mal wrote:I have nothing but admiration for the Doctors clinics Ive been with in my lifetime
I would have no lifetime left but for their expertise
I accept I need to wait past my appointment times - been like this every clinic I go to
The alternative is go to Emergency and maybe be there for hours
The other is dont see a Doctor and try and cure yourself
Jimmy041
Your circumstance warranted you posting
Hopefully its a one off
They may have seen how much weight you have lost and put you down in the batting order !
It was the dentist to get stitches out
I always book the earliest time to avoid this very problem.
30 mins is the max I will wait for any medical person.
I appreciate emergencies arise but they have my phone no. so they could have warned me (& every other suffering patient in this world)
My time is as important as theirs despite their opinion they are only one step down from the deity.
They had to fit me in this week because I am going to Bali next week for a fortnight
All other alternatives this week were in the middle of the day so I said "No - I cant do it".
They eventually fitted me after hours Thursday
Perhaps they now understand what inconvenience means.
Same mob are painful with their after appointment surveys SMS (ie) they keep asking til you complete it
It will be interesting if they send one - they are not going to like the response
I joined this clinic because the last one was worse
So apparently I can’t come into their surgery but they’re OK for me to go to a chemist to get Covid tests. 
