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Gentleman Jim
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Normal Practice?

Post by Gentleman Jim » Tue Dec 10, 2019 10:47 am

My mother has dementia so cant sort many things herself, so this morning, I phoned the GP surgery for a home visit for her.
So I can be there, I asked for an approximate time. The reply - "We cant really say and it may not be the doctor. Some appointments are transferred over to the Paramedics"

Since when has the paramedic service been used in this way?
Or am I too healthy to have noticed? :lol:
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Re: Normal Practice?

Post by FlammableFlower » Tue Dec 10, 2019 2:29 pm

Can't answer for how long, but I noticed last time (about the weeks ago) I went to our surgery (ill son), we were seen by the Practice Paramedic.

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Re: Normal Practice?

Post by GeenDienst » Tue Dec 10, 2019 2:38 pm

Up to a point, some triage can be a good thing. But the underlying reason seems to be that GPs are now inaccessible unless you are dying, or pretend to be dying. It takes >3 weeks to get a non-urgent appointment with mine, and when I went, it took a month to get an appointment with the nurse for some tests.
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Re: Normal Practice?

Post by dyqik » Tue Dec 10, 2019 2:39 pm

GeenDienst wrote:
Tue Dec 10, 2019 2:38 pm
Up to a point, some triage can be a good thing. But the underlying reason seems to be that GPs are now inaccessible unless you are dying, or pretend to be dying. It takes >3 weeks to get a non-urgent appointment with mine, and when I went, it took a month to get an appointment with the nurse for some tests.
Still, that's 6 months faster than it took me to get an appointment for a physical with a Nurse Practitioner here.

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Re: Normal Practice?

Post by Gentleman Jim » Tue Dec 10, 2019 3:21 pm

It was a paramedic.
My daughter and my mother thought he was gorgeous so it cheered them both up
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