[Vicky.]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

Booking appointments weeks in advance? I... I don't understand...

"Hello, doctor? Yes, I'm feeling great right now, but I was planning on being ill in roughly 10 days time, would I be able to make an appointment to see you then?"

Unless its an emergency (and they decide if its an emergency, not you..doesn't seem to matter how much pain you are in from my experience..) its extremely rare to get an appointment before about 2 weeks time.

Also when you ring you are CONSTANTLY in a queue. Its usually 'there are 5 people ahead of you' so you have not much chance of getting a cancellation either.

I think the main problem here is that I live in an area thats massively populated by OAPs..who tend to use the doctors a lot. Theres an old lady in my street who goes to the GPs to get her toenails cut?