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a little insight into getting a doctor on the phone at an NHS surgery ...
it rarely happens
an NHS Surgery (or doctor's office) is the equivalent to a clinic in the states ... many doctors in one surgery hence many patients
my doctor takes calls between 12:15 & 12:45 on the three days of the week he's there (more times than not i end up leaving a message that he returns AFTER hours) ... the other two days are spent at hospital where he's unreachable ...
the reasons the phones lines are often busy are many ... at my surgery, one cannot yet book appointments in advance, they're understaffed and mired in paperwork so one phonecall can take much longer than it has too but the core reason is because it's free ... you don't pay a penny to see a doctor here which understandably makes the "red tape" all the deeper for it ... (all just one teeny reason behind the mire of the NHS spine) ...
i ask you, should VL continue to have problems reaching this (or any) doctor please remember this before accusing our geetarman of being a co-conspirator by giving him unreachable doctors ... thankyou
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