I like to think Schooling is still pretty effective (but may be a little biaised) but my abortive attempts to get a doctors appointment today highlight the tragic decline of our healthcare system.
Apparently I can't book an appointment for a few days time, I can only get one on the day I call, and then I must call at 8.00am and get in the queue. I then have to be prepared to take whatever appointment they can offer me that day. I called at 9.00am this morning (as I was unaware of the 'process'). Thankfully they have a system that promises you a callback without changing your place in the queue. Finally got the call at 9.50am. No appointments left for the day.
I tried to explain that I was a teacher, can't use a phone in class, work an hours drive from the surgery, and am unable to leave a class of students unattended to drop everything for an appointment, but was politely told 'tough, phone tomorrow at 8.00am'.
Not entirely sure how I progress from here. If I don't post for a while I've probably died.
"Y mae dafad ddu ym mhob praidd" 1972 4/4, 1981 MGBGT, 1984 FLHT1340, 1980 XLH1000, 1990 ZX10
