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Anonymouse 2 years ago

Rating

Average

  • Appointment

    Bad
  • Reception

    Poor
  • Cleanliness

    Average
  • Care

    Great
  • Respect

    Average
  • Seen On Time

    Average

Understaffed

The practice nurses do a wonderful job. The struggle to obtain a GP appointment is not acceptable. The reception staff/trained patient advisors are generally unable to offer appointments as these are very limited. One might think that one’s GP would be the first point of contact when one has medical issues. However, the practice aims to divert patients away from booking appointments, preferring to advise them to use 111 or e-consults. The e-consult process is a joke as it mocks the patient. One gets frustrated by the e-consult form constantly advising that a person should dial 111 as one cannot continue. It takes an exceptional length of time to get nowhere and to give up. I am sure medical conditions will go unreported when patients give up on the e-consult forms and also discover unavailability of appointments. I certainly am put off pursuing a medical appointment on the basis of a system designed to impede patient access to medical advice. It certainly appears to be so with the Esplanade Practice.

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