When your GP joins the ranks of the shoddy and murderous

Our Julia wrote:

I would be utterly ecstatic if my GP showed a fraction of the customer service of Uber.

Commenter Umbongo wrote:

The only way is to follow the French or Italian system.

The patient doesn't "register" with a doctor. S/he simply chooses who to consult, pays the doctor (of his/her choice) and is reimbursed (wholly or substantially partially and quickly) by the state "health insurance" authority. This way, the doctor knows to whom he has to be nice and deliver good service: it's the PATIENT not the NHS.

If the doctor opts to see nobody - or is rude or just useless - he gets zero income. This way he might even open his surgery over the week-end and make home visits or God forbid - work in the evenings.

In one, IMHO.  There is a reason the GP system was wrecked and though I'm at a pay-dentist for dental, they're also going that way in that it's who will see you at that time.