Finding a Doctor in London

So, my throat is killing me and I can't sleep. It feels scraped raw, and it hurts when I breathe, never mind swallow.

So I figure I better try to get to a doctor tomorrow (well, later today, really).

Yeah right. There certainly aren't any 24 hour doctors in London, and very, very few that are open on a Saturday at all! One place near me that is supposed to be open on a Saturday morning according to the NHS website, isn't according to the message on their answerphone; another is, but is out in Southfields somewhere and seems to require a lot of walking to get there.

I normally use the on-site doctors at work, but they don't work on a Saturday. I thought I'd try the BUPA private doctors, but they're not open on Saturdays either.

I could trek along to the Tooting Walk-in Centre; they're at least open, and not _too_ difficult to get to (although when you're feeling sick, anywhere further than down the road is difficult to get to), but they only have nurses, not doctors. Which might be fine for advice, but I don't need advice, I need medicine! And not over-the-counter stuff; I think I probably need antibiotics. But it seems to be my only option - I don't want to not go, if it would help, but if it's not going to help I'd rather not waste my time in the first place.

And if hardly anyone is open on a Saturday, you know no-one's going to be open on a Sunday, especially not on New Year's Eve. And then Monday is New Year's Day, so no-one will be open then either. So then it's Tuesday until I can get to a doctor - by which time I'll either be recovered, or so ill I won't be able to drag myself out of bed.

Sheesh, what a country.