to go to the doctors 4 times last year with the same issue. Each time a different doctor and each time different feedback and approach to treatment.
I would take more comfort seeing the same doctor if going back with the same symptoms. But it is simply not set up that way at our doctors and quite often when you sit talking to the doctor, everything he needs to know is in my medical history and you spend 80% of the consultation repeating yourself to a new doctor.
I have to say every doctor is great at our surgery and in the end we managed to get to the bottom of why I wasnt feeling too good. But I havent seen "my own GP" in years now, infact cant remember the last time that I saw the same doctor consecutively.......
Perhaps I am being naive in even thinking that if you saw the doctor that you saw last time he would even remember who you are..... But if he was the one who, for instance sent you for tests and said "come back and see us in a month" i would like to see HIM/HER in a month....
Answers
Best Answer
No best answer has yet been selected by jd_1984. Once a best answer has been selected, it will be shown here.
For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.If on leaving the GP'e room they saw come back in a month, then I can make that appointment on the way out, seeing that same doctor again (barring illnesses etc) same day appointments are first come first served from 8am via telephone.
Routine/non urgent appointments can be booked online with a Doctor of your choice, subject to their availability.
Routine/non urgent appointments can be booked online with a Doctor of your choice, subject to their availability.
I was told if if I had been asked back for review, I cant guarantee the doctor that sent me for tests originally. My info was added to my history and any doctor is qualified and can discuss with me. Its pot luck on the morning you make the appointment. They offered me a phone appointment if it was to discuss results, but again no guarantee it would be the doctor that sent me for tests.
Our Doctors are totally walk in. You turn up, get a disc number they tell you roughly what time they think you'll be in and you can clear off with it again until you're allocated time. If things are running early they'll give you a ring. You know which Dr you're going to get because ours work on certain days, so Thursday it's Dr A, Friday it's Dr B. You can't make appointments in advance, hence you can always see the Dr of your choice. It's a really good system.
We have a triage system - you ring in & request a callback.
One of the duty GPs phones you back to discuss your problem and will make an appointment if you need to see a GP or a nurse - or arrange for a prescription to be ready for you to collect if necessary, or book tests or whatever. It takes a bit of getting used to, but I actually like it very much as a system.
It's very efficient and (once you learn the right time of day to ring in - ie not first thing on a Monday morning) very quick to get the callback.
Appointments are nearly always available the same day with 'a doctor' or you can wait a bit longer to see 'my doctor'.
One of the duty GPs phones you back to discuss your problem and will make an appointment if you need to see a GP or a nurse - or arrange for a prescription to be ready for you to collect if necessary, or book tests or whatever. It takes a bit of getting used to, but I actually like it very much as a system.
It's very efficient and (once you learn the right time of day to ring in - ie not first thing on a Monday morning) very quick to get the callback.
Appointments are nearly always available the same day with 'a doctor' or you can wait a bit longer to see 'my doctor'.
Ours do a hybrid system. If you can wait, then you can choose who you see. Urgent requests are phone triaged by a doctor or nurse, they have a cover rota. The triage doc and nurse also do the majority the urgent appointments. The last time I needed to see the doc I had a lump in the roof of my mouth which wasn't going away. I spoke to a doc at 10.00 and was in there being seen at 10.40. If the doc says come back in a month then you can make an appointment to see the same doc and they also seem to have some sort of list or flag system of people who MUST be seen fast if they call.
I think it works pretty well by and large.
I think it works pretty well by and large.
Related Questions
Sorry, we can't find any related questions. Try using the search bar at the top of the page to search for some keywords, or choose a topic and submit your own question.