Our surgery is now only open until lunchtime (and not actually seeing any patients face to face anyway). So what the hell are they all doing in the afternoons?
>So what the hell are they all doing in the afternoons?
What do you think they are doing? I doubt they are looking after their gardens, or jogging, or watching Netflix and chillin'
Our surgery is open until 8.00pm on Mondays, then until 6.30pm from Tuesdays to Fridays and noon on Saturdays. They'll also be working normally over Easter.
we did have like a free for all (no appointment system) on a Thursday morning (can't remember specifically the illness (maybe diabetes) but they had to cancel as the world and his wife turned up with unrelated complaints
^ Mines the same Mamyalynne. In fact the last time I was seen by a nurse it was on a Sunday- seems to be something 7 days a week there , and that was before Covid
>>> we do only have perhaps 3 doctors for 5,000 patients
I don't know how many patients are registered at our local surgery but the population of the town is just 5,000 (and there are several other surgeries in the area, so there aren't that many local villagers who'll be registered here). There are 7 doctors and a nurse practitioner at the surgery. They're supported by (among others) 3 nurses and 2 healthcare assistants.
Update to what I wrote above:
I said that my local surgery would be open as usual over the Easter weekend (which would have meant that they'd be closed on Sunday). They've just sent me a text to say that they'll be accepting urgent telephone appintments on every day across that period, including on Sunday.