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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.
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.
ReplyDeleteWhen 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."
ReplyDeleteHa 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.