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"Worst GP practice I've experienced"

About: Brigstock & South Norwood Partnership

I expect this GP practice to not follow through on their work. They have just transitioned to eConsult and promise patients to reply within 24 hours, and after submitting my first eConsult, I received an automatic reply stating that they would respond by 6.30pm the following day (32.5 hours!). I have to constantly follow up with them as they have dropped the ball on enough follow-ups that I don't trust that they will follow-up, and I've now had a GP respond to me in what seemed like annoyance saying "You have so many problems" - I expressed that I didn't appreciate his saying that, and that I would like to not be dealing with these health issues either, and the reason I'm calling up regularly to have appointments is to resolve the issues so that my quality of life can improve as I am not getting the standard of care the NHS aims to provide; I would have appreciated an apology but did not get one, and instead he acknowledged that he was saying that because he only gets 10 minutes per patient on the phone.

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Response from Brigstock & South Norwood Partnership last month
Brigstock & South Norwood Partnership
Submitted on 16/04/2025 at 08:35
Published on nhs.uk at 08:35


Thank you for sharing your feedback on our new appointment system on day 2. It appears that the wording of the econsult tool needs review thank you for pointing this out. From your response it appears that you have had a response to your request within 24 hours. We are sorry to hear that you were not satisfied with this response and as there is always room for improvement please could you contact the practice manager to discuss further. Based on our patient feedback we have changed our appointment system to ensure that all requests are dealt with within 48 hours or less by our clinicians. Based on the nature of the request, those with the greatest need are prioritised as quickly as possible without long telephone waits. Thank you for your understanding at this busy time.

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