10 Minutes With The Doctor

Lon · Post by **Lon** » Sun Aug 28, 2011 10:21 pm

The $100 charge in this example is very low in this part of the U.S., but the procedure is pretty much the same everywhere.

Your 10 minute office visit needs 8 people and 45 minutes of work

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Mon Aug 29, 2011 4:01 am

Sounds about right, 10 minutes is about the average you spend with the doctor. All the other components of the visit are pretty acurate.

Bruv · Post by **Bruv** » Mon Aug 29, 2011 4:05 am

You have to love the NHS.

Post by **Betty Boop** » Mon Aug 29, 2011 4:25 am

Good Lord!

I ring the surgery at 8.30am for an appointment the same day, the receptionist answers and slots you in. You can choose to see a nurse, a prescribing nurse, a midwife or a doctor.

You show up at the surgery at the allotted time, book yourself in with the same receptionist that answered the phone in the morning then take your place in the waiting room to await the nurse/midwife/doctor calling you in.

I'm sure there are others behind the scenes within the surgery but we only see one health professional and thank god it's free! Yours sounds a bit like a factory conveyor belt, with different people poking and prodding. I don't always get to see my family doctor, but I often do, and it's great as he knows my mum, sister, brother and my children.

fuzzywuzzy · Post by **fuzzywuzzy** » Mon Aug 29, 2011 4:41 am

10 minutes???? sorry ..i spend as much time as needed . what's with this ten minutes crap? and i don't pay for it . oh and a really long conversation with the receptionist about our last names and how funny it was that we both had 'e' on the end of our last names.

Bruv · Post by **Bruv** » Mon Aug 29, 2011 5:52 am

Betty Boop and fuzzywuzzy........it is not FREE, we all pay for it.....just not on point of delivery.

We might call it social care, the Americans might call it rampant socialism and a precursor to the breakdown of civilisation.

Post by **Betty Boop** » Mon Aug 29, 2011 6:00 am

Bruv;1367465 wrote: Betty Boop and fuzzywuzzy........it is not FREE, we all pay for it.....just not on point of delivery.

We might call it social care, the Americans might call it rampant socialism and a precursor to the breakdown of civilisation.

I know we do, but I don't have to think about whether I can afford to see the doctor this week or noti