Your ideas about the NHS UK

I see that the prime minister is asking for our opinions or ideas about what should happen to the NHS

One thing that is clear is that you only get 10 minutes when you see a primary care doctor. That is was its meant to be sometimes it may be a little bit longer

Often it’s on the phone which means they can’t see your face they can’t get a general idea of your health from your appearance

Why I think this is not good enough is that it means that you could get very ill and have to go to A&,E

It’s because you’re not being checked sufficiently by your GDP in 10 minutes

It is only when you are in hospital that you get everything checked blood tests scans everything when you’re in A&E.

So I think there is a gap in care and this may affect certain groups of people more than others

The elderly people in chronic pain or with chronic diseases and children.

Of course your GP can refer you to a consultant in the hospital but it often takes several months before you get an appointment and again you may end up in A and E when you’re conditioned becomes worse before you actually seen the consultant.

I also have heard that there is a conflict between doctors in general practice and doctors in the hospital with each trying to push work onto the other.

Whatever is the case it’s not very good for people who are ill or in severe pain chronic pain etc

So I shall be interested to see how much this consultation with the public will do

I think what I wrote above explains why we spend as many as 36 hours on trollers in the corridors of A&E because the deficits in primary care mean we’re only get fully checked when we collapse and our possibly going to die unless something is done quickly

But this is wrong and it should not be happening

It’s wrong to have either 10 minutes with the GP or 36 hours on a trolley being tested while you’re lying in the corridor

36 hours for me with no food no hot drinks unable to visit the bathroom

I hope that will not come again