27 October - Believe it if you like
There are some technical problems here so there
may not be much new for a few days but meanwhile a tiny bit of good news from
the recent Adults’ Services Scrutiny meeting. It is easier to get a doctor’s
appointment in Bexley than in any other of the six South East London boroughs
but there is still a significant backlog on GP tests, blood,
diabetes etc. Bexley doctors are providing the highest number of Face to Face appointments too. (All statistics relative to population.)
“Things are not perfect but they are improving.” Labour Councillor Wendy Perfect
agreed that they were, things work well except perhaps for digitally deprived patients.
I have no experience of getting hold of a GP; not tried to see one for very
nearly five years but my sister in Hampshire is constantly reporting horror stories to me.
As a volunteer escorting vulnerable people to rural medical facilities, maybe
she sees more difficult cases than most of us.
Councillor Lucia-Hennis (Crayford) said more than half of her doctor’s patients
don’t live on Bexley. Her family doctor is in Dartford and because of that no
one would come out to take a blood test when Mr. LH
was unable to leave home. No solution was offered.