I think it differs for surgeries for sure. And I think the particular one I’m at, they do have a system. I think, I think it’s a really good system. They have kind of immediate, kind of emergency appointments that once you call up, if you call up in a certain time, then you get a call back from a GP or someone or a nurse to ask kind of a bit more about what’s going on.
And then if they believe that it is something you need immediate help with, they have set appointments during the day, like that day. So, you know, if there was an emergency, but not an emergency that you need to go to the hospital, then, you know, they have a good system.
And then yet on the flip side, you know, if it’s not that serious or immediate or whatever, then, you know… I think anything over a week to me is a little bit of a nuisance because you wanna, I think because it does play on your mind whatever you’re gonna be wanting to seen, be seen about. And so the longer that goes on for, well, for a while like, whatever you’re going to be seen about might have gone by that point [laughs]. But then also I think it’s just a, yeah, a bit of a nuisance that you have to then factor in another week or whatever.
And do you think, as a young person, does it ever deter you from going, thinking, Oh, I don’t wanna wait a week, I don’t wanna wait two weeks?
It does actually, now I think about it. Just because, as I said, I mean I don’t really, I don’t really think about going to the GP a lot. You know, it’s not like, Oh, God, you know, yeah, I’m feeling really run down. I’m going to go to the GP. That’s just not my attitude.
And, you know, if it, even if it were, I think, you know, that length of time, it would kind of put me off. Cos it’s just like, well, by the time I even see the GP my symptoms or whatever’s going on won’t be at their peak. And they’ll just kind of fob me off with, you know, Yeah, go and take some paracetamol or something. Which, you know, I then would feel was a waste of their time. Which is not the best. So it’s hard to strike the balance I think.
