Patients complain they can't get to see a GP.

 

Alan Ingham 

My heart bleeds for these overworked GP's.

Alan Ingham from Oldham, is recovering from prostate cancer and sufferers from diabetes. He recently told the Manchester Evening News, that he's not been able to see a GP since before the COVID lockdown in March 2020, because they don't like doing face-to-face consultations and would rather speak to you over the telephone. But he says that when he does ring his practice, he sometimes gives up because of the  length of time it takes to get through, or because he can be cut off,  if he gets to number 21 in the queue. 

Although, it appears that people like Alan Ingham have been thrown under a bus by their GP practices, and are not getting adequate medical treatment, he says the GP's are very good at their jobs, if you can get to see one. Since the beginning of the pandemic, many  GP practices stopped doing walk-in surgeries, and they've no intention of resuming them. 

What is the point of  having well paid GP's if they're not prepared to see their patients? Why is it that a doctor will treat you at the hospital and you can get to see your dentist and optician, but not your GP? It seems that many of these GP's can overcome a reluctance to see patients if you're prepared to stump up some cash for a private consultation. This is privatisation of the NHS, via the back door, and it needs sorting out.