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Taf · 28-08-2020, 16:46

Our local GPs run 2 surgeries over a mile apart. The one near us was shut down due to covid-19 in March. The other was only doing telephone consultations. No blood tests. pre or antenatal, diabetes checks, inoculations, well man or woman annual checks.

I have tried and tried to get their phone to answer to arrange flu jabs for the family. Then someone on a local FB group posted that only one number is now in use, and it is flooded every day. When she did get through she also asked about the local surgery being reopened to give flu and pneumonia jabs. The answer stunned her "Get one at ASDA or Tesco as we have no plans to offer an inoculation service this year".

Add to this no dental services apart from phone-in, no eye checks, no hearing tests, no cancer or diabetes screening. Applaud the NHS? I don't think so.

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Taf cf.mega poster Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Kairdiff-by-the-sea Age: 69 Services: TVXL BBXL Superhub 2ac (wired) 1Tb Tivo Posts: 10,219	Re: Coronavirus Our local GPs run 2 surgeries over a mile apart. The one near us was shut down due to covid-19 in March. The other was only doing telephone consultations. No blood tests. pre or antenatal, diabetes checks, inoculations, well man or woman annual checks. I have tried and tried to get their phone to answer to arrange flu jabs for the family. Then someone on a local FB group posted that only one number is now in use, and it is flooded every day. When she did get through she also asked about the local surgery being reopened to give flu and pneumonia jabs. The answer stunned her "Get one at ASDA or Tesco as we have no plans to offer an inoculation service this year". Add to this no dental services apart from phone-in, no eye checks, no hearing tests, no cancer or diabetes screening. Applaud the NHS? I don't think so.