My GP's surgery is brilliant. I can book on-line so can see when there are vacancies so can choose a convenient one. If I need a routine one, I try to book it well in advance as my GP is very popular. When I saw her yesterday, we had quite a few unexpected things to discuss, she wasn't bothered although she was running late, I was there half an hour, even though I offered to rebook. Then later, she asked the surgery to call me because she'd forgotten to ask me to book an ECG, which was made there and then, for next Tuesday.
My GP's surgery is brilliant. I can book on-line so can see when there are vacancies so can choose a convenient one. If I need a routine one, I try to book it well in advance as my GP is very popular. When I saw her yesterday, we had quite a few unexpected things to discuss, she wasn't bothered although she was running late, I was there half an hour, even though I offered to rebook. Then later, she asked the surgery to call me because she'd forgotten to ask me to book an ECG, which was made there and then, for next Tuesday.
But that is how it is supposed to work, sadly for most of us it doesn't.
Yes, I think we're very lucky. I don't know if it's just this particular practice (they run two surgeries in Bath) or others as well. My GP did tell me once that they have no difficulty in recruiting, it's very close to the big main hospital and Bath is also considered a very desirable place to live.
I've been booking GP appointments online for at least 2 decades in Belgium and now France.  Why doesn't the whole of the UK have this basic facility?
I'm so very very stupid  Short version of the long story: I built a herb bed outside the back door (glazed patio doors) so we could walk out of the kitchen and cut herbs without having to leave the baby alone or having to take him along to the veg beds which are around the corner. There were other reasons but that was the main one. I chucked loads of stuff in there but as it was in full view I wanted some nice flowers and things to make it presentable. It's turned out really well and I was very pleased with it. The best plant right now is the nepeta which is thriving and doing it's main job which is making flowers for the bees. It was highly recommended for bees so I've been planting a few of them. I was just sat down having my dinner and a cat strolled past the patio doors and sat down to have a good long sniff of the nepeta. Only after politely offering it a glass of water did a niggling memory tickle the back of my mind. Don't they call nepeta 'cat mint' for some reason? May this be the reason why the dog keeps getting woken up by cats in the early hours?
Like I said; very very stupid
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
Maybe you could transplant it it to a far corner of the garden with a bit of gravel nearby. Then they'd have en suite facilities. Better still site it just the other side of your fence.
Every brown site and commercial premises is being converted into accommodation. Blocks of flats are been thrown up all over the place but you never see additional doctors' surgeries.
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