I would rather go to the hospital for my appointments than a GP - I would rather be seen by a midwife than a doctor, and at my local medical centre the waiting times are often longer than those at the antenatal clinic anyway! So far in this pregnancy the longest wait I have had was about 30 mins, and that is because I was booked to see an OB (you have to see one at least once during the pregnancy even if you are low risk, don't know why though, the one I saw didn't do anything a midwife couldn't have done). They have the clinic open 5 days a week, all day too - they have to because it is such a busy maternity hospital.