April 2025 NHS GP Rule Changes: What Seniors Across the UK Should Know

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February 2025 NHS GP Rule Changes: What Seniors Across the UK Should Know
Important news for seniors! In February 2025, significant changes to NHS GP rules will take effect, impacting healthcare access for many across the UK. In this video, we’ll explain what these changes mean for you, how they could affect your healthcare experience, and what steps you should take to stay informed. Don’t miss out on essential information that could impact your health and well-being!
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[@erylrowell4232]

It would nice to have a face to face confidential appointment without having to discuss your symptoms with the receptionists

[@DeniseBond-cc9ce]

I am a cancer patient i am 70 years old ...i live alone i dont get on with digital crap tried and tried cannot get to grips with pass eords ect hate it

[@marcus69696]

Very good point

[@terrymorton9941]

I refuse to discuss my ills in public..... especially with receptionists whom think they are doctors or nurses. All these nhs apps were supposed to free up doctors time we have locums that come in on a daily basis, it still doesnt free up the doctors time.

[@SeekTruthandKnowledge]

I agree that we should not need discuss our symptoms with anyone except a doctor.

[@avrilcrisp5725]

It's also asking you for your name, date of birth and address. That is an open book to some who can use that information for criminal purposes. You have no idea of the type of person in the waiting room sitting next to you.

[@lesliemartin6009]

I think the NHS should change its name to DIY.

[@c.marmion8430]

LOL 😄. That's a good one!

[@RedFox-c5l]

@@lesliemartin6009 O yes we are here to help you take the jab

[@Dawn-Songs]

😂🤣😅

[@sheenamoffat6703]

Absolutely

[@caroleforshaw6287]

Lots of older people do not know how to use internet and havent got it.

[@johnfaulkner6776]

@@caroleforshaw6287 and some of us have it and can use it but we don't let on!

[@johnfaulkner6776]

@@caroleforshaw6287 and a few of us oldies have it, know how it works, but don't admit it!

[@angelaregan475]

Are you serious? I am in my 80 s and have used a computer and been online for 30 years.

[@caroleforshaw6287]

@angelaregan475 lucky your still able to. Some aren't as lucky. So yes I was serious

[@johnfaulkner6776]

@@caroleforshaw6287 and some of us have it, use it, but " haven't got it " when it suits us!

[@barbarac3819]

It will be the same old, same old, no appointments and ring back tomorrow, if you get through in the first place!

[@annjackaman3458]

They tell you to ring at 8am to get an appointment. You get thru at 8.10 am and no appointments left. Whats going on????

[@johnfaulkner6776]

@@annjackaman3458 black market in appointments ( lol)!

[@CT-vu1jr]

We share the same doctors and nurses with those illegal immigrants.

[@sugarsnap1578]

They are working for private only NHS a couple of days per week

[@sheenamoffat6703]

Dont believe any improvement will be made

[@paulinelaville5620]

Exactly.

[@margaretholden7829]

I don’t believe this. I haven’t been able to see a doctor for years

[@johnfaulkner6776]

I have never known such appalling service than I now suffer from my GP practice. Face to face appointments are virtually unavailable. I have never met any of my last 4 " nominated " Doctors. In 2007 I survived bowel cancer due to prompt attention - I would now die in the same circumstances.

[@triciabaker8992]

I know how you feel. I won’t bother with them. I refuse to wait a month for an appointment.

[@KeithSaville-tj5id]

10 years ago I was out walking and felt a bit off so I returned home stopping on the way. For the next three days I still felt a bit off so I walked into the waiting room of my local GP Surgery. After waiting my turn I walked into the GP's room and told him how I felt, he replied by saying that I'd had a heart attack and was all for dialing 999 there and then but I said that my car was parked outside. He said drive home carefully then dial 999 which I did. After tests my heart attack was confirmed and two weeks later I had a heart triple bypass. If it happened today I would have to fill a GP online form and wait for several days/weeks for a GP to phone me. By then I would probably be dead!

[@johnfaulkner6776]

@KeithSaville-tj5id wow! Glad you made it. Don't push your luck and try anything like that again?

[@KeithSaville-tj5id]

@ Thanks, I was extremely lucky. The problem was that I didn't know that I was having a heart attack. I always assumed that when having a heart attack that I would be in severe pain in the chest area and probably be collapsed on the floor in agony or worse still unconscious.

