This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament
Rejected petition Doctor surgery’s to go back to post covid times before telephone consultations
Ever since covid the GP’s have been doing telephone calls and very rarely face to face. This needs to change back to face to face no matter what. This has lead to loads of misdiagnosed cases and missed information. It feels like the surgery’s are using covid as a smoke screen to do less interaction
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If people can go to packed supermarket’s with no masks, events with no masks even football stadiums with no masks. Why can’t we go back to face to face as it is less risk?
Like I said GP surgery’s are using covid as a scape goat and it feels like patients are getting neglected.
This petition was rejected
Why was this petition rejected?
It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.
Decisions relating to GP appointments, including decisions on whether face-to-face appointments are appropriate, are operational matters for the NHS and individual GPs, not the UK Government or Parliament.
You might like to sign this petition which calls for a related action:
Create a legal right for patients to receive timely face-to-face GP appointments: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/587701
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