I waited a year for a shoulder injury to go. Turns out it was massive diabetes and now I've got nerve and eye damage at 41.
Be careful everyone!
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Is it a risk of something getting worse? GP.
Is it just a fixed reduction in HP with no serious complications? Meh
Depends whether I think it'll be a massive battle to get them to even pretend to give a shit (it usually is).
Depends how bad it is that I can tolerate the 15 hours of automated bullshit I have to listen to before I can speak to a receptionist.
I changed GP to my uni's dedicsted one while i study there and it's been wonderful because you just fill in a form rather than do a phone call. But i still couldn't go or book appointments there for a long while because the NHS app didn't let me creste an account 😮💨
"Your call is very important to us"
Is it getting worse? If so, is it because I'm not treating it? If not, do I have anything left to try? If not, I'll go.
For me, one factor is always whether the illness/injury can be unarguably, definitely, 100%, no-doubt-about-it, proven to the receptionist who wants to stop you having an appointment.
Lol. Why are they all like that? Part of the job description?
Doesn't every GP have to offer online booking now? You should just be able to book an appt, even if it's a week or so out.
Doesn't appear so, sadly. Mine used to, but they got rid of it and replaced it with "same day appointments only - no advance booking" and "phone between 8:00am and 8:01am".
Admittedly, I've not tried to contact them for quite a few months, so maybe it's working again.
Find a new one then. They make money off you being registered but not using them
If it hasn't fixed itself after 5 years, I'll consider the GP as an option.