How long do you wait at doctors office b4 being seen ?

[insanity]

I'm really ticked off at doctors these days and their double booking systems. Every time I go to my doctor I end up waiting 20-30 sometime even 45min late before being seen for my appointment. Their attitude is if you don't like it move on to another doctor. I wanted to find out if anyone else has the same problem ?

[peoples_Flip]

30-45 minutes is nothing.... my family doctor located on Bramalea Rd & Queen St. has an average wait time of over 1.5 hours.

[devious9191]

Same problem at every clinic I've been to in 10 years. 30 minute wait *minimum.

[chellemi]

it's normal for me to have to wait for an hour or more to see my doctor, even when i have an appointment.

[champ91]

really? I wait normally 5-10 mins.

[ainsane]

My family doctor used to make people wait for 2-3 hours. It was rediculous and I think enough people complained that she stopped overbooking as much. Now the wait is 1 hour or less.

[Hanniganite]

Yeah, what's 30 min? Average wait time at my doctor's place is at least an hour with/without an appointment. Only exception is flu shots sometimes...might be able to sneak in but otherwise it's 60min+. And it's frustrating because I live a 3 minute walk away but I can't just go home and ask them to call me when it's time or something. That's why unless my cold is really severe and lasts over a week, I'll just ride it out instead of going to the doctor for a medicine prescription

[tinlunlau]

i've experienced a 2 hour+ wait at the doctor's office once.
the worst thing is, i found out that when the line started moving, he has actually gone out to play golf.

[insanity]

I don't really respect general practioners too much, half the time they just send you for tests to make money.

Family physicians (General Practioners) in Ontario I think cap at $250K a year. My time is worth money too, to bad the doctors don't understand that.

[champ91]

I heard that a family physcian gets money for only a limited amount of patients per day, that's why they don't want to take that many patients a day.

[effie]

I can't even get a family doctor! Nobody's taking on any new patients. They tell us to go to a walk-in clinic. So, consider yourself lucky if you can get medical treatment in Canada these days. I need serious cancer screening, and can't get the process started. I wouldn't mind waiting if I could get an appointment.

And "they" want to waste more money on an election? Go figure! Put the money where it's needed, I say.

[HughG]

by the time i go in and nout of the doctors office is at least 2 hours.

[me!]

yeah, a few minutes is like godsend. I always wait a min 2 hours, and it has been as long as 3 hours sometimes. I go to the walk in clinics instead now.

[MizTEcK]

wow, now i feel extremely lucky that i wait like 10-15 minutes before being seen

[me!]

it all doesn't seem to be worth it, waiting up to 3 hours and then getting only 5mins with the doc. And when you ask any questions, he either gets mad at you for asking or just walks away and ignores u, pretending he didn't hear you or thinking it's just a waste of his time answering your questinos, and then goes on to the next patient