Box 1. Examples of comments relating to emergent themes.
Theme | Positive | Negative | Neutral |
---|---|---|---|
Waiting times | 'The online system is great, I regularly need to see the nurse for a contraceptive injection and always can get an appointment within the week, if not the same day, either on the phone or online.' (NHS Choices) | 'I took my son who has tonsillitis. 85 minutes to be seen as the GP had gone to lunch and was stuck in traffic!' (NHS Choices) | 'All surgeries, it seems, have difficulty getting appointments, but I assume it is because they are so busy.' (NHS Choices) |
GPs | 'I saw a doctor who was absolutely fantastic and made me feel very comfortable.' (NHS Choices) |
'I will always ask for second opinion now if I have to see one of the DRs from here as I [was] wrongly diagnosed early this year.' (Facebook) | 'Some of the doctors are better than others.' (Facebook) |
Reception staff | '...the staff [reception staff] are also kind, helpful and polite.' (NHS Choices) |
'They [reception staff] treat patients with utter disdain and make out that every enquiry is a massive inconvenience.' (NHS Choices) | 'The reception staff are okay.' (Facebook) |
Others | 'The nurses there are brill, worked wonders in my ear.' (Facebook) |
'This practice and it seems to rely solely on locums.' (NHS Choices) | 'The surgery is always clean and the waiting times are not too bad.' (NHS Choices) |