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The Greater Manchester streets where people find it 'impossible' to see a doctor
08.08.2022 - 09:11 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
On a wet morning in Oldham town centre, pensioner Alan Ingham takes shelter in a nearby shop door as he waits for his wife Margaret to go about her daily errands.
He is in recovery from prostate cancer and both he and his wife are diabetic. Despite this, Alan says he hasn't been able to see his GP, in Shaw, face-to-face since before the coronavirus pandemic.
Maria Mycock and her husband David have had an all too similar experience - spending hours on the phone from 9am - only to be cut off because there are too many people calling for an appointment.
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At their doctors surgery in Failsworth, the couple face a torturous game every time they call, they say - as they risk being cut off the line if they reach number 21 in the queue.
Maria, 64, stresses she doesn't blame her GP and recognises the "immense" pressure they are under. "The doctors are very good, it's just getting to see them," she adds.
It comes as some doctors in Greater Manchester have told the M.E.N they are considering industrial action over "relentless" working hours and poor pay - as they struggle to clear the backlog of patients presenting problems that went untreated during the pandemic.
Tameside GP Dr Faisal Bhutta said he and his colleagues are being asked to do 'more and more' including starting a seven day working week, and yet have seen their pay rise frozen for the last five years.
And despite the introduction of new contracts which demand doctors offer more appointments in the evenings and weekends, people in Oldham say it's still "impossible" to see their GP.
"We've given up with the GP where we live because we haven't been able to see a doctor for god knows how long,"
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