diff --git a/apps/portal/prisma/migrations/20221025013857_add_full_text_search/migration.sql b/apps/portal/prisma/migrations/20221025013857_add_full_text_search/migration.sql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8f58d7f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/portal/prisma/migrations/20221025013857_add_full_text_search/migration.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+-- AlterTable
+ALTER TABLE "QuestionsQuestion" ADD COLUMN "contentSearch" TSVECTOR
+    GENERATED ALWAYS AS
+        (to_tsvector('english', coalesce(content, '')))
+    STORED;
+
+-- CreateIndex
+CREATE INDEX "QuestionsQuestion_contentSearch_idx" ON "QuestionsQuestion" USING GIN("contentSearch");
diff --git a/apps/portal/prisma/migrations/20221025014050_/migration.sql b/apps/portal/prisma/migrations/20221025014050_/migration.sql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6d3a3407
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/portal/prisma/migrations/20221025014050_/migration.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+-- DropIndex
+DROP INDEX "QuestionsQuestion_contentSearch_idx";
+
+-- AlterTable
+ALTER TABLE "QuestionsQuestion" ALTER COLUMN "contentSearch" DROP DEFAULT;
+
+-- CreateIndex
+CREATE INDEX "QuestionsQuestion_contentSearch_idx" ON "QuestionsQuestion"("contentSearch");
diff --git a/apps/portal/src/server/router/questions-question-encounter-router.ts b/apps/portal/src/server/router/questions-question-encounter-router.ts
index f43578e8..1a55247e 100644
--- a/apps/portal/src/server/router/questions-question-encounter-router.ts
+++ b/apps/portal/src/server/router/questions-question-encounter-router.ts
@@ -71,18 +71,20 @@ export const questionsQuestionEncounterRouter = createProtectedRouter()
       const userId = ctx.session?.user?.id;
 
       return await ctx.prisma.$transaction(async (tx) => {
-        const questionToUpdate = await tx.questionsQuestion.findUnique({
-          where: {
-            id: input.questionId,
-          },
-        });
+        const [questionToUpdate, questionEncounterCreated] = await Promise.all([
+          tx.questionsQuestion.findUnique({
+            where: {
+              id: input.questionId,
+            },
+          }),
+          tx.questionsQuestionEncounter.create({
+            data: {
+              ...input,
+              userId,
+            },
+          })
+        ]);
 
-        const questionEncounterCreated = await tx.questionsQuestionEncounter.create({
-          data: {
-            ...input,
-            userId,
-          },
-        });
 
         if (questionToUpdate === null) {
           throw new TRPCError({
@@ -131,20 +133,22 @@ export const questionsQuestionEncounterRouter = createProtectedRouter()
       }
 
       return await ctx.prisma.$transaction(async (tx) => {
-        const questionToUpdate = await tx.questionsQuestion.findUnique({
-          where: {
-            id: questionEncounterToUpdate.questionId,
-          },
-        });
+        const [questionToUpdate, questionEncounterUpdated] = await Promise.all([
+          tx.questionsQuestion.findUnique({
+            where: {
+              id: questionEncounterToUpdate.questionId,
+            },
+          }),
+          tx.prisma.questionsQuestionEncounter.update({
+            data: {
+              ...input,
+            },
+            where: {
+              id: input.id,
+            },
+          })
+        ]);
 
-        const questionEncounterUpdated = await ctx.prisma.questionsQuestionEncounter.update({
-          data: {
-            ...input,
-          },
-          where: {
-            id: input.id,
-          },
-        });
 
         if (questionToUpdate!.lastSeenAt === questionEncounterToUpdate.seenAt) {
           const latestEncounter = await ctx.prisma.questionsQuestionEncounter.findFirst({
@@ -194,17 +198,18 @@ export const questionsQuestionEncounterRouter = createProtectedRouter()
       }
 
       return await ctx.prisma.$transaction(async (tx) => {
-        const questionToUpdate = await tx.questionsQuestion.findUnique({
-          where: {
-            id: questionEncounterToDelete.questionId,
-          },
-        });
-
-        const questionEncounterDeleted = await ctx.prisma.questionsQuestionEncounter.delete({
-          where: {
-            id: input.id,
-          },
-        });
+        const [questionToUpdate, questionEncounterDeleted] = await Promise.all([
+          tx.questionsQuestion.findUnique({
+            where: {
+              id: questionEncounterToDelete.questionId,
+            },
+          }),
+          tx.prisma.questionsQuestionEncounter.delete({
+            where: {
+              id: input.id,
+            },
+          })
+        ]);
 
         if (questionToUpdate!.lastSeenAt === questionEncounterToDelete.seenAt) {
           const latestEncounter = await ctx.prisma.questionsQuestionEncounter.findFirst({