I have to agree from my own experience that GP services are currently lacking. It is nigh on impossible to get an appointment, when you do it's by telephone, and despite me speaking to 4 different GPs on 4 occasions not one of them actually examined me. I was fobbed off and ended up paying for a private MRI scan which showed multiple issues with my hip. I was so glad I payed as I was seen by a specialist on the NHS within a week. My GP had the audacity to ask why I'd gone private!! I will not repeat my response on here.....
I find it ironic that I get regular invitations for routine health checks, presumable the ones that the surgery can claim government money for. I won't go to these health checks on principle that they can offer an appointment when there's money involved for them, but I can't get an appointment when I actually need it.
The primary care system is so broken, and don't get me started on NHS dental!!
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