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Your very lucky there's more chance of winning the league cup than me getting a same day appointment at my doctors. Probably shouldn't name the practice but it's a less affluent area of east Edinburgh she works at

No idea why GPs are allowed to be basically privatised contractors.
Much will depend on what's wrong with you as to whether you'll be seen that day.

GPs wouldn't have joined the NHS in 1947 if they hadn't been allowed to maintain their private contractor status. Having said that the number of them is decreasing every year as the health boards take them over.