[@c.marmion8430]

I turned up at my doctor's surgery to make an appointment, and the receptionist told me that the only way to make an appointment now is online. I said to her that as I am actually here could she not do it for me, she said "No" and repeated that I had to go home and do it online. Which I reluctantly did (and what a palava that was!) How absolutely ridiculous!

[@georgeallen3547]

I have been saying this to my surgery for years. Every time I went, I saw a different doctor who asks ' what can I do for you today. Being the first time they have seen me, they have no idea about my medical needs. Plus there are not enough doctors to operate this scheme.

[@993Redveg]

There are also "advanced practitioners". Basically nurses, and if you are not VERY observant, the surgery will try to book you in with one of these people. Beware. They have a maximum of two years training, unlike qualified doctors who train for a minimum of six years. But with the surgeries run by "healthcare" companies contracted to the NHS, maximisation of profit is the name of the game. These glorified nurses are cheaper to hire than real doctors. Always be one step ahead and ask, "Is this person a qualified doctor?", if you have any suspicion that they are not, and insist on your RIGHT to see a fully qualified medical practitioner.

[@marionwest3661]

What a lot of BS. Too good to be true. Why hasn’t any of this been done before, and where are the thousands of additional doctors and nurses coming from?

[@thejd52]

Definitely not from England, judging from the doctors and nurses at my surgery! If you can get an appointment, it's a telephone call and I have to apologise for not understanding a word they say, it's truly embarrassing and a waste of time.

[@RedFox-c5l]

@@marionwest3661 they want you gone WEF

[@louisecarey7712]

That was my first thought!

[@margaretjackman291]

Seeing is believing, the government can obviously talk the talk but let’s see if they can walk the walk.

[@pat23668952]

Letters for appointments arrive two days after the appointment, and people spend hours on the phone trying to get an appointment. It is not the clinical departments that are failing; it is the administration.

[@integinteg9222]

Just got my appointment letter the day after.

[@c.marmion8430]

I totally agree, it's the NHS admin that's mostly to blame. I hear all sorts of stories of appointment mix-ups as you describe, and even a friend went for an appointment at one hospital and was told when she got there that her appointment was actually in another hospital in another town! She showed them the letter she had that clearly stated that the appointment was at that hospital she'd turned up at, they just apologised, and of course she missed her appointment at the other hospital and had to start all over again! It's no wonder we've all got high blood pressure!

[@bethparker3018]

Am glad our hospital sends emails re appointments etc. Granted not everyone has email but I would say majority do. Difficult getting appt with my GP - does anyone have a different experience? GP does send text messages though

[@SUJAMUK]

You need a letter for an appointment? Shouldn't it be on the same day when you need to see the doctor urgently?

[@stephenglover2183]

Starmer needs to book an appointment with a psychiatrist.

[@avrilboardley3062]

More like into a prison facility

[@jillkemp5521]

Tories are responsible for the dire state of the NHS. Labour have been in office for six months , Tories were in office for FOURTEEN YEARS!

[@patriciapalmer4873]

​@jillkemp55. vote. Reform

[@jimthorne304]

What a stupid comment!

[@vidawood3868]

He should try booking an appointment, he probably has a personal physician on hand! Don't live in the real world.

[@vaughanellis7866]

These 'rule changes' will make no difference - it will still be next to impossible to get a face-to-face appointment with a GP, Whoever it was in the NHS/Department of Health and Social Care that thought that patients should not be allowed to book an appointment ahead of time and only be allowed to try to book an appointment on the day must have been out of their tiny minds, everything was fine from the patients POV until they amalgamated ALL of the towns practices at the back end of 2019, since then I've only been able to get an appointment to see a GP ONCE and that was a rushed affair.

[@NickNackpaddywhack]

I tried to book a phone call and was told it would be 2 weeks, told them to forget it!

[@johnfaulkner6776]

​@@NickNackpaddywhackThat was quick! I waited 5 weeks but was then treated at hospital out-patients in two clinics within 8 days!

[@jaywalker1233]

@@NickNackpaddywhack they want the patient list £££ but *NOT* the work that goes with it

[@c.marmion8430]

​@@NickNackpaddywhackI turned up at my doctor's surgery to make an appointment, and the receptionist told me that the only way to make an appointment now is online. I said to her that as I am actually here could she not do it for me, she said "No" and repeated that I had to go home and do it online. Which I reluctantly did (and what a palava that was!) How absolutely ridiculous!

