Toonpack 11343 Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 2 minutes ago, strawb said: Bragging about being old and close to death, pretty bleak. Who can say when the reaper will pay the visit 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinRobin 12473 Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 24 minutes ago, Toonpack said: Who can say when the reaper will pay the visit 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AgentAxeman 245 Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 4 hours ago, Toonpack said: Who can say when the reaper will pay the visit 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 36695 Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 22774 Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 Tried getting a docs appointment this morning for a review of my meds 'Good morning can I book an appointment for a review of my meds' 'We are only taking appointments that require to see the Dr urgently' 'I have tried to do this online, but it says ring' 'Can you email on the following? blah blah' 'I emailed that and got a reply to call' 'That's the protocol' 'Yes, I have done that but got the reply to call. I waited a week, nothing happened so I am calling' 'If you send an email we can schedule something' Why is it so fucking difficult to schedule something? 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 49834 Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 It's a real mess like. It must be awful if you get or have got something serious and you can't get timely appointments for stuff. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 36695 Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 1 hour ago, wykikitoon said: Tried getting a docs appointment this morning for a review of my meds 'Good morning can I book an appointment for a review of my meds' 'We are only taking appointments that require to see the Dr urgently' 'I have tried to do this online, but it says ring' 'Can you email on the following? blah blah' 'I emailed that and got a reply to call' 'That's the protocol' 'Yes, I have done that but got the reply to call. I waited a week, nothing happened so I am calling' 'If you send an email we can schedule something' Why is it so fucking difficult to schedule something? Overwhelmed with a variety of respiratory illnesses at the minute, mate. Which is just making a bad situation worse 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 22774 Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 20 minutes ago, Gemmill said: It's a real mess like. It must be awful if you get or have got something serious and you can't get timely appointments for stuff. A few years ago when I pissed blood they were superb, I got in no problem. It's stuff that I am not in any urgency. But it still needs sorting. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 49834 Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 When I had the finger up the arse on 23rd December, I got the appointment same day. Maybe tell them you'll take the finger if it'll speed things along? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinRobin 12473 Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 Maybe they're putting off giving you bad news. 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 22774 Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 3 minutes ago, RobinRobin said: Maybe they're putting off giving you bad news. 👍 I already know I'm mental. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinRobin 12473 Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 9 minutes ago, wykikitoon said: I already know I'm mental. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 7620 Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 2 hours ago, wykikitoon said: Tried getting a docs appointment this morning for a review of my meds 'Good morning can I book an appointment for a review of my meds' 'We are only taking appointments that require to see the Dr urgently' 'I have tried to do this online, but it says ring' 'Can you email on the following? blah blah' 'I emailed that and got a reply to call' 'That's the protocol' 'Yes, I have done that but got the reply to call. I waited a week, nothing happened so I am calling' 'If you send an email we can schedule something' Why is it so fucking difficult to schedule something? To add balance, the bairn woke up with a swollen face last week. I was loathed to take her to the Emergency Department (and knew I would be waiting 6 hours) so rang 101. Got an appointment at a walk in centre 30mins later and was seen within 5 mins. Diagnosed with a blocked salivary gland and told to eat lots of sugary sweets (which she loved). 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 7620 Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 1 hour ago, Alex said: Overwhelmed with a variety of respiratory illnesses at the minute, mate. Which is just making a bad situation worse The worst Winter in the NHS's history. No beds, no staff, ambulances queued out the door, no social care placements to get the old folks out of hospital. Just gridlock in the whole system. Which ends up with people being discharged before they are ready to free up beds and then having a failed discharge and ending up in the ED within 24hrs again. