Astroganga
Well-Known Member
I have a phobia of speaking on the phone, so making a call to make an appointment to see the GP for an ASD referral was not something I was keen on doing. So I decided to go there in person but that wasn't so simple as my GP isn't that far in distance but is the complete opposite direction of where I usually need to go, also I needed to go alone and not with the kids so again opportunities for that are rare indeed. Just now I finally had the opportunity. The receptionist let me do my whole carefully researched spiel including wanting to see a GP with experience of making such referrals, before telling me they have this new stupid policy where you have to call on a Monday morning now even for non-urgent appointments well in advance. They have a limited number of appointments released every Monday and they are for two weeks later. So now I have to call on Monday, give them the whole spiel again, and there is a risk I will be told 'sorry all the appointments are gone call back next week'. There aren't enough angry faces on here to convey how stressed and hopeless I feel right now.