GP Surgery opening hours - official guidelines?

Poppy9

Philippa36 wrote: »

However, most of our patients don't want to go see a GP much before 9.30 or after 5pm (especially if it's dark outside) so who knows if anyone will turn up to their 7:30pm appointment - especially if that means missing their favourite soap opera...

I don't see GP often but I would love to be able to have an appt. first thing before work or after work instead of trying to find time to do repeatedly ring for an appt. from 8.30 onwards.

Down here though you can bet the older clients will want the early appointments to beat the rush. They start queuing at 7.30am for a blood test at the local hospital even though they don't open for an hour!

j.e.j.

mgdavid wrote: »

This comes across as deliberately provocative and a completely ridiculous statement. If you NEED a doctor then there's NHS direct, there's A&E, there's 999 ambulance or paramedic to your location, and many surgeries still book house calls after surgery has finished. Also of course most employers give time off for medical appointments, sometimes this would be unpaid, but then how much do you value your health?

Your nocturnal ramblings don't take into account the fact that my response to this OLD thread was actually made back in July 2012 :rotfl:


But NHS 111 are rubbish now you come to mention it.