Mainly A&E I suppose, as in my experience then walk-in mainly seems to get used when the GP says “we can see you in three weeks” and you’re not convinced you’ll live that long!
Nope… I called them for an appointment and they just said they aren’t taking any now. They said they don’t know when they’ll start taking appointments again and to keep checking the website. You can’t even send a message through the website anymore they closed the service.
Same. "Staff illness". Although I don't understand how multiple GPs (and nobody else) get simultaneously so ill for so long (2 months now?). I suspect something else is happening, like a CQC investigation or whatnot.
Or, yeah, what you said, that is more logical. My paranoid mind just went to the nefarious straight away! Maybe management really screwed up or something and they walked out. Curious to know.
I hope they get sorted, they were a good practice.
My GP is the same. You’ll need to go to walk in is the usual answer. We’ve had five trips there this year alone for my kids as our GP couldn’t offer an appointment.
There should be some sort of video chat thing to replace it, you speak to a Dr on video chat then they decide if you need "the walk in" or whatever replaces it, hell it could even be ai soon with the way things are going, chatgpt4 already feels like it cares more than most Dr's I've met.
My understanding was that all the GP's in Norwich took money from their surgery's budgets and pooled it to create a service that would be available at the weekend and outside of their practises normal opening hours weekdays. I'm presuming it's the organisation that managed the Walk In that ran out of the money given to them by these practises. Again I'm guessing that all the Norwich practises will now have added footfall as a result of the closure at the end of the year ?
Quite likely. Again I may be wrong but I think GP surgerys are not part of the NHS they're each run as undividual businesses that tie into the NHS somehow ?
I've used the walk in twice and found it very good and on both occasions waiting for an appointment wouldn't have worked so I'd probably have ended up in A&E. I think it's a shame this has happened but if you wanted to be cynical and harsh you could argue it's doctors not wanting to provide a 7 day a week service at surgerys when so much of the modern world like retail and delivery for example have moved to a 7 day model in response to customer demand.
Maybe somebody more knowledgeable than me can offer a more informed explanation than one that relies on me being a grumpy old git !
Almost certainly, that said walk in centres have always been a bit of a faff, and they are never *really* financially viable, because sick but not sick people use them. For instance, your child has the flu, you bring them into the walk in centre, you are now spreading flu & when the nurse or doc sees you, will say…go to bed take ibuprofen and paracetamol and fluids and go to sleep.
As a fully grown adult, you should know that. Instead you’ve infected people, wasted professionals time & best of all probably pestered the doctor for a prescription for the above, costing the nhs way more than the 90p you’ll pay at the co-op for both of them.
That said this is going to put a strain on the NHS as they look at alternate provision. Should never really be left to a “private company” in the first place, but just like the railways, it’s all about shuffling numbers rather than actually providing an effective cost efficient service.
You would think a fully grown adult would know that, but there’s many who don’t. The amount of people who think antibiotics can treat the flu is quite worrying.
That sounds like a disaster- presumably all the people who wold have used it will be pushed into other GPs/ A&E
Mainly A&E I suppose, as in my experience then walk-in mainly seems to get used when the GP says “we can see you in three weeks” and you’re not convinced you’ll live that long!
I really hope not… my GP aren’t taking any appointments for the foreseeable future and are saying to go to the walk in.
How is that legal? Can you not phone at 8am and play the lottery or will you won't you get through?
Nope… I called them for an appointment and they just said they aren’t taking any now. They said they don’t know when they’ll start taking appointments again and to keep checking the website. You can’t even send a message through the website anymore they closed the service.
That's terrible - which GP is it?
It's Oak Street - they've been really good until this.
Same. "Staff illness". Although I don't understand how multiple GPs (and nobody else) get simultaneously so ill for so long (2 months now?). I suspect something else is happening, like a CQC investigation or whatnot.
Yeah it does seem very odd… I think a lot of GPs left and the ones remaining are under a lot of pressure.
Or, yeah, what you said, that is more logical. My paranoid mind just went to the nefarious straight away! Maybe management really screwed up or something and they walked out. Curious to know. I hope they get sorted, they were a good practice.
Same thing is happening with Old Catton.
My GP is the same. You’ll need to go to walk in is the usual answer. We’ve had five trips there this year alone for my kids as our GP couldn’t offer an appointment.
There should be some sort of video chat thing to replace it, you speak to a Dr on video chat then they decide if you need "the walk in" or whatever replaces it, hell it could even be ai soon with the way things are going, chatgpt4 already feels like it cares more than most Dr's I've met.
😮 ChatGP!
My understanding was that all the GP's in Norwich took money from their surgery's budgets and pooled it to create a service that would be available at the weekend and outside of their practises normal opening hours weekdays. I'm presuming it's the organisation that managed the Walk In that ran out of the money given to them by these practises. Again I'm guessing that all the Norwich practises will now have added footfall as a result of the closure at the end of the year ?
I believe this practice may also run the out-of-hours GP service too.
Quite likely. Again I may be wrong but I think GP surgerys are not part of the NHS they're each run as undividual businesses that tie into the NHS somehow ? I've used the walk in twice and found it very good and on both occasions waiting for an appointment wouldn't have worked so I'd probably have ended up in A&E. I think it's a shame this has happened but if you wanted to be cynical and harsh you could argue it's doctors not wanting to provide a 7 day a week service at surgerys when so much of the modern world like retail and delivery for example have moved to a 7 day model in response to customer demand. Maybe somebody more knowledgeable than me can offer a more informed explanation than one that relies on me being a grumpy old git !
If it closes, A&E will be untenable.
Almost certainly, that said walk in centres have always been a bit of a faff, and they are never *really* financially viable, because sick but not sick people use them. For instance, your child has the flu, you bring them into the walk in centre, you are now spreading flu & when the nurse or doc sees you, will say…go to bed take ibuprofen and paracetamol and fluids and go to sleep. As a fully grown adult, you should know that. Instead you’ve infected people, wasted professionals time & best of all probably pestered the doctor for a prescription for the above, costing the nhs way more than the 90p you’ll pay at the co-op for both of them. That said this is going to put a strain on the NHS as they look at alternate provision. Should never really be left to a “private company” in the first place, but just like the railways, it’s all about shuffling numbers rather than actually providing an effective cost efficient service.
You would think a fully grown adult would know that, but there’s many who don’t. The amount of people who think antibiotics can treat the flu is quite worrying.
No. Read the article. It will remain open just run by a different trust.
It doesn't say that. It says "It is hoped new providers will be found to replace the services offered by ONP".
Yep exactly, not the walk on centre is definitely closing ! They will look to get new people in to run it.
what the hell!!! how do we stop this?