When G.P.'s get sick

[Dollie]

Does anyone know what a doctor does when they get sick - do they self-diagnose and refer themselves to the hospital consultant, or do they have a G.P. who they visit ??

[andy-hughes]

If there is a practice with more than one doctor, they will usually prescribe for each other, and if it's a single doctor, he will have a reciprocal arrangement with another doctor or practice.

Doctor's cannot self-prescribe, it's an offence punishable by being struck off the Medical Register - or rather it should be! Harold Shipman self-prescribed for himself to provide for a drug habit, but got away with a warning, and was allowed to continue practising - with horrifying consequences.

I imagine that since his case, the law is adhered to rather more closely.

[snook]

Reminds me of a question I came across once. You�ve just moved to a new town where there are only two dentists, both equidistant from where you now live. One has a dazzling smile, the other looks a bit of a mess, with uneven and protruding teeth. Which dentist would you choose to go to?

The first reaction is to say you�d go to the one with the dazzling smile. Wrong of course! He�s been seen to by the other dentist, the Ken Dodd lookalike, so he�s the one you should visit!

(Sorry, Ken, no offence!)