Published on 12, July, 2020
A few days ago, though my GP surgery officially only has the '8 o'clock phone lottery' method of getting an appointment, I sent an email to my GP surgery describing my worsening bowel problems (in great detail). Yesterday, the surgery phoned me offering an appointment next week. I strikes me that, once you have informed a surgery of a medical condition, that they have to respond. Because otherwise, if a patient developed a serious, or life-threatening, illness, they would be open to NHS disciplinary procedures, or to being sued for negligence. It may be worth others trying a similar approach; if it is generally applicable, it will make access to medical care much easier for autistics.
Your GP has an email address? I've searched everywhere trying to find one for mine.
Apparently, having an NHS email is mandatory for all GPs. NHS emails end with '@nhs.net', it might be worth trying a few iterations of ' .......practice@nhs.net' - mine just has the practice name in this form 'smithpractice@nhs.net'. Though it isn't Smith in reality.