Are GPs as busy as they keep telling us they are?

Our surgery is really good. DH rang for an appointment this morning, has one for later this afternoon. Last March, he saw one of the GPs for a sore throat, was put on two week pathway, tonsil out,stage 2 cancer had radiotherapy and is now almost back to his old self.

Caleo

Grandma HH. re your grandson. Acute tonsillitis such as you describe can be diagnosed by whoever did describe those signs that you relayed to us, These are classic signs. It was not strictly necessary in this case for the doctor who was already unwell to look at the child's throat as these observations had obviously been done by a competent person.

My son was diagnosed with tonsilitis despite several pleas for help. When he eventually was seen he had a quinsy and it was treated as an emergency. I honestly thought he was going to die.

After my flu jab, not offered by the surgery, I was handed a questionnaire about our local practice. I said I would not try to contact them under any circumstances.
The GP practice here has effectively collapsed and the NHS is broken beyond repair, entirely due to the Tory government.

watermeadow

After my flu jab, not offered by the surgery, I was handed a questionnaire about our local practice. I said I would not try to contact them under any circumstances.
The GP practice here has effectively collapsed and the NHS is broken beyond repair, entirely due to the Tory government.

Of course it is. No real reasons forthcoming, maybe poor management, poor accounting, no one wanting the jobs there. You dont need to have flu jab in a surgery, Pharmacists are quite capable, had mine with one last year, have you asked them why they are not doing them.
Sorry but my local practice is going from strength to strength, so if it was the Tories, wonder why my surgery is not dire. In fact it's the opposite.