We’ve all been there, the phone at 8:30 lottery system simply isn’t fit for purpose.
TLDR:
Take 60 seconds to melt Stormont’s head by signing the petition.
The longer version:
I was surprised to find we don’t have any public petition for this. The last (and only) other petition I can find about this was a Parliament UK one from 2024 but that was rejected, because Health is a devolved matter for Stormont.
It struck me when having the same convo multiple times last week, this is something we’ve all been struggling with for years. Yet there’s very little we can do beyond writing to your MLA (which most people don’t seem think is worth the bother.)
We as a people love a wee moan, so why not put some numbers and signatures against it to highlight the ongoing issue. If it gets sizeable enough amount I will happily rattle MLA cages with it.
Sources (as if you don’t already live it!):
For those who care about this kind of thing, PAC published a report in Dec 2025 that Primary Care Services were in crisis and then in March 2026 deemed the Department of Health’s response/plan “unacceptable”