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Having problems getting a doctor's appointment.

  • 04-03-2020 6:51pm
    #1
    Duke of Url
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,662 ✭✭✭


    “The practice is unable to take on new patients”

    I got this answer from 8 Doctors offices I called today and 2 where I walked in.

    How can people get their health checked if there is no one to check their health.

    They say don’t go to A&E but to go to your doctor. You try and get a doctor but you can’t make an appointment.


    How can this be possible?


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  • #2
    riclad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,184 ✭✭✭riclad


    you don,t have a doctor,
    saying go to your doctor means nothing .
    Alot of doctors are retiring and not being replaced,
    doctors are only supposed to take on x amount of clients .
    Go to a and e around 1 or 2pm, my experience is someone will see you in 30-60 minutes, because everyone seems to go to a and e after 6pm, or during the night .Its possible because not all doctors want to take on new patients .
    We are losing doctors every month , through retirement .
    It takes 4 plus years to train a doctor.


  • #3
    Ubbquittious
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,292 ✭✭✭Ubbquittious


    Duke of Url wrote: »

    How can this be possible?




    Corona


  • #4
    Rufeo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 503 ✭✭✭Rufeo


    Walk in clinic?


  • #5
    dartboardio
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,436 ✭✭✭dartboardio


    Walk in clinic and pay.

    Or, if you have a medical or gp card you can be automatically allocated a new doctor if you try some other practices and provide the names of 3 who have refused you.

    Its not the doctors or the practice fault, it's the health system.

    Waiting lists are crazy atm.


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