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GP advice
Hi all,
I am aware that there was a thread around this topic 5 years ago. I thought it would be interesting to hear more recent experiences.
As we will be moving into the area we will need to choose a new GP. It looks like we will be pretty much equidistant from:
The village practice
Andover medical centre
The 157 medical practice
Stroud green medical centre
The ability to reliably book emergency appointments on the day if our children need one would be helpful. Being able to book other appointments on line, ideally without a very lengthy wait would also be appreciated.
Reviews seem fairly mixed, with patients looking more happy about Stroud Green Medical followed by Andover. However there is no mention about emergency appointments.
Can anyone share their experiences with any of the above practices?
Thanks!
Fede
I am aware that there was a thread around this topic 5 years ago. I thought it would be interesting to hear more recent experiences.
As we will be moving into the area we will need to choose a new GP. It looks like we will be pretty much equidistant from:
The village practice
Andover medical centre
The 157 medical practice
Stroud green medical centre
The ability to reliably book emergency appointments on the day if our children need one would be helpful. Being able to book other appointments on line, ideally without a very lengthy wait would also be appreciated.
Reviews seem fairly mixed, with patients looking more happy about Stroud Green Medical followed by Andover. However there is no mention about emergency appointments.
Can anyone share their experiences with any of the above practices?
Thanks!
Fede
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They once told me my hand was ok without really looking at it... And then a week later a 4cm wedge of wood popped out of the flesh inbetween my knuckles. Took months to get rid of the infection.
They cancelled a hospital appointment my wife had waited 7 months for without consent or notification.
And loads more stupid crap like that.
And their online thing has never worked.
So yeah... Looking forward to hearing others recommendations
I've also had a blood test done and it was done at the Bupa at Kings Cross.
It's still NHS.
Cheers man
I was with Hanley Road Surgery before where they basically tell you that you cannot have an appointment as they are too busy.
I might actually start using the doctors now
Babylon looks very interesting. I tried to find information about vaccinations for the little ones but I couldn’t find anything (only a mention they don’t deal with travel vaccinations). @HolbornFox did you ever use it for children? My wife and I are considering it at least for ourselves.
However, for certain things you will still need to go through your GP or to physically go to your practice, so I'd suggest to keep looking around anyway.
https://www.wired.co.uk/article/babylon-health-nhs
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That Wired article:
Documents show the Hammersmith & Fulham CCG has struggled to cope financially with the strain put on it by Babylon.
Further on:
The Hammersmith & Fulham CCG is paying market research firm Ipsos Mori £250,000 to analyse what impact GP at Hand has had on the NHS.
The initial video consultation is not such a bad idea as it must triage out quite a few folks by sending them to a pharmacy. That way the Practice GP pockets more of the annual fee (£146 pa) they receive per patient whether they visit or not. The reduced practice costs must be considerable. I bet the GPs who are running this are doing much better salary (profit) than the average GP pay of £90k.
For some reason I don't understand they only dish out private prescriptions not NHS ones ?
I'm under no illusions as to the amount of money they must be making, I just know that I literally couldn't get a doctor's appointment and now I can.