Cash strapped surgeries
Doctors are well paid.
We are lucky up here to have 2 modern GP surgeries.
The doctors and the nurses have been amazing with hubby this past few months, nothing is too much for them, to the point I was getting fed up of them ringing to see how he was.
We still have the appointment system wait up to a fortnight, or we can phone at 8.30 and 1.30 to see if there is a cancellation.
We can also have appointments for telephone consultations now, weird but handy.
You can turn up any morning, demand to see a doctor as long as you are prepared to say it is an emergency...and face the wrath of the doctor if it isn't.
I don't agree with paying for appointments, the idea of NHS is it is affordable for all.