[@angelamary9493]

They send out a text or email when they want you to get Vaccinated ..COVID ..Flue ..shingles ..iits all for Money money ..GPs get paid for every vaccine they give ..so i don't bother

[@mellarner8253]

Our local practice was graded as the fifth worst in the county, how on earth there are four worse than that beggars belief. Recent experiences have left the impression that the Doctors simply want to fob you off and show little concern for your problems, my daughter had a just such an experience this week. A patient exited a consulting room in tears, muttering “ that was a waste of time”. My daughter went in next and was then told that the treatment she was given previously at the drop in centre she had to use (as she could not get an appointment) was wrong. Given that the visit to the drop in centre prior to that a couple of months ago resulted in her being rushed to A and E with extremely advanced symptoms for sepsis shows that they were doing a good job. All in all, a wasted visit, the general consensus within our village is that the practice is absolutely woeful. They should get paid only for each in person consultation carried out, any telephone or zoom type consultations should not be paid for.

[@DaBongo89]

Gps so not get paid per patient contacts..there is a national shortage of Gps and those left are in many cases burnt-out . The Bma recommends no more than 25 patient contacts per day . Many are doing sixty upwards . Unsustainable

[@Capricorn2800]

Why do they presume the older generation have internet and use computers I would like a surgery that lets you phone for a face to face appointment and answers the phone within a minute not 20+ minutes in a queue we have to use a triage system online if you hit the jackpot you see a GP otherwise it’s a paramedic or nurse or told to see a pharmacist at worse I have been told to go to A& E because they have no appointments where is the care there I remember when my old GP did everything you sat and waited your turn and he would see everyone no receptionist to get through those were the days

[@c.marmion8430]

Some punctuation would help! 🙂

[@stephenoliver1437]

New changes yes they’ll be cutting down on doctors next if you have a serious illness you will get better service if you visit the coop funeral department to buy a coffin

[@jeankinton9914]

It’s about time Doctors got off their backsides and did the job they are paid to do they always seem to be missing the majority of them in the surgery. The nurse practitioners do a better job more Thoroughly than the Doctors they seem have a better knowledge than most Doctors of today as they are learning new technology and new medicines. Some doctors take on private patience where they have to pay to see the doctor Private. well done to all the advanced nurse practitioners you’re doing an excellent job thank you.

[@UtubeRwokeLefties]

I thought the rule change under Labour was immigrants first?

[@lynmedcraft]

They won't change that!! Esides the irregular illegals are either professionals or schoolchildren - even the 30 year olds!!

[@SUJAMUK]

Immigrants migrated there and living for many years, contributing towards national insurance all their life, shouldn't be treated differently. In the case of illegal immigrants, they shouldn't be registered at all in the first place.

[@UtubeRwokeLefties]

@@SUJAMUK I agree, there are many who contribute to the country, are hard working and make Britain a better place. However, those who don't work (or work the grey economy and pay no tax) and are here just to take and not give, should be deported.

[@SUJAMUK]

@UtubeRwokeLefties l am lndian, and I don't blame Trump to deport the illegal immigrants handcuffed. They are criminals. What would have happened if any of them opened the aircraft door. People like them can't be trusted.

[@lynmedcraft]

@@SUJAMUK .... and it costs them a lot of money to do it legally!!!!

[@paulmoore-x7p]

A appointment will be a novelty these days

[@Vivalasvegas123]

Just announcing that there are more appointments doesn't fix the problem or stretched resources and over population, it's just another starmer mess waiting to explode

[@janetbeard6590]

Even when I do go into my surgery I never see lots of patients waiting to see a doctor and every I get any appointment it's a different doctor. Feel like asking if our doctors just pop in for a hour or so!

[@londongirl1733]

That’s exactly what’s happening they are busy making hotel visits in person. Lovely way to treat the children of the war dead isn’t it 😮

[@brennadickinson2920]

My small semi-rural medical centre has , I'm told, 8,000 patients on their books...

