Obviously some folk… like @BenCotto … are perfectly happy with an unscheduled visit. Others, such as yourself, may not be so happy … in that case you can say ‘No thanks … please book an appointment.’ I’m sure it’s not a case of now or never. 😊
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
With medical staff in general being so stretched it just seems like common sense as well as courtesy to make appointments. That would reduce/eliminate repeat calls with the associated waste of time and effort. GP surgeries complain, rightly, about patients not keeping appointments and the cost in both time and money when that happens.
What worries me, is even if true, almost twice as many people are dying each year than before COVID. Also there is no mention of the increasing number of cases of long COVID, which is having a devastating effect on the population.
How can you lie there and think of England When you don't even know who's in the team
What worries me, is even if true, almost twice as many people are dying each year than before COVID. Also there is no mention of the increasing number of cases of long COVID, which is having a devastating effect on the population.
Sorry, I probably didn’t explain it well. Roughly the same number of people die of flu, as die of COVID, so that is twice as many dying as when there was no COVID.
How can you lie there and think of England When you don't even know who's in the team
Before that I'd noticed that in quite a lot of shops they were getting tatty/damaged so it might have been a case of replace or remove. I'm glad I don't work in retail.
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Both me & o/h felt a bit grotty this morning, still got a lateral flow test left and in date , so just done them and pleased to say it’s negative, so looks like a cold
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What worries me, is even if true, almost twice as many people are dying each year than before COVID.
Also there is no mention of the increasing number of cases of long COVID, which is having a devastating effect on the population.
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
is there really twice as many people dying each year now? I had a quick look but can’t see this statistic. Is this world wide/uk? Or maybe I am misunderstanding your comment.
This UK gov site says a 6% increase over the 5 year average and a decrease year on year.
https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/articles/deathregistrationsummarystatisticsenglandandwales/2022#number-of-deaths-registered-in-2022
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border