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> How do you know you need an antibiotic? An excellent question. If house calls aren't going to be brought back, the best I can think of is to allow consulting
by rwallace 10y ago
> How do you know you need an antibiotic?
An excellent question. If house calls aren't going to be brought back, the best I can think of is to allow consulting over the phone.
> If you really are so severely unwell that you can't reach a GP, then perhaps an ambulance really is appropriate.
Come on, if everyone called an ambulance every time they were too sick to travel, the system would probably collapse under the overload. Besides, every time you set foot inside a hospital, you expose yourself to the risk of picking up an antibiotic-resistant infection.
- manarth 10y agoIf house calls aren't going to be brought back, the best I can think of is to allow consulting over the phone. My local (UK) GP does do this, although I'm not sure how widespread this is. The times I've had a GP consult over the phone, I've been happy with the outcome. My GP surgery does also offer home-visits, although they ask for a telephone consult first. if everyone called an ambulance every time they were too sick to travel I was thinking specifically of cases where someone is too sick to travel, but also doesn't improve for a couple of days. Many illnesses such as winter vomiting bug (norovirus) and food poisoning are usually short-lived, and will either ease off enough to allow the patient to get to the GP, or be severe enough that a GP wouldn't treat it in any case, but instead refer it to a hospital.
- DanBC 10y agoYou probably don't need to see a GP for norovirus. https://twitter.com/NHSEngland/status/822851584983973889 https://twitter.com/NHSEngland/status/822851584983973889