The Medical Thread
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To me ..these pseudo medical journalists are half the problem
"Something " increases your risk of dying by 50%....oh my panic... it's doubling my risk!!! Panic panic
But my risk was only 1 % at the start.
It's now 1.5%..
I fell for it early doors. Stopped eating bacon and coffee...40 years of pure joy missed out.
I love a coffee and a bacon butty now
To me ..these pseudo medical journalists are half the problem
"Something " increases your risk of dying by 50%....oh my panic... it's doubling my risk!!! Panic panic
But my risk was only 1 % at the start.
It's now 1.5%..
I fell for it early doors. Stopped eating bacon and coffee...40 years of pure joy missed out.
I love a coffee and a bacon butty now
Has anyone else noticed a big improvement in getting GP appointments? My GP practice now employs an online triage system via Rapid Health to filter appointment requests and I've used this three times in recent weeks for minor conditions. On two occasions, I was offered a same day appointment and on the third occasion I was given a next day appointment. The GP actually called me in the afternoon preceding the next day appointment and said 'I recommend you keep your appointment tomorrow, but I've seen the reason for your request and I'm going to send a prescription through to your pharmacy now so that you can hopefully get some medication today'.
Yes same with our doctors using online appointments & wife got her appointment in 2days, much better system if it continues
I live in North Norfolk. Our local surgery closed last year which for several years now you could only collect prescriptions from, so we now have to travel to the nearest town for both appointments and prescriptions.
I haven't been able to see an actual doctor since before COVID, you just get to see a health professional. We are also typically having to wait between one and two weeks to see someone.
So I guess it's a postcode lottery scenario.
No. NHS Scotland is abysmal
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So you need to know a week in advance that you're going to be ill to book an appointment!
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I had the joy of my triennial "****-on-a-stick" today
****-on-a-stick results back within a week...
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My GP has used the triage system for about 3 years now and depending on symptoms I have had several same day appointments so there isn't a problem there.
Referrals are less satisfactory, a recent ultrasound took just under 10 weeks whereas a previous one three years ago was just over three weeks with a Sunday appointment. From that result I have been given a three month wait to see the consultant surgeon for a double hernia operation although that will just be an assessment. I think in London you do have a greater variety of choice than in more rural areas but the big problem all have is A&E which always seems at full stretch...
I spent a week working there in about 1993. Odd place.Inverclyde Royal hit a 29 hour wait two weeks ago
Actually, until your post I’d forgotten all about it. Seem to remember great views but not a hospital I would have wanted to be treated in, way back then. Hopefully, waits aside, it’s improved.
It's not. It looks like a throwback from the 1970s, ugly building.
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Mrs SM worked there for 16 years, but been away for ten now and is in no rush to go back. Had a few appointments there, it's really antiquated inside, and not a place conducive to good recovery despite the views.