Why You Have NO HOPE Of Seeing A GP
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- Опубликовано: 10 июн 2024
- Why is it currently so difficult to see a GP? That's the question I try and answer in this video looking at the current crisis engulfing NHS primary care. I explore the various factors contributing to this crisis, including funding issues, staff shortages, and the rising demand for healthcare services as well as discussing a few potential solutions to address these pressing issues. If you've been affected by the GP appointment crisis or are interested in the future of healthcare in the UK then it's worth a watch.
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⌚ Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
00:51 The Scale Of The Problem
02:02 Why Is It So Difficult To Get An Appointment?
08:09 The Impact Of Patients Not Being Able To See Their GP
12:39 What Are The Possible Solutions?
It's not just about not being able to see a GP. They often just tell you that it's not a problem or refuse to give you anything, while private doctors know what the problem is immediately and give you treatment. The difference is really night and day. As an immigrant I have to pay for a surcharge to use the NHS and I feel like it's not worth me paying more than £600 a year for something that doesn't even help me.
I find it frustrating that the UK needs more GP's and specialists; the number of available posts each year do not even attempt to remedy this. High competition ratios across every post specialty.
I love these videos, the content is so insightful.
Thank you!
Honestly love your videos
In a lot of places, it’s getting harder and harder to see an actual doctor. At my GP’s clinic, patients are mostly seen by a PA and occasionally by the doctor - usually, it’s a roll of the dice on who a patient sees on a given day. 🃏🎱🎲
For sure, and I think that's likely a lot of peoples' experience across the country- very much in part due to the lack of GPs.
Excellent video. A few things about pharmacists. They’re generally not considered to be allied health professionals that’s more radiographers, paramedics etc. Second, the Pharmacy First service has just been launched where people can speak to their pharmacist and if appropriate be supplied medication such as antibiotics that would have previously required a prescription.
You are right in saying that in a couple of years pharmacists will graduate with the ability to prescribe almost any prescription only medicine and many prescribe already. However they will require lots of mentorship and formal training like any other health professional before someone can turn up at a pharmacy and be given prescription only medication although there are many community pharmacists that do have their own prescription pad (a few in Wales).
Brilliant, thank you for the insight.
I know this is months late but you are 100% correct in what you said, I'm a pharmacist myself and while pharmacy first is helping for certain conditions and pharmacists will be able to prescribe, it is not and will not make a difference firstly, because for some reason GP receptionists and 111 are referring patients to pharmacies even for things that do require POM's but cannot be given by a pharmacist which means patients are not getting treatment and secondly, while Pharmacists will be able to prescribe unless they have access to that's patients GP's system not counting private rx's
9 times out of 10 I just go to a pharmacy first anyway if I think (after some googling of the symptoms) that they would probably know what is wrong, and most of the time they could sort me out just as well as my GP (who is most likely just going to give me a prescription for something and send me to the pharmacy anyway).
Are pharmacies generally underutilised as a primary healthcare option, and not considered by people as often as they should be?
It certainly seems to be the government's plan to use them as the 'front door' for primary healthcare, hopefully freeing up a lot of appointment slots for GPs to only deal with the more complex presentations. I think it has merit as a plan as something definitely needs to change...
1. Timewasters are ahead of you in the queue
2. Hospitals kick out work and reject referrals
3. The UK is free and instills no self care or responsibility in an "I want world"
4. Private clinics are hammering nhs GPs with their incomplete work
5. Nhs consultants are working privately, and some in the private wing of their nhs building, so the wait list remains at 6 months
6. Public are not charged for a DNA, so culprits book another ahead of you.
Loads of GPs are unemployed now - replaced by cheaper poorer quality alternatives; there should be a ban on the Royal family and politicians recieving private healthcare
That would change nothing.
The problem with this country is that we don't attempt to use existing capacity that is offered by private healthcare.
@@inbb510 disagree - would make the powers that be experience what joe public experience; private healthcare is not underused - please tell me what evidence there is of this ? popular private specialists can have long (not as long as NHS) waiting lists
@@AAA19999 , ok the politicians experience it and then what? Also that's a pretty asanine take as politicians, as much as we want to bash on them, if they get sick, the country will come to a standstill so that's why they are prioritised with healthcare. In Western Europe partially privatised hospitals are the norm (e.g. In France, 30 % of the hospitals are privatised but I'm not seeing this American style doomsday scenario occuring there but they have much quicker waiting times and health outcomes than that of the NHS).
In the UK only 10% of people have private healthcare whereas in France it is 96% ( 30% of French do it mostly through by their employer) .
Also, wouldn't it benefit the poor and people with chronic illness if I have better access to private healthcare where I can pay a one-off fee to get a one-off check up and not clog up the NHS waitlist???
Valid views but I would change the wording to primary care team. Focusing on seeing a GP everytime is not going to happen and the UK needs to realise GP and primary care are not synonymous given the resources the government give it
The reason GPs are going part time is because more of them are women. It directly correlates: the stats are there for anyone who cares to look. Training time for is the same but output is lower. Obviously this is better than not having those GPs, but it's a inconvenient fact. This is why higher wages wont solve this, its not about pay. The same applies to dentistry.