General Election - December 12th, 2019

Who will you vote for in the 2019 General Election?

  • Conservative

    Votes: 160 30.9%

  • Labour

    Votes: 230 44.4%

  • Liberal Democrats

    Votes: 59 11.4%

  • Green Party

    Votes: 13 2.5%

  • Brexit Party

    Votes: 28 5.4%

  • Plaid Cymru/SNP

    Votes: 7 1.4%

  • Other

    Votes: 21 4.1%
  • Total voters
    518
Chippy_boy said:
Well someone needs the sack then. That's disgraceful (and sorry for questioning the veracity of your story. My apologies.)
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I'm surprised you're surprised, i've sat in doctors and heard them on reception, there manically busy and try and cut convos on the phone to a minimum often letting it ring for ages, their reaction to my call didn't surprise me, no appointments for 2 weeks did.
 
BlueHammer85 said:
I'm surprised you're surprised, i've sat in doctors and heard them on reception, there manically busy and try and cut convos on the phone to a minimum often letting it ring for ages, their reaction to my call didn't surprise me, no appointments for 2 weeks did.
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Well it should have surprised you mate, it's bang out of order. I mean just google "chest pains NHS" and see what comes up front and centre in big red letters on the NHS page!

They should have dropped everything and asked you various questions quickly to establish if you were in danger of imminent death. To not do so is gross negligence and probably a dismissal offence I would imagine.
 
BlueHammer85 said:
doctors said 'sorry we're fully booked until week of the 25th' and pretty much hanged the phoned up.

a&e were good, took my BP, and heart rate - all ok, just said it was internal muscle and to take painkillers.
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Ditched my doctors surgery last month after I tried to make my first emergency appointment there in 7 years, the receptionist was rude and she said she didn't have any slot available I would have to try again next MONTH.
Trotted off to the surgery which was half empty and asked why there were no slots when the surgery were actively promoting/recruiting new patients when they obviously couldn't handle the numbers, no answer was given so I told her to shove her surgery where the sun doesn't shine, banging a few leaflets about mens health and how we should go to the doctors more on the counter in front of her,.

Registered with another local doctor seen straight away and referred for a small but important procedure. The nurse who took my bloods asked me to fill in a questionnaire/survey type thing asking why I moved from one doctors to another, because a lot of patients had moved from this surgery I had in the past year.
 
The NHS 111 service is a useful first stop for advice on symptoms that may require urgent attention, probably a better initial option than a busy GP's receptionist or A&E.
 
Chippy_boy said:
So to get this straight, you phoned your GP's surgery saying you had chest pains and their response was simply "sorry we're fully booked" and pretty much hung up? Not a mention of this being a potentially life threatening condition and that you should ring 999 immediately or go straight to A&E?

If you are genuinely saying that then I have to say I categorically do not believe you. And neither will most readers on here I suggest. They either told you to go to A&E or call 999, or you gave them some other information which enabled them to be more relaxed, which you conveniently are not sharing with us. No healthcare professional in the UK will tell someone calling up complaining of chest pains, just to go away for 2 weeks. It is a ludicrous suggestion.
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I once phoned 111 to ask about some chest pains I was having (anxiety attack), and they arranged the ambulance for me. There was no question about it, it was "well we'll have to give you a check over just to be sure".

Something does sound fishy.
 
Mëtal Bikër said:
I once phoned 111 to ask about some chest pains I was having (anxiety attack), and they arranged the ambulance for me. There was no question about it, it was "well we'll have to give you a check over just to be sure".

Something does sound fishy.
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People calling up and ending up dead after being told to go away, really does play havoc with the stats and the paperwork.
 
My GP is fucked now takes 2 weeks to book an appointment and then it is just first come first served. Was never like this 15 years ago.
 
BlueHammer85 said:
I'm surprised you're surprised, i've sat in doctors and heard them on reception, there manically busy and try and cut convos on the phone to a minimum often letting it ring for ages, their reaction to my call didn't surprise me, no appointments for 2 weeks did.
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The receptionists at my doctors are the same fucking useless old twats who are rude and let the phone ring out.
 
Chippy_boy said:
Well it should have surprised you mate, it's bang out of order. I mean just google "chest pains NHS" and see what comes up front and centre in big red letters on the NHS page!

They should have dropped everything and asked you various questions quickly to establish if you were in danger of imminent death. To not do so is gross negligence and probably a dismissal offence I would imagine.
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You really don’t see the reality of austerity, do you? And who do you believe should be sacked?
 
Scottyboi said:
My GP is fucked now takes 2 weeks to book an appointment and then it is just first come first served. Was never like this 15 years ago.
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15 years ago the population was 60m. Now it's almost 68m. Thems a lot o' potential patients.
 
jay_mcfc said:
You really don’t see the reality of austerity, do you? And who do you believe should be sacked?
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Yes, "sack them", the go-to method of the boomer, because that solves the underlying problem.
 
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