daveh Posted November 19, 2009 Report Share Posted November 19, 2009 If I wanted to have an appointment with a doctor at the Lerwick health centre, I have previously had to phone on the dot at 8-30am in order to get an appointment that day. I was always seemingly unable to book appointments for, say, a day or two in advance.Does the new system, now being trialled, mean that I can now book appointments for a day or two (or longer) in advance? Can I specify a particular doctor rather than see whoever has a vacancy? If I want an appointment on the same day, have I now got until 11-30am to phone in? I have read articles about the trial but don't really understand it yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAStewart Posted November 19, 2009 Report Share Posted November 19, 2009 I know a guy who moved from Scalloway to Lerwick but didn't change to the Lerwick Health Center and he can phone the Scalloway doctors and get an appointment much easier cause they're less busy. Not that this helps you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EM Posted November 19, 2009 Report Share Posted November 19, 2009 I was always seemingly unable to book appointments for, say, a day or two in advance.I'm quite surprised by your post. I've not been a power user of the place, but have been several times over the summer. My experiences of booking appointments were completely unlike what you describe. Neither better nor worse, just different. Most appointments were several days in advance but sometimes sooner. I presumed that it depended on the level of demand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuckleJoannie Posted November 19, 2009 Report Share Posted November 19, 2009 In my experience you either phoned at 8.30 to get an appointment on that day, or you got one a week or ten days in advance with some random doctor. As for seeing a particular doctor I haven't seen my own one in years as her appointments seem to be like gold dust. The appointment system at the Lerwick Health centre has been a disaster for years and they never seem to sort it out regardless of what system they try. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infiltrator Posted November 20, 2009 Report Share Posted November 20, 2009 From what I've heard they're adopting the system used in the US 'Triage' triage, French, sorting Emergency medicine A method of ranking sick or injured people according to the severity of their sickness or injury in order to ensure that medical and nursing staff facilities are used most efficiently; assessment of injury intensity and the immediacy or urgency for medical attention. See Streamlined review.Triage prioritiesHighest priority Respiratory, facial, neck, chest, cardiovascular, hemorrhage, neck injuriesVery high priority Shock, retroperitoneal or intraperitoneal hemorrhageHigh priority Cranial, cerebral, spinal cord, burnsLow priority Lower genitourinary tract, peripheral nerves and vessels, splinted fractures, soft tissue lesions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveh Posted November 20, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 20, 2009 From those descriptions, you are referring to people turning up at hospital casualty departments. You wouldn't phone up for a doctor's appointment for any of them, surely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimIvens Posted November 20, 2009 Report Share Posted November 20, 2009 There are more than three versions of triage! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulb Posted November 20, 2009 Report Share Posted November 20, 2009 but what the patient may think is minor could be a syptom of something much worse. there are rules in the rest of the uk that you have to be seen by a jp that day. whats wrong with lerwick its not a massive town. is the sickness level so much higher there than any where else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shetlander Posted November 20, 2009 Report Share Posted November 20, 2009 Is it just me or are there a hell of a lot of sick folk residing in the Lerwick practice area? 4,000 appointments a month for 9,000 registered patients comes to an average of each person visiting the doctor over 5 times a year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trow87 Posted November 20, 2009 Report Share Posted November 20, 2009 it must hae somethin ta dae wi da air no bein sae clean ida toon....? either dat or its da watter fae da sandy loch!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostrider Posted November 20, 2009 Report Share Posted November 20, 2009 ^^ Rampant hypochondria spread by yakking (or flitein) over garden fences. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icepick239 Posted November 20, 2009 Report Share Posted November 20, 2009 Is it just me or are there a hell of a lot of sick folk residing in the Lerwick practice area? 4,000 appointments a month for 9,000 registered patients comes to an average of each person visiting the doctor over 5 times a year.Wait till Broadband and HD Television.I shudive been a Doctor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAStewart Posted November 20, 2009 Report Share Posted November 20, 2009 There's also quite a lot of missed appointments. People should be charge for them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trow87 Posted November 20, 2009 Report Share Posted November 20, 2009 There's also quite a lot of missed appointments. People should be charge for them agreed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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