Letter: Can I please see my GP? Please? Can I?

Letter: I am just wondering if anybody has similar problems to us with their GPs.

My wife has been unwell for some time and on going to our doctors one Thursday, the GP said "You have certainly gone worse just lately", and gave my wife an urgent blood test saying, "Come back and see me within the week for the results".

On trying to make a appointment we were told the doctor works Tuesday's and Thursday's and the following Tuesday the surgery was closed for staff training so that narrowed it down to Thursday of that week. We were then told there were no available appointments for the Thursday and the following Tuesday was the only available appointment.

The receptionist then said we could have a telephone consultation with the doctor if we wanted for the Tuesday of staff training day, to which we agreed. We waited by the phone all day on Tuesday, no such call came.

This after the doctor wanted an urgent blood test. So my wife now has to wait nearly two weeks to find out what, if any, course of action they will take. Of course our practice has some cosmetic building work going on so patient care seems to take second place.

We were wondering if all practices are like this?

A J Harris

Shrewsbury