[@sheenamoffat6703]

My surgery is like the Marie Celeste totally devoid of patients The staff outnumber any patients and an actual GP is a wonder to behold Half a day every week the doors are shut for staff training lol lol

[@fs.pureblood]

Im 66 and quite internet savvy but I flatly refuse to have the NHS app. If I need to see the Dr I phone the surgery. When I need prescriptions I phone the surgery.

[@linwhitworth4794]

What on earth is all the gobbledegook writing in the background about? And why is it narrated by an American? I despair!

[@samm4265]

narrated by a bot.

[@brennadickinson2920]

That's our wonderful A! which should use it's own spell checker. It's illiterate.

[@annwilliams5435]

Good luck with this,my husband and I moved and had to change doctors that was 5 yrs ago we have never seen a doctor my husband has COPD only seen a nurse I phoned up because I had felt I’ll for 3 days I spoke to doctor on the phone who gave me antibiotics next day had to phone ambulance who rushed me to hospital I had a burst gall bladder, then 12 weeks ago rushed into hospital with pneumonia still not seen my doctor

[@c.marmion8430]

That's disgraceful ☹️

[@toomanywindturbines7411]

⁠That’s normal. I had a scan which found growth on my bladder and fibroid in my womb. Saw both Urologist and Gynaecologist, he wrote to the Urologist and asked her to remove the fibroid when operating on my bladder. The answer was no! I can live with the fibroid. Maybe foreign trained doctors do mix and match operations in their home countries!

[@margaretgray8339]

@annwilliams5435 Hope you are now feeling much better - God bless you ❤✝️❤️

[@annwilliams5435]

@@margaretgray8339 yes God has blessed me I’ve got to nearly 79 before 2020 had not seen a dr for 21 years just took vitamins every day so being sick hit me hard besides I have osteoarthritis got a job to lift my arms but the worse for me I have to keep asking people to open jars,stretch up to get things from the cupboard, still there is a lot more people worse then me GP are worthless a good nurse can do just the same as he does.thank you for your concern xx

[@kevinmumby1866]

It's alright changeing rules but you can't get an appointment any time they should get surgery open full-time not keep hiding behind the phone

[@ireneplatt-mander5683]

I phoned up to book an appointment the other got told they cant book appointments to see a doctor now over the said they would send me a phone by text to fill in then post it back to them so I have I've got an appointment not to see a doc but to see bone and muscle triage for my arthritis in 3 weeks

[@Annie-yv7rc]

Can’t get an appt with any doctor let alone a named doctor

[@RoyRushforth]

I am 72 with spine problems , diabetic and I haven’t seen a doctor for over 3 years ,and it’s not me ,it’s the doctors surgery not answering phone or not booking me an appointment ,you have to be very lucky if you can get through on phone and if you go to surgery they say we are not booking appointments today or tomorrow, and if you ask for one at any time they won’t , refusing me an appointment . Could I sue them ?

[@Onetwothree789]

Hopefully the med beds won’t be long now, we won’t need doctors.

[@c.marmion8430]

Some doctor's receptionists are like the Gest*po! They are all on a power-trip 😏

[@RoyRushforth]

@@Onetwothree789 med beds ?

[@bettysyme8771]

For the first time in at least over 20 years my Doctors' Surgery has made an appointment for me to have a medical check~up. I hope this is a sign that these NHS rule changes are really happening

[@DaBongo89]

If you have any chronic disease ,asthma ,hypertension,copd,diabetes you can arrange a review yourself

[@stephenward9372]

Sounds good on the surface. I would have to see the thing working in action before being convinced.

[@philipsalmon2192]

Why is this being said by an American? Surely it’s none of their business?

[@jimthorne304]

Perhaps it's AI generted? AI is doubtless very clever, but doesn't seem to do accents and dialects.

[@lindamunday9402]

Doctor you must be joking you have to get past the reception first and if you're lucky you may have to only wait 6 weeks to see one or they will treat you over the phone lol

[@jaodell1]

Why an American voice? Doesn't sound real - more like a commercial.

[@clarecollins2547]

Not all elderly people have smart phones or computers and dont want them and cant afford them. The bother of “filling” in a set of questions online is a complete waste of time when you have to explain it all again. Also how can the doctor look at your eczma or any complaint that needs looking at over the phone? What is desperately needed are more doctors and nurses and i know this will take years!

