"Better than my GP!"

I suspected my daughter had bacterial tonsillitis. After being fobbed off by NHS 111, who took over 7 hours to phone me back only to tell me that they didn't think she was high prority in needing treatment, I decided to take her to the walk in clinic at Shakespeare Medical Practice. We were in and out in 15 minutes, and my daughter was given a prescription for penicillin. If I'd tried to do this at my GP surgery, I'd have had to go to a pharmacy first and they would need to assess and refer us to get an appointment. I know this because it happened previously a few years ago, and they wouldn't refer us so I used this very service that time too. Hats off to the walk in service, its a saviour! More reliable than my GP surgery!