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One Illness At A Time
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When I went to GPs last week, there is now a notice advising that you are only to discuss one illness with your GP and other problems should be a separate appointment. ???? Why ?? I sometimes dont bother going with something I think may be trivial but when I do go, I think that perhaps I should be mention this as well. But now we cant ! What if the symptoms are related to something else Ive had a problem with am I not supposed to mention it. I find this crazy, also it would save the Doctor time too, surely. Their 10 mins appointment slots are mad as they dont know what you are going to tell them once you get there. Do others have this problem at their surgery ?
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My doctor asked me to make an appointment in a certain week regarding a test result. Receptionist sad he was only available that week at a different surgery. Got there eventually, (walk, bus, walk) only to find a locum. She asked why I was there, had obviously not read my notes on the open laptop in front of her and proceeded to try to prescribe the drug I had been...
19:34 Tue 06th Aug 2013
It's ridiculous, what if more than one 'complaint' add up to a single diagnosis? How long will it take if you have to keep going back? I don't know whether my surgery has any such notice but I'll be ignoring it, once you've said it, they can't make you 'unsay' it.... lol. I suppose they can choose to ignore it.
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Type Your Answer Here...Of course there is another side to this.........:
We have had many threads in the past,e.g Desktop, Madmen and many others extolling the virtues of their "kind and understanding" Drs who listened attentively to their multitude of symptoms for at least a hour an hour......poor bu99ers who were waiting ages for their turn to arrive, meaning that everyone would be waiting and the last appt probably waited for an hour.
However, I think that it should be up to the Dr. to decide if the consultation is going over the allocated time and for the patient to make another appt.
Two sides to the coin.
We have had many threads in the past,e.g Desktop, Madmen and many others extolling the virtues of their "kind and understanding" Drs who listened attentively to their multitude of symptoms for at least a hour an hour......poor bu99ers who were waiting ages for their turn to arrive, meaning that everyone would be waiting and the last appt probably waited for an hour.
However, I think that it should be up to the Dr. to decide if the consultation is going over the allocated time and for the patient to make another appt.
Two sides to the coin.
Our surgery has had this rule in place for about four or five years now.
What I do is save up all the small, non urgent stuff and then once a year, when my annual medication review is due, I make a 20 minute appointment and get the lot sorted in one visit.
I discussed this with my gp and she said she much prefers people to do it this way.
I make ordinary appointments throughout the year if I have a more urgent problem which needs sorting.
What I do is save up all the small, non urgent stuff and then once a year, when my annual medication review is due, I make a 20 minute appointment and get the lot sorted in one visit.
I discussed this with my gp and she said she much prefers people to do it this way.
I make ordinary appointments throughout the year if I have a more urgent problem which needs sorting.
How do you decide if a symptom belongs to a certain illness?
Doctor in one room. Patient has to travel there again for another appointment?
Doctor hopefully healthy. Patient by definition ill and may have to travel by public transport after having walked to the bus stop.
What a caring understanding Health (W) Service we have.
Doctor in one room. Patient has to travel there again for another appointment?
Doctor hopefully healthy. Patient by definition ill and may have to travel by public transport after having walked to the bus stop.
What a caring understanding Health (W) Service we have.
We have the same system, walk in and wait (usually 2 hours) for a 10 min slot for one thing only. It's supposed to be an emergency, sickness, rashes, fevers or an ailment that has just occurred and not one you have been seen for before. I never get to see the same GP twice which annoys me and I can't seem to be able to book an appointment for a proper consultation. Really crazy.