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 22774 Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 9 minutes ago, Kid Dynamite said: To add balance, the bairn woke up with a swollen face last week. I was loathed to take her to the Emergency Department (and knew I would be waiting 6 hours) so rang 101. Got an appointment at a walk in centre 30mins later and was seen within 5 mins. Diagnosed with a blocked salivary gland and told to eat lots of sugary sweets (which she loved). To add further balance, this is a simple common sense issue. It was a 'computer says no' situation with fuck all help from the mong on the phone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 7620 Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 26 minutes ago, wykikitoon said: To add further balance, this is a simple common sense issue. It was a 'computer says no' situation with fuck all help from the mong on the phone. "Mong's" ✅ Downtrodden NHS staff ✅ 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howmanheyman 36530 Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 30 minutes ago, wykikitoon said: To add further balance, this is a simple common sense issue. It was a 'computer says no' situation with fuck all help from the mong on the phone. FYP 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 22774 Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 2 minutes ago, Kid Dynamite said: "Mong's" ✅ Downtrodden NHS staff ✅ So if I hadn't have said it was the Dr's and replaced with say, John Lewis would you have jumped straight to the 'balance' wank? If you had bothered to read on, I said when it's urgent they're brilliant. I have several friends and family who work for the NHS. Someone to keep repeating 'email' without acknowledging I have tried that makes them Teflon because they work in the NHS does it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJS 4560 Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 They've introduced an online triage system at my GPs which started last year and it's worked in general but I'd support Wykiki in that the meds review system seems to be shit within that. I requested an appointment online twice and got texts with booking links only to find no appointments available when I tried those links. I had to ring in the end and eventually got an appointment (tomorrow as it happens) which meant having to renew my prescription manually in writing (FFS) just before Christmas. This for a review of three drugs, two of which I've been told are for life anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 7620 Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 27 minutes ago, wykikitoon said: So if I hadn't have said it was the Dr's and replaced with say, John Lewis would you have jumped straight to the 'balance' wank? If you had bothered to read on, I said when it's urgent they're brilliant. I have several friends and family who work for the NHS. Someone to keep repeating 'email' without acknowledging I have tried that makes them Teflon because they work in the NHS does it? J69 ✅ 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renton 23617 Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 4 hours ago, wykikitoon said: Tried getting a docs appointment this morning for a review of my meds 'Good morning can I book an appointment for a review of my meds' 'We are only taking appointments that require to see the Dr urgently' 'I have tried to do this online, but it says ring' 'Can you email on the following? blah blah' 'I emailed that and got a reply to call' 'That's the protocol' 'Yes, I have done that but got the reply to call. I waited a week, nothing happened so I am calling' 'If you send an email we can schedule something' Why is it so fucking difficult to schedule something? Sounds like my GP. Saw the GP a few weeks ago because I was running out of topical drugs to treat my eczema, which I could feel was flaring up, but wasn't that bad at that time. Being proactive based on decades of personal experience. She was absolutely obnoxious, gave me a prescription then and there and told me to self refer to secondary care if I felt it was getting on top of me (I think this was partly because I refused to have UV therapy for a lot of reasons). So anyway, today I try to get a repeat prescription on my NHS app and she has stopped everything. No medication review, nothing, just stopped my prescription without even telling me. So now a flare is pretty inevitable which will mean I get genuinely ill and will need antibiotics. Going ther in person this afternoon which I can do as its near but still. Oh aye, and cos of global shortages, made much worse by Brexit, even once I get the prescription it will take weeks for some products to get dispensed if at all. Primary care is a shambles and needs to be the focus of NHS reform imo. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 36695 Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 Maybe time to get the fuck off Instagram, Facebook and so on. I honestly think it’s the only the weapon we’ve got if Zuckerberg is going to suck Trump’s cock for profit. You’ll probably feel better for it too after you’ve got used to it. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayvin 5918 Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 3 hours ago, Alex said: Maybe time to get the fuck off Instagram, Facebook and so on. I honestly think it’s the only the weapon we’ve got if Zuckerberg is going to suck Trump’s cock for profit. You’ll probably feel better for it too after you’ve got used to it. This. Mass social media exodus would probably do a lot of people the world of good anyway. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 45119 Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 Young Ms. Fist got on a new metro train at Benton this morning on her way to college. Broke down at South Gosforth. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 22774 Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 11 hours ago, Alex said: Maybe time to get the fuck off Instagram, Facebook and so on. I honestly think it’s the only the weapon we’ve got if Zuckerberg is going to suck Trump’s cock for profit. You’ll probably feel better for it too after you’ve got used to it. Came off Insta in November(ish) as I was sick of it. Feel loads better since. Unfortunately I have a 'ghost account' on FB just for my cycle club. Loads have asked for us to switch to a different way but the cunts on the committee are not for budging. Hopefully that will change as we have some younger representation on there now. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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