{"id":8733,"date":"2023-04-06T20:20:42","date_gmt":"2023-04-06T19:20:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=8733"},"modified":"2023-04-07T10:48:35","modified_gmt":"2023-04-07T09:48:35","slug":"rant-nhs-111-is-a-sick-joke-nhs-111-option-2-is-fuckin-beyond-execrable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=8733","title":{"rendered":"RANT: NHS 111 is a Sick Joke, NHS 111 option 2 is Fuckin\u2019 Beyond Execrable!!!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"930\" height=\"566\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/img_7379.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8734\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/img_7379.jpg 930w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/img_7379-300x183.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/img_7379-768x467.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019m having a mental health crisis. not because I\u2019m some kind of lame ass wuss who cannae tek\u2019 the pressure. But because nobody can take pressure past a certain point. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019m well past that point. And I\u2019m looking for help. Naturally I\u2019m trying via my GP. But it\u2019s a month &#8211; to the frickin\u2019 day &#8211; since I hit a meltdown crisis point. And despite trying a whole alphabet soup of organisations, I\u2019m not getting any help. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A whole FUCKING MONTH!!! And nothing has been done. Despite repeated calls to my GP, NHS 111 (option 2*), and a host of other organisations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>* As I type this I\u2019ve passed twenty minutes in a queue. What does this daily experience teach me? That I am utterly worthless in the eyes of society. And why am I utterly worthless &#8211; along with all the other schmucks subjected to this living hell &#8211; because I\u2019ve already been taxed to oblivion, and overcharged beyond credulity, and there\u2019s nothing left for the vultures. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019m beyond despair. Entering into the territory of rage. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I finally passed the 40 minutes mark, and hung up. I\u2019m growing ever more certain that people will have topped themselves in that queue! It\u2019s beyond fucking unbelievable. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"512\" height=\"384\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/img_7452.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8737\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/img_7452.jpg 512w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/img_7452-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m having a mental health crisis. not because I\u2019m some kind of lame ass wuss who cannae tek\u2019 the pressure. But because nobody can take pressure past a certain point. I\u2019m well past that point. And I\u2019m looking for help. Naturally I\u2019m trying via my GP. But it\u2019s a month &#8211; to the frickin\u2019 day &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=8733\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;RANT: NHS 111 is a Sick Joke, NHS 111 option 2 is Fuckin\u2019 Beyond Execrable!!!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paGwUa-2gR","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8733"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8733"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8733\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8743,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8733\/revisions\/8743"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}