Not many that I know of. Quite a few didn't take it, and protested it. Originally they were strong armed, but I think more than just a few held out. Like other places in Europe. And many complied.

The problem is that policy is still absurdly operating on its COVID restrictions. Telephone consultations and appointments. Still being dulled out foremost. They're not a solution but the problem. They're okay if it is a separate service, operating on another phone line, Internet page, like 111, and can prescribe, leaving the GPs and doctors to triage. Instead of them turning into con artists. GPs are a franchise. I'd hate to imagine those audits but they cook the books. More money phoning, it cannot diagnosis, but it can prescribe, then having to triage and disgnose because a phone cannot, neither can any bullshit pictures uploaded, they need a hands on opinion. If it's a separate line of contact, yes, it can help. But the entire system is backlogged. GPs are closing left, right, and center. They have been flooding A/E hospitals, emergency, full of people with athlete's foot, or headaches, etc. Because they're operating on phone consultations. It takes an average of 20 minutes to contact my GP by phone before I speak to a cunt, they don't even speak English, they tell me there's no appointments go to A/E. Three times last year. Even ignoring 111, telling them see me. Had to fight just to see a GP a stone's throw away. Literally the next street over. I get there, they're taking on new patients, money, but were offering no appointments. Madness. It got resolved after raising serious complaints. I don't want to even ask until sick, don't want to ring up about my health, unless on a deathbed, it's not nice. They employ horrible foreign admin, horrible assholes, you're a problem not a customer. Literal fucking idiots. Never come accross so many of these today. You're the problem not the customer. The GPs are nice but try getting an appointment, they'll phone you first, then have to go to the Clinic. By then it's weeks later.

This is starting to improve, but that damage is done by COVID. The service is diabolical. The backlog over a year to see a hospital for a consultation after the GP referral.

The way around it is not use dumb GP. But this is hard. Because one way or another you will still use them. Despite using health insurance. You still use the NHS hospital as well. There isn't much jumping the queue, even on private care by insurance. You can somewhat but it's the same backlogs. You still need a registered GP.

Not many that I know of. Quite a few didn't take it, and protested it. Originally they were strong armed, but I think more than just a few held out. Like other places in Europe. And many complied.

The problem is that policy is still absurdly operating on its COVID restrictions. Telephone consultations and appointments. Still being dulled out foremost. They're not a solution but the problem. They're okay if it is a separate service, operating on another phone line, Internet page, like 111, and can prescribe, leaving the GPs and doctors to triage. Instead of them turning into con artists. GPs are a franchise. I'd hate to imagine those audits but they cook the books. More money phoning, it cannot diagnosis, but it can prescribe, then having to triage and disgnose because a phone cannot, neither can any bullshit pictures uploaded, they need a hands on opinion. If it's a separate line of contact, yes, it can help. But the entire system is backlogged. GPs are closing left, right, and center. They have been flooding A/E hospitals, emergency, full of people with athlete's foot, or headaches, etc. Because they're operating on phone consultations. It takes an average of 20 minutes to contact my GP by phone before I speak to a cunt, they don't even speak English, they tell me there's no appointments go to A/E. Three times last year. Even ignoring 111, telling them see me. Had to fight just to see a GP a stone's throw away. Literally the next street over. I get there, they're taking on new patients, money, but were offering no appointments. Madness. It got resolved after raising serious complaints. I don't want to even ask until sick, don't want to ring up about my health, unless on a deathbed, it's not nice. They employ horrible foreign admin, horrible assholes, you're a problem not a customer. Literal fucking idiots. Never come accross so many of these today. You're the problem not the customer. The GPs are nice but try getting an appointment, they'll phone you first, then have to go to the Clinic. By then it's weeks later.

This is starting to improve, but that damage is done by COVID. The service is diabolical. The backlog over a year to see a hospital for a consultation after the GP referral.

Not many that I know of. Quite a few didn't take it, and protested it. Originally they were strong armed, but I think more than just a few held out. Like other places in Europe. And many complied.

The problem is that policy is still absurdly operating on its COVID restrictions. Telephone consultations and appointments. Still being dulled out foremost. They're not a solution but the problem. They're okay if it is a separate service, operating on another phone line, Internet page, like 111 and can prescribe, leaving the GPs and doctors to triage. Instead of them turning into con artists. GPs are a franchise. I'd hate to imagine those audits but they cook the books. More money phoning, it cannot diagnosis, but it can prescribe, then having to triage and disgnose because a phone cannot, neither can any bullshit pictures uploaded they need a hands on opinion. If it's a separate line of contact yes it can help. But the entire system is backlogged GPs and closing left right and center. They have been flooding A/E hospitals emergency full of people with athlete's foot, or headaches, etc. Because they're operating on phone consultations. It takes an average of 20 minutes to contact my GP by phone before I speak to a cunt, they don't even speak English, they tell me there's no appointments go to A/E. Three times last year. Even ignoring 111, tell them see me. Had to fight just to see a GP a stone's throw away. Literally next street over. I get there, they're taking on new patients, money, but were offering no appointments. Madness. It got resolved after raising serious complaints. I don't want to even ask until sick, don't want to ring up about my health, unless on a deathbed, it's not nice. They employ horrible foreign admin, horrible assholes, you're a problem not a customer. Literal fucking idiots. Never come accross so many of these today. You're the problem not the customer. The GPs are nice but try getting an appointment, they'll phone you first, then have to go to the Clinic. By then it's weeks later.

This is starting to improve, but that damage is done by COVID. The service is diabolical. The backlog over a year to see a hospital for a consultation after the GP referral.