[@patriciapresley8484]

Well since we no longer have a Government and no longer have NHS Jesus heals every one for free right across the Planet In God we trust 🥰🥰🥰

[@DavidChaffe]

Waste of time GPs take 3 wks to see they are over paid and underwork GPs. Better going to hospital which are overworked and underpaid

[@brennadickinson2920]

Is this connected to "Assisted Dying"?

[@MarthaMcDonald-cw6mk]

Had this to an extent when you managed to get past the unqualified receptionist then all doctors in our practice retired end of 2024 . So far the one female doctor is no longer available and no replacement so my appointment was cancelled and rescheduled with a doctor who asked what the telephone appointment was about. Not a lot of faith so far.

[@DaBongo89]

Do you expect the doctor to guess what the call is about ? Many folk phone with new complaints.

[@MarthaMcDonald-cw6mk]

@DaBongo89 on this occasion yes I did expect they would know as it was the doctor who requested the call be arranged to discuss results of blood test they had asked to be repeated.

[@janetgardner8483]

I'm pretty sure I have had a designated doctor for a long time ...but that doesn't guarantee anything and certainly not that you'll actually SEE a Dr.!! any Dr!!, designated or not 😡😡😡

[@ShelleyOtter]

I am soooooo pleased labour has found a cupboard full of spare GPS and nurses! 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@murielgibbs1070]

I’m 84 and until the last 3 years ago I had access to one particular GP who knew me well. Then I found it was almost impossible to access that GP when I needed care even though I would attempt to make appointments up to 4 or more weeks ahead. My own interpretation of this poor situation is that 1] more GP’s are needed and 2) that the excessive documentation required by the Health Dept. takes up way too much time. A 10 minute appointment once or twice a year is not adequate for someone my age.

[@BarbaraThirlwell]

I don't have a computer!! 😮And not online🪴I called tax people today only to be told go online blah blah blah 🕸️what a load of CRAP👀👀🤯👿👿👿👿👿👿just because not online doesn't mean we're all idiots☘️what's wrong with answering the phone👿👿✌️🇬🇧

[@carolinehops]

What phone they doing away with land lines.

[@jenniferparry8709]

I was given a dedicated GP when I reached 75, haven't seen him yet.

[@apollonia6656]

Utter rubbish.....the ones who act like doctors are the Receptionists ! I know and I am a retired Medic who couldn't see a doctor for a heart attack and stroke. Waitrose 27 hours to get a neighbour to ring for an ambulance and 11 hours to get a scan and an ECG at the hospital. Who was first in the quests shouting about their religion ? Yep !

[@carolinehops]

lol nice one.

[@BrianG-w8i]

And will patients get to choose which GP they will be allocated to, as you will want to see one you have a good rapport with.

[@MichaelBrand-z9l]

Obviously not. That would be too much like providing a service for patients.

[@toomanywindturbines7411]

Back in the 1980’s we had a 2 doctor practice who knew the whole family medical history, they were fab and we could always get an appointment on the day. They also covered the gynaecological work at the cottage hospital and would refer difficult cases to a large Maternity hospital when needed. Wish we still had smaller population which doctors could cope with.

[@cliffburt6027]

I’ll believe it when I see it.

[@Margaret-ud6qb]

Be nice if the GP’s would go back to a full working week. They are causing a lot of problems sending pt to hospital. Makes one wonder if they are qualified to give a diagnosis . More than likely google like most people do.

[@sheenamoffat6703]

@@Margaret-ud6qb agree with everything you say The whole system is broken

[@allsearpw3829]

GP' s HOLD YOUR PURSE STRINGS and do not like spending your money as it goes towards the end of year bonus for them ? other wise why do they send you for a blood test 18 miles round trip , twice and stand in a queue for an hour ? and the Nurse ask ? who sent you here , ? MY GP I replied , well they should have carried this out at the Practice ? Any problems now they send you to A&E TO wait 12 hours , to off load you ?

[@BarbaraHill-s8q]

1 doctor for how many patients. You will need an appointment at least 1 year before you want to see them

[@ShirleyWilson-o9l]

All those pictures of people with full heads of grey hair, all very fair skinned. Do these changes only apply to people who look like that? Also, did you have to let a computer read this out loud? I was born in this country 76 years ago and I don't remember seeing so many people in one place all looking like that.

