get in. Also our surgery publishes the amount of missed appointments, shocking but this is how some folk are! I work with a woman who is at the surgery monthly. Bad back here, cold there, sore throat, toe hurts ect and none of these every turn out to be serious but she likes to be seen by a doctor. If you talk to GP's they will tell you often they are more like a social worker at times, people need to talk and what is better than a doctor to reassure you everything is ok despite your problems not being medical. Not my words but this came from a GP and a good one at that who will never turn anyone away but this all takes time and appointments that others need! Jean Colclough a nurse who has clocked up 56 years with the NHS says "We are top heavy with management,highly paid managers....Sure things are bigger now,the needs greater,the constraints more.But i also see so much money that is spent and needlessly wasted"........ "I would do a bit of weeding out to start with management...some of them are very good, but i keep on seeing new posts manufactured....." Personally I think that the NHS is a good organisation.....but it could be an excellent organisation if all the money was spent as intended ..to make people better.( and currently it makes thousands of people ill through hospital contracted infections).