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Have you ever had to dial 111 and does your town have a walk in centre
Recently I have had to call 111 twice and found their service to be excellent and better than NHS Direct.
We have a walk in centre in Norwich, which we take for granted unless it is needed, but I was surprised to find out there was not one in Worcester.
The services there were dismal and you had to phone 111 before being seen by a local GP.
This got me thinking - do you have a walk in centre and have you had to use one?

I have never had occasion to ring 111, but we do have a walk in centre based at Burnley General Hospital

We are lucky we have one in Norwich, but not so easy for those without transport.

would you believe my son has now had to phone 111 for his partners 90 year old mum, and they have all gone off to the hospital.

they have kept the lady in hospital overnight.
Once again my son said 111 was excellent service.

I hope she is alright Wendy.

I have never used 111 but glad to hear you have found it is a good service. Hope the 90 year old lady is alright. We have a walk in centre at the QE hospital and a one at Blaydon. I have never been to either of the walk in centres but have heard the Blaydon one is good.

The lady is back home and sleeping.

That's good to hear

Glad she is home now.

That is good news Wendy.

So pleased she is back home
I think there should be more walk in centres for people who are unable to commit to being free to keep pre booked appointments .

Someone who is a member recently visited the Norwich one and told me how good it was.

Would have been nice if that member had posted and told us.

Glad th3 lady is recovering Wendy.

We have a walk in center. The waiting times can be incredible. I had a 4 hour wait with alivia once. There was a chap in there with a bleeding head. He had scabbed by the time he was seen.