Used Ask my GP to get an appointment due to excruciating pain in shoulder arm and chest . Offered an appointment in 3 weeks as doctor felt it was musculoskeletal.
Called 999 and taken to hospital given morphine enroute after thorough tests and chest x-ray a chest infection was diagnosed .
Had a 10 minute appointment been offered I feel a could have received treatment in a timely manner .
A&E are severely stretched and I wouldn't use the service had I been offered a consultation with the GP first.
An eight hour wait with 72 other patients probably could have been prevented .
The surgery are also overstretched with a boundary being as far as Horsington which I know to be correct it's not sustainable with only one GP .
"Impossible to get an appointment "
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