Wednesday, 1 October 2025
As you were
GP practices across England now have to offer online booking
Every GP practice in England will now have to offer online appointment bookings, in a bid to reduce the so-called “8am scramble” every morning.
From 1 October, practices will be required to keep their online consultation tool open for the duration of their working hours for non-urgent appointment requests, medication queries and admin requests.
Mrs H just tried it.
No appointments available.
As you were.
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I'm old enough to remember when you didn't need an appointment, you just went to the doctor, and came and he saw you . Or if you were ill enough he would come and see you - the same day - driving his own car. No bureaucracy, no harridan receptionists, no phone calls, no web sites. My late father-in-law was just such a GP, in a small Scottish town.
When I tell this to the "younger" (under 50) generation they're incredulous.
But then, the country was so much poorer in those days; we could afford that sort of service.
Peter - "But then, the country was so much poorer in those days; we could afford that sort of service."
Ha ha, weird isn't it? I'm old enough to remember that sort of service too. I remember the doctor coming to see me as a child when I was ill with bronchitis, it was a normal thing for doctors to do then.
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