"Portsdown Group Practice"

I am a patient at Portsdown Group Practice and I have tried every option available to me to book a routine GP appointment today without any luck. I called at midday for a routine appointment and was told they had gone. I tried submitting an e-consult, a mere 8 minutes after the facility becomes available, and the system had closed after receiving its daily limit of e-consults. I logged on at 7pm to book online, and yep, you guessed, no appointments available.

Why do I have to call back again and again, day after day, to get a routine GP appointment when I work full-time and can't just leave my job to make a call, or book online. I have stopped taking my blood pressure medication, my HRT, my antidepressants, because I cannot book an appointment to see anyone at the surgery to review my medication. They won't put it on repeat and ask me to jump through hoops to even speak to someone.

I'm in tears as I write this because I am scared for my health due to recent concerns with migraines, high blood pressure and sleep apnoea. I got referred to a dietician for sleep apnoea, how is a dietician going to help me because I stop breathing at night? A year later and the dietician has referred me to a Stress Management Course....is this a joke? I just want to talk to a GP before something serious happens to me. I'm sure I am not the only one experiencing these issues, we all are, but this GP practice appears to be badly managed and has maybe taken on too many patients. Please tell me how this crisis will be resolved? I'm tired of being told to go to A&E or dial 111 adding further pressure to the NHS.