The idea that not every ailment needs to be seen by a doctor is becoming more acceptable as a way of relieving the strain on the health system. As waiting time…
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Yeah nah get stuffed, I'm not diagnosing my own heart attack over the phone so some bean counter can save a few bucks.
You're exactly the problem lmao. Hope your 'googling symptoms' works out for ya.
Honestly I've been doing this for years cos I can't afford the $60 gap. Just google symptoms and hope for the best lol
This. My mate's a nurse and she said they've been doing this triage-by-phone for years. It's just more official now.
What a load of shit. Next they'll have us doing our own surgeries with a YouTube tutorial.
Work in healthcare. This is already happening. Team approach is just code for 'we don't have enough doctors'. Patients deserve better.
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ffs my mum waited 8 hours at ED last week with a broken wrist. Something's gotta change but this ain't it.
how do you propose we pay for it then? Genuine question.
I reckon half the people whinging here would be the first to complain about taxes going up to pay for more doctors.
Facts. Trying to see a gp near me is like trying to book a table at a Michelin star restaurant. A joke.
Self-triage? More like self-delusion. I thought my chest pain was indigestion, turns out it was a fucking pulmonary embolism.
I understand the strain but my elderly neighbour can barely work her phone. This will just leave vulnerable people behind.
right mate. My gran would be lost without someone to talk to face to face.
If they want us to self-triage maybe they should make the online symptom checkers actually work. Last one told me I had cancer turns out I needed more fibre.
nah I use those too. They told me I was dying and it was just anxiety. Reckon they just cover their arses.
Every other developed country manages to get people seen by a gp within a week. But nah let's just lower our expectations instead.
cope. Maybe if our taxes actually went to health instead of keeping politicians in SUVs we wouldn't be in this mess.
