I'm annoyed by people blurring their houses out on Google Street View. I need to view an image from 2009 but half of it is knackered by an adjacent house's blur. These days I bet criminals looked for the blurred houses and assume they're the ones with stuff worth nicking.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
On TV earlier today there was a discussion with a GP about alternatives to face-to-face appointments. One of the alternative was eConsult which the GP said was available 24 hours a day. Not at our surgery it isn't. It's only available during working hours so seems pretty pointless. In that situation I'll hang on the phone and speak to somebody in person. What is the point of a system designed for non-urgent consultation only being available about 1/4 of the week?
Our GP insists we can look up results, book appointments etc on line. I have told them many times we have a Chromebook and their systems are incompatible with that .
Our surgery objects to me handing in a prescription request at the desk. Theres a dedicated telephone line. As I said to her, It's quicker to get in the car, drive down, park and hand it in, while I'm still on hold in a queue on the phone. I've got other things to do than sit on the phone all day. No one waiting in the surgery waiting room. Presumably everyone gets a phone appointment/diagnosis now.
Are phone consultations time effective? I wonder how many calls end up with the Doc saying they'd like to see the person anyway. How many times do surgeries call a person at home and they don't answer at first - so try again (?) - and presumably the doc has to wait to be available in case the patient does answer.
If you go to the surgery - the doc can do any immediate tests - looks in eyes, throat - press and prod - look at nails, palms, ears - whatever. If you decide not to go and waste the appointment, you haven't registered so the doc can go onto the next patient - limited wasted time.
There was something on the news yesterday about a chap who died from a treatable ear infection because he was only given telephone consults and no one actually saw him. Poor man
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