Confused as to urgent appointment

Hi I took my 14 year old to the doctors last week for a wart on her ear. The doctor told me she would refer her for an urgent appointment With ENT. They gave us September. So I rang the hospital who said that that is an urgent appointment. My daughter was marked urgent but not under the 14 day system so that is the date I have. I rung the GP who is off until Thursday but the receptionist told me that my daughter was marked down as urgent but not a 14 day Appointment. She said there's no point me ringing back as the doctor won't be able to move my daughter up the list. So I'm stuck really. I said to the receptionist how can urgent be six months away. She said the hospitals are chock-a-block. So my question is is this normal for urgent? So confused. The doctor definitely gave me the impression it was urgent and I'd be seen quickly.

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  • It seems there is a strict criteria to get a two week urgent referral (only if they suspect cancer), which to me means the doctor thinks it's urgent but not cancer. Still a six month wait for urgent seems very bad. Just glad it's not non urgent. 
    thanks for replying. I hope you hear soon about your child's appointment. 
    nick