[@carolinehops]

Lol

[@avrilcrisp5725]

It is ridiculous trying to sell that this as beneficial for seniors. Can you see a 75-80 year old with limited mobility or mental capacity being able to phone and discuss and understand what is said, if you put on top of the normal ageing decline an illness and without seeing the patient you are putting those vulnerable people at higher risk. They need to go back to community nurses. Digital training? What idiot thought this out?

[@Gpow789]

You do not have to discuss your health issues with a receptionist

[@SatchSalter]

phoned the surgery for an appointment, 76years old I what a didn't tell u a phoned when I was 15 yrs of age phoned again this week they can c me in 2040 u couldn't make it up could you this government are brilliant at doing all the wrong things at the right time 👏 sad but this is life now 😅😢😂😂❤🎉😊😊😅😅😅

[@ElaineJackson-fu2ro]

An appointment no chance, the receptionist is always so Hostile. 😢

[@jamesswindle5253]

Tell them you just got off a boat they come and see you . NHS in trouble because there is to many people in the country who should not be here . We have been paying some of them benefits for years

[@CT-vu1jr]

My friend broke her leg at work. In the hospital they screwed this up, it didn't heal properly, she couldn't walk and she was in a constant awful pain. Finally she got an appointment to find out what her pain level is: yes, she had to wait 6 months for that appointment.

[@mrtuk4282]

Yeah and they will grab all your personal data to share among their paying partners for you data too ! Lets see if the UK Gov tries to push Phone Apps rather than OnLine Website booking etc which are much more secure if using a secure PC with a secure Web Browser - This obviously excludes Windows and Edge etc but Linux and a secure browser are perfect. Just remember Google etc wants your data and to share its for its own profit driven health data analytics !

[@johnrockley9472]

Goodness me! A great improvement would be for old folk like me who have enjoyed a fantastic life but know the end is insight, an easy way to call it a day. Stop the world, I want to get off, I'm sure lots of others do too!

[@4stevio]

Ooh look something else that we have been forced to pay for all our working lives, that we are not allowed to use.

[@jackietrowbridge6460]

Most elderly see a nurse practitioner NOT a proper doctor.

[@TheBioniXman]

What a load of American twaddle. We don't have American "seniors" we have British "pensioners", I should know - I am one of them. Where are all of these GPs going to come from? What happens when Trump starts forcing the UK to sell him the NHS? He tried it last term and will do it again this one.

[@Nobbyman1]

You cannot book an appointment . End of

[@teresabunce6741]

Great idea, we will all jump in our electric vehicles and drive into town for lessons about the intricacies of using the internet. Those of us who can will simply jog!

[@tracyfloyde4580]

More BS again

[@heatherhunterharris1717]

Can't see agp.at our health centre.

[@DanielHealey-pv5xj]

No doubt another balls up 😂😂

[@bingbong46]

It will never happen in practice

[@LindaPassmore-k2u]

Same ____ different day. Who are they trying to kid.

[@RedFox-c5l]

O so they want us to live longer HA HA HA

[@robertsmith4048]

It seems to me the nhs think we all live in the sticks and doctors actually recognise patients

[@maryhairy1]

I got so fed up with trying to see my doctor I decided I will have to be crawling before I go into the surgery again!

[@lornajones4511]

My doctors apparently work remotely. The waiting room on a Monday at 9am was empty. Crazy when you think back not that long ago you could see your doctor to discuss your health problems rather than try to explain them over the phone. I am concerned that someone will be miss diagnosed. Unacceptable.

[@lionelmarytravels6003]

My surgery uses a triage system, so we always get to talk to one of the GPs on the same day. This by far the best system.

[@WanderLust-Wonders]

My GP practice has a rule that you CAN'Tcase the same doctor! Not allowed.

[@paulleigh7792]

The NHS should concentrate on treating only those who are legally entitled to it.

[@DavidLiggins-c9d]

My Health Centre Has Trainee Doctors Who Haven't A Clue...I Get more help with NHS Website ?

[@johncollins2037]

Believe it when i see for mother.

[@mkirwan7165]

What a load of crap

Old people struggle to heat and eat, let alone waste money on internet services just so they can still struggle to get an appointment. 🇬🇧

[@jamesconnolly3827]

Phone appointments don't replace the need to see a doctor. They can't examine you over the phone. Bringing back home visits would give better care.

[@SuperAlanfree]

But can I choose the doctor I prefer at the practice?

