Letters: Seeing a GP? There's a two-week wait for a phone appointment, if the receptionist allows
15 May 2021 • 12:02am Face to face: a 2nd-century relief from the city of Rome of a doctor examining a patient Credit: Bridgeman Images SIR – I have no idea how our GP surgery will manage to do face-to-face appointments (report, May 14). Not only is there at least a fortnight’s wait for a telephone appointment, you can’t even get that unless you are prepared to tell the receptionist what is wrong with you and exactly why you want it. Sarah Ibbetson SIR – The near-impossibility of getting a face-to-face appointment with a GP is a scandal. How can triage be carried out by reception...
Source: telegraph.co.uk