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We have this.
The form opens at 8.00am. By 8.01 they close access to the form as all slots are filled.
Tbf, if you need an appointment and you can get through, you almost always get an appointment that day or the day after. If not, you'll probably get a call on the day from a GP at least.
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I had a horrible chest infection last year and couldn't get an appointment anywhere because it was too severe for a GP and not severe enough for A&E. My GP surgery advised me to call 111 and exaggerate my symptoms to get seen at a hospital. Bonkers that I basically had to pretend to have a heart attack to get some antibiotics and an inhaler.
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@hugo7
Broken Britain.
Specifically my GP.
The previous booking system was me and my OH both setting alarms and calling 15sec before lines opened, then pressing * to bypass the recording and hoping one of us got through to book a slot.
Now there is an online form that opens at 7.30am that you have to fill out as quickly as possible. You then get a text saying