The Conservative Party

Gabriel said:
Scott Benton, the Conservative MP for Blackpool South, said "My constituents are understandably anxious about fracking returning to the Fylde coast."

I don’t think I’ve ever heard Benton say anything even mildly critical of the Government since he was elected in 2019.
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Its the grim realisation that rather than a season ticket on the Parliamentary Gravy Train they are about to be booted off at the stop named One Term Wonder come the GE. Many of them realise that they jumped out of the plane with Johnson back in 2019 and none of them had a parachute - even Johnson !!
 
bluejon said:
It's complete bullshit from Coffey. She doesn't know what she's doing, she just says things that sound good with zero substance or plan to back them. For starters, it might be a good idea to have a health secretary who isn't also deputy PM.
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I suggest that she DOES know what she's doing, saying things that sound good with zero substance or plan to back them.

Promise lots, fail to provide, blame someone else (Putin, Labour, Gordon Brown).
 
bluethrunthru said:
Its the grim realisation that rather than a season ticket on the Parliamentary Gravy Train they are about to be booted off at the stop named One Term Wonder come the GE. Many of them realise that they jumped out of the plane with Johnson back in 2019 and none of them had a parachute - even Johnson !!
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Eds said:
Try to get an appointment at my medical is a joke. You have to call at 8.00am on the day and then when you finally get through they tell you none are available and to call at 8.00am the next day. If you are lucky you might get a telephone appointment with a doctor who when you tell him / her you might have an eye infection or throat infection tells you to make an appointment to see him / her by calling the next day at 8.00am! My late father was a GP who would do two full surgeries a day (morning and late afternoon / evening as well as home visits, hospital and old folks home visits and work weekends. Seriously GP's these days have it easy in comparison.
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Apparently Doctors can earn more on youtube now.

 
Eds said:
Try to get an appointment at my medical is a joke. You have to call at 8.00am on the day and then when you finally get through they tell you none are available and to call at 8.00am the next day. If you are lucky you might get a telephone appointment with a doctor who when you tell him / her you might have an eye infection or throat infection tells you to make an appointment to see him / her by calling the next day at 8.00am! My late father was a GP who would do two full surgeries a day (morning and late afternoon / evening as well as home visits, hospital and old folks home visits and work weekends. Seriously GP's these days have it easy in comparison.
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Same, but I don’t think it’s laziness per se. There are less GPs than there were 10 years ago and more people.

Private healthcare are trying to buy out practices and have as few actual GPs as is possible to cut costs.

It’s probably a really grim job to do at present.

I can’t even book an appointment online at my practice at the moment.
 
bobmcfc said:
I remember the series of tremors that were caused by the building of the etihad. Very scary indeed, I'd hate to be living near any potential fracking site
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Yeah, best case scenario is your house is unaffected, it’s just your water being poisonous that you need to deal with.
 
Alan Harper's Tash said:
It’ll be interesting to see how the pledge of a same day GP appointment can be met without having extra GPs.

Am I missing something, or have GPs just decided to make people wait 6 weeks for an appointment for no reason?
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I've heard they're considering an automated system.

Press 1 for hypochondria
Press 2 for emergency

You pressed 2. Press 1 for emergency hypochondria. For any other issues please visit your local pharmacy and ask for paracetamol.
 
supercity88 said:
I've heard they're considering an automated system.

Press 1 for hypochondria
Press 2 for emergency

You pressed 2. Press 1 for emergency hypochondria. For any other issues please visit your local pharmacy and ask for paracetamol.
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Send it Coffey, you’ll likely be given the contract.
 
Eds said:
Try to get an appointment at my medical is a joke. You have to call at 8.00am on the day and then when you finally get through they tell you none are available and to call at 8.00am the next day. If you are lucky you might get a telephone appointment with a doctor who when you tell him / her you might have an eye infection or throat infection tells you to make an appointment to see him / her by calling the next day at 8.00am! My late father was a GP who would do two full surgeries a day (morning and late afternoon / evening as well as home visits, hospital and old folks home visits and work weekends. Seriously GP's these days have it easy in comparison.
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It's a joke everywhere. My 3 month old developed a rash I was concerned about so I rang up and they offered a phone call. I said, that's not really going to cut it considering it's a rash and I'd like them to look at it. However they did offer a wonderful service where after the phone call I got a link to send a photo to so the GP could look at it and then call me back. Doesn't that sound much quicker and easier than just going in and showing them!

There was a BBC Panorama investigation into Operose Health who operate a large number of practices in the UK and that highlighted a lot of issues. Staff shortages and an increase in population have inevitable consequences. I don't think they're working any less now, but there are more people to deal with and the systems that are in place are an absolute joke. If you are concerned about your health you have to fight hard to ensure you're getting seen and getting the right treatment. I know from my Mum's own battle with cancer and the repeated errors/delays that healthcare in this country is much like changing your phone contract or insurance - you have to ring and ring and shout the loudest and question everything you are told.
 
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