Haven’t seen a GP for years, don’t know who “My” doctor is. Do see the nurse fairly regularly for blood pressure checks and bllod tests, am on Ramipril for high B/P.
I would send the Doctor a photo of my Cough, Cold and Scabby hole, but not one of the Pimple on the Dick. 
Don’t send photo’s Willy Nilly. 
What, not even to Dr Pimple Popper on the TV programme, I bet she’s dealt with bigger ones than your’s. Take that which way you want, I know what I meant! 
I don’t, Pimple or Dick?
I can’t see what you mean but you can see exactly what you mean! 
Not necessarily so, you could if you focused, I can feel what I mean, the senses ain’t Dicky yet.
Well, at least that’s a good sign! Perhaps you should ask to see the nurse,
she might be able to help you!
You are lucky to get to see a GP here, our surgery is rubbish. To actually get to see a Doc & this was in 2019,(not tried since), I rang 111, after trying the surgery, getting nowhere, spoke to the woman on 111, then eventually got her to get my GP to ring me, on hearing my problem he then made me an appy to see him., had a urine test & then he prescribed AB’s, those didn’t work so he sent me to the hospital. They were brilliant & after tests sorted me out with stronger AB’s that did work.
I love the NHS and what it stands for, but sadly, I feel it is severely broken. Not from being ‘over-used’ or anything like that, but because it basically just peddles Big Pharma - who don’t care about you or you loved ones, all they care about is making as much money as possible.
We’ve spoken about it in other threads but until a principle higher than that of making money becomes the norm in industries like medicine, farming and food production, it’d probably pay to having what many people feel would be a very healthy scepticism of it all.
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We have a specialist in reproductive & sexual health, a specialist in ENT and two specialists in obs & gynaecology. There are lots of specialists working in general practice, they just aren’t hospital consultants. I think they all have to specialise in something before they qualify but they don’t have to stay working in that area if they just want to be a general practitioner. Every practice will be different of course.
Do I trust my doctor? Not one inch.
I came out of hospital just over a year ago nd ever since have had to have a carer. My doctor has not seen me once nor has he phoned and given me the results of the monthly blood tests I have to have. I have had to go back to the hospital several times for scans and X rays etc; but not once have I been given the results. When I left hospital I was given eleven different pills to take twice a day. I am still taking the same pills as my doctor has not phoned or seen me to say otherwise. I,m sure There are some I no longer need to take but when I phone the surgery the receptioist says the same thing “The doctor will ring you back” but he never does.
@BigBen …try to phone again and request another doctor. Tell them you need a medication review. They have to do that, and inform you. Generally though (at least up here anyway), you can phone up for results if you haven’t heard. They only phone with results if there is a concern, so take heart from that. But do ask for a medication review and breakdown of what everything is for. That is your right as a patient.
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can you not change to a different surgery? The GP must be issuing the prescriptions so perhaps they review your blood results when they decide to keep you on the pills?
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Sorry Annie this is rubbish only wealthy people had the benefit of going to Switzerland or sanitariums . most people either lived or died and most died often young or what are easily controlled diseases today .In Victorian times even the wall paper could kill you amongst a myriad of other things
We all know that diet exercise etc etc are good for us it’s not rocket science it’s just most people don’t do it . Our predecessors often had no choice but to walk to work and food was not processed to the extent it is today so it wasn’t that they ‘knew ‘ particularly. That’s just the way it was,
This is terrible Ben you should ask for the surgery manager and tell him about this or as Annie suggests change surgeries although goodness knows how you do this . We are lucky that our surgery is good .( to us at least )and we have not been so ill in these last couple of years . Mr M has had some need for a hospital check up for his heart and I have had to have a phone appointment once. They always call back,
I don’t know any of the drs at the surgery it’s a group practice and I always take what Dr is available so I trust to luck more or less.
Yes only wealthy people had access to healthcare. So putting their social status aside, are you saying that sanitoriums exercise, activity fresh air, social interaction did not help people who were sick ? You appear to contradict yourself in your post.
You know Annie I hate it when you post ‘are you saying ‘ ‘ it invariably means you are putting words into ones mouth .I think that my post was quite clear .
depends on whether there is a (decent) local surgery that is taking new patients.
You fabricated an angle to my post that was wholly irrelevant to the message I was conveying and gave it a socio-economic oppressed masses flavour that was again irrelevant to the point I was making, but now you are saying I am putting words in your mouth? Interesting… The socio economic status of those benefiting from sanitoriums in no way is relevant to the efficacy of treatment provided by sanitoriums.