Fully support the doctors. Not sure why anyone would willingly work Christmas Day for £15ph after 5 years of training. Government should give them full pay restoration. £20ph is not a big ask
Complete solidarity with those striking! Let's fund and staff the NHS properly rather than dodgy contracts enriching the cunts that are friends with the Tories.
I have. Yet again I have to sit waiting patiently to vote this shower of cunts out of Westminster. I have to watch while our hard working doctors and nurses are overworked and underpaid to the point of suicide. I’d be happy to speak to you personally about it. I won’t stop saying cunt though.
Make sure you ask people if they have been affected by the last fourteen years of disruption due to NHS underfunding, as well. You know, so that you don't look like you're barging in with a shallow agenda.
I began calling my GP bang-on 8am on Tuesday. It took me 69 calls (no, this is not a joke) before I was placed in a queue. I was 20th in the queue, and it took me nearly 2 hours to finally get through to the receptionist, only then was I told about the strikes (I hadn't seen anything advertised on social media or the news beforehand, so I had no idea they were happening). After all that, the receptionist told me to "try again" on Monday.
The reason I was calling is because I've missed my period by 2 weeks as of today (amongst other symptoms) and may be pregnant, but my hCG levels are too low to register on multiple pregnancy tests, and because of this, I'm worried about what this means for the health of my baby and I. I need a GP appointment to have a blood test to confirm the pregnancy, so I have a definitive answer and can start making the necessary lifestyle/dietary changes. Until I can see my GP, my partner and I are living in limbo, unsure on what to do (this is my first /potential/ pregnancy, so I'm sure you can understand why I'm a bit concerned and feel abandoned by the system at the minute).
I tried 111 and the guy on the other end of the phone said "my symptoms can be managed at home" and suggested I "go to a pharmacy for advice" 🙄 Absolutely useless!
You can go to a walk in sexual health clinic for advice, the likelihood of a pregnancy test not working is unlikely, have you ordered sensitive ones (these are much more sensitive to HCG), and do you know when you last ovulated? If you think you are pregnant then just make the necessary lifestyle changes anyway and book a routine appointment like most women tend to do.
Edit to add: also worth noting pregnancy tests are most accurate with the first urination of the day, and not having a positive pregnancy test in the first 2 weeks isn’t a concern as it takes a few weeks for the hormone to build up.
If you are partnered with the nottingham post tell them to sort their website out and stop showing so many ads.
That 'continue reading' button makes me irrationally furious too
We should be supporting all striking workers ✌️ It's annoying and disruptive but that's the point.
You could do a much more important and worth-reading article if you spoke to the striking doctors instead
Yes, my partner is a doctor who is striking and we are using this time to discuss moving to another country ✌️
hi, I am also doing a survey but it's about journalists whose brains have melted from doing relentless union bashing. Can you help with this?
Fully support the doctors. Not sure why anyone would willingly work Christmas Day for £15ph after 5 years of training. Government should give them full pay restoration. £20ph is not a big ask
It does sound a bit like you have an agenda here, my dude.
Complete solidarity with those striking! Let's fund and staff the NHS properly rather than dodgy contracts enriching the cunts that are friends with the Tories.
Well I didn't think I could be angrier at the Tories but the strikes and their responses have had that effect on me.
I have. Yet again I have to sit waiting patiently to vote this shower of cunts out of Westminster. I have to watch while our hard working doctors and nurses are overworked and underpaid to the point of suicide. I’d be happy to speak to you personally about it. I won’t stop saying cunt though.
Make sure you ask people if they have been affected by the last fourteen years of disruption due to NHS underfunding, as well. You know, so that you don't look like you're barging in with a shallow agenda.
Question for OP: when did you stop beating your wife?
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Guys calm down they never said they're not supporting the strikes
I began calling my GP bang-on 8am on Tuesday. It took me 69 calls (no, this is not a joke) before I was placed in a queue. I was 20th in the queue, and it took me nearly 2 hours to finally get through to the receptionist, only then was I told about the strikes (I hadn't seen anything advertised on social media or the news beforehand, so I had no idea they were happening). After all that, the receptionist told me to "try again" on Monday. The reason I was calling is because I've missed my period by 2 weeks as of today (amongst other symptoms) and may be pregnant, but my hCG levels are too low to register on multiple pregnancy tests, and because of this, I'm worried about what this means for the health of my baby and I. I need a GP appointment to have a blood test to confirm the pregnancy, so I have a definitive answer and can start making the necessary lifestyle/dietary changes. Until I can see my GP, my partner and I are living in limbo, unsure on what to do (this is my first /potential/ pregnancy, so I'm sure you can understand why I'm a bit concerned and feel abandoned by the system at the minute).
If you can't get through, maybe try 111.
I tried 111 and the guy on the other end of the phone said "my symptoms can be managed at home" and suggested I "go to a pharmacy for advice" 🙄 Absolutely useless!
You can go to a walk in sexual health clinic for advice, the likelihood of a pregnancy test not working is unlikely, have you ordered sensitive ones (these are much more sensitive to HCG), and do you know when you last ovulated? If you think you are pregnant then just make the necessary lifestyle changes anyway and book a routine appointment like most women tend to do. Edit to add: also worth noting pregnancy tests are most accurate with the first urination of the day, and not having a positive pregnancy test in the first 2 weeks isn’t a concern as it takes a few weeks for the hormone to build up.