[@kathhardy7076]

I have this dream where each practice has a ‘geriatric’ nurse. You see the same nurse for your vaccinations and blood pressure checks etc along with long term condition follow ups. This nurse would have just a little lager with the patient, able to get to know them and be aware if they are looking undernourished, living in poor conditions etc and needing home help services. The nurse would be able to connect the patient with other services, not just by ‘call these people’ but by introduction and helping explain needs. Obviously the nurse has direct access to the doctor, the nurse explains concerns for the patient to the doctor saving lots of repeated questions etc. as I say, a dream!

[@hazelcoggane6419]

If this is true I’m delighted I’m sick of explaining my symptoms to multiple doctors.

[@jaynepoland4615]

Those seniors who have survived the cold. !!!

[@gailtomlinson5510]

We all get old and have problems

[@sugarsnap1578]

Does that mean I won’t get texts every other week from my surgery saying …..we have no Doctors speak to your pharmacy or go to the nearest hospital !!!

[@JaquelineFarrow-e3d]

I've been healthier since I couldn't get a surgery appointment. The locum doctor only looks up symptoms on Google , so I do myself. If I need antibiotics, the pharmacist prescribes them now.

[@mohammedseraj8043]

All this is pathetic

[@jimbrocklehurst6678]

All the doctor surgeries in my area are now owned by American companies and you will never have your own doctor again😢

[@cocoalexander7383]

First : Why did they merge a few clinic to gather, I have never understood it , it doesn’t make sense. 2: now days you go to the practice & it’s empty, what is the reason? Cause people can’t get appointment or there are not enough GPS ? Or a combination of two. The family GP like the olden time is the best

[@magswilson2039]

I take all this with a pinch of salt. I’m 77 and last year was the first year since 2018 that I was able to see a doctor, after three visits to practice nurses. How much did they pay for this propaganda?

[@Whichbindoesthisgoin]

Sadly none of this makes any difference without a lot more GPs. There have been plans in place for over 10 yrs to achieve this, in that time the number of GPs has fallen. From qualifying as a doctor it takes another 5-10years to do the extra training needed to be a GP. The job is impossible so new doctors don’t want to do it, everyone has a go at established GPs for being lazy so they retire early. Full time in general practice is 60-80 hours so those doing just 50hrs get criticised for being part time

[@traceymillar1633]

Dundee medical health Centre is really nice, I'm partially Disabled and can get an appointment same day no matter what time I call,I ask to see only one doctor who cares,dr hunter, but I'm upset older people don't get proper care and immediate attention,but I've got to also go to chiropractor as the pathetic doctors and neurologist say they can't help with other problems,what a lot of crap some docs say they cant help,so I save to see some private docs that helps me so much.

[@philliparogers3087]

This whole presentation tries to convey the message that the NHS cares about seniors, it babbles on but in no way gives a step by step description that shows what a patient would have to do when they need a doctor or have any kind of medical situation. The best way to get the correct procedure would be to go to the surgery and collect a pamphlet that it explains everything clearly. That’s if they even have such a thing to start with. Knowing the abysmal service at most surgeries they probably don’t.

[@micheldawnsummers1452]

I use the app always get a call back same day and usually an appointment same or next day,

[@JackieHillebrandt]

All sounds wonderful however just where are they going to get all these extra Doctors & health practitioners from - a magic hat ?

[@davideddy5877]

Why is there an American accented construct narrating this NHS story?

[@evie1915]

Clearly, some commenting here needs to get a grip. We do have a government. If it were tories, then we would not , we have an nhs all, be it in tatters, thanks the last tory dictatorship. Many surgeries have had an online form for a while now. There is a workaround for those who need it.

[@jstanders6973]

How many times have you turned up to the surgery and there is literally one or two people there.. I know a Jnr doctor who has said in the future, you won't see a Doc face to face.. Here I the UK it's all gone to 💩

[@lilchris26]

Basically unless you are an illegal immigrant you can’t see a doctor……

[@mercurysbest]

Sounds like propaganda to me , try to book on line no appointments for three to four weeks . When you do get an appointment there is no one in the waiting room . In my sixties multiple conditions and still work but should need a dr I can’t get an appointment and taken over a year for hospital appointment

[@francesjbutterworth5083]

I try not to see a doctor. We lost our family doctors.