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Same day for things I really needed to see them about. You phone up first thing say you want an appointment and they tell you when that day. I've phoned them at 11am and been in at 2pm before. They keep a handful of "emergency" appointments clear each day.
Normally within a week for anything non urgent.
In Newcastle there are also a handful of walk in centres as well - Sit somewhere between A+E and a GP. Normally good if there is something wrong but you don't think it'll kill you straight away.
You can move GP surgery if you are not happy with your current one. Quality of service can very much depend on who your GP is. Newcastle seems to have some excellent doctors in my experience so I've always been very fortunate and had good service.
North Yorkshire. I've needed to see a GP twice in three years for totally different things. Both times I called at about lunchtime, got a call back from a doctor within an hour, and was seen the same day.
Neither item was serious.
At our surgery you can usually get an urgent appointment on the same day, if it’s not urgent it’s normally a 3-week wait, sometimes there are no appointments at all.
My wife phoned at 3.15 today for a non urgent appointment and was seen at 4.20...
Same day for emergencies (and in your shoes I'd be after that) or about two weeks for routine.
Getting an emergency appointment is an exercise in hammering the redial button at this time of year. They're usually gone in under ten minutes from opening.
If only we had £350million for GPs...