I went to my GP on Wednesday with an earache ... but they couldn't see me urgently as I had no appointment.
My work commitments meant I had to suffer the earache through Thursday, but I asked my darling wife to make me an appointment for Friday evening ... but no that was not possible. You have to hang on the phone from 2.30pm onwards to get an emergency appointment that day ...

Is it me or are surgeries lacking something in the way they serve people? ....I'm beginning to imagine the surgeries are there for some other purpose ...

Alan Johnson promises us more - with this recent announcement: Johnson plans 12 new GP practices

More patients will be able to visit GPs at evenings and weekends, and 12 new GP practices will be set up

How much reallity there is, based on labours record is open to debate, but in April the Tories were saying: Fifth of GP surgeries 'at risk'

Up to a fifth of England's GP surgeries are under threat of closure, the Conservative party is claiming.

The Tories said their research suggested 1,700 would shut down under plans for new "polyclinics", housing doctors alongside other medical staff.

So, just where is the future of GP surgeries headed ... my ears are aching to hear...