Doctors and Dentists

Doctors & Dentists

Do you not think that the pendulum has swung too far over the past few years?

Not so long ago if you were feeling unwell you went along to your doctors surgery, waited for a short period of time and then saw your doctor (am I dreaming).

Now days you have to telephone the surgery, hope that they answer the phone but more often than not you wait in a queue for ages. When you do get through, you are greeted by someone who is so obviously bored and fed up that you want to throttle them before the conversation even starts.

This is a typical telephone conversation with my surgery "Appointments, I need to make an appointment to see my doctor, are you registered here, yes (of course I bloody well am or I would not be telephoning the appointments number), who's your doctor, (why do they ask you know you are not going to get to see him.

Then they ask if it’s urgent, why you would not be waiting in the telephone queue if it was not urgent, the next appointment is in 3/5/7 days at some silly time that means you need to take a day off work.

The medical profession must be costing this country a fortune in lost days from work. This is from people who received there training from the nation (National Health Service).

Dentist are even worst they get there training on the national health service then start a surgery by accepting patients on the national health service, then very soon after what do they do?

THEY GO PRIVATE AND YOU HAVE TO PAY. Daylight robbery I call it. Have you ever seen a poor dentist?