Chaos reigns at our GP's surgery. 8 days ago I put in a repeat prescription request on the 24 hour service which requires one to actually turn up with the paperwork rather than lie semiconcious on the sofa and mis-spell the meds on their online service (Their website has been taken down so they can bring in new software to deal with the new nhs). 4 days later I went to get it -not done yet. My "Happy Pills" ran out. Day 5 still not there - withdrawal symptoms get bad. Day 6 not there - the "small creatures crawling under the skin stage" starts. Day 7 too ill to leave the house. Day 8, afternoon, the repeat arrives 30 minutes before I do but is in a huge mountain of other old overdue scripts as the surgery starts to clear its backlog. I leave and return 1 and a half hours later - I wait 20 minutes while they get to mine. I am kept company by the too loud, too fast chatter of some other junkie getting his methodone shot in the back shop. My turn - I get my get my fix. If this is what is happening now what will it be like when the changes officially arrive - GP's are being overwhelmed.
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