Patients queue for an hour in pouring rain to get GP appointment
Patients have been queuing up outside a surgery for more than an hour before it opens so they can be seen.
Pictures showed up to 20 people waiting in the pouring rain for Queensway Medical Centre, in Wellingborough, to open last week.
The images were taken by Joanne Buckland, who lives across the road from the building.
She said: ‘I live opposite and I see people queuing every day.
‘It’s ridiculous, they expect us to wait outside in all weathers.
‘There used to be a bench, but not anymore.’
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Ms Buckland said she would not go to the surgery unless ‘she absolutely has to’.
She added: ‘People start coming around 06.45 and wait till 8.00 to get in and then wait again before seeing the receptionist.
‘I have tried booking an appointment by phone but I had to be 4-5 minutes on hold before even getting to the main menu. ‘
Ms Buckland has been witnessing the long queues since she moved to the area a year ago.
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