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13-07-2014, 04:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Pats ->
Sometimes symptoms don't always manifest until things have got a foothold Lilac.
Pats..I know you have a nursing history..but one thing must be respected..people do know what is going on in their bodies!!

i.e...by now I would be in a wheelchair..

dead from cancer..

son would have had his leg amputated..

doctors are only people, not Gods...and they do very often make mistakes..
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13-07-2014, 05:18 PM
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Unlike you Gabi..I am not glad to ''see any''..I want a doctor who knows what he's talking about..not a doctor that gains a hundred quid when the 10 minute bell has rung..

I would also like to be able to understand them..and hope that they haven't got their qualifications from the back of a cornflake packet..
Unlike you lilac....I have got doctors who are qualified and do speak my language. If I'm not satisfied I have no qualms telling the doctor (I don't want to take or do this or that) and unlike you...I would have changed doctors long ago if I was in your shoes.
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13-07-2014, 05:24 PM
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Originally Posted by lilac ->
Unlike you Gabi..I am not glad to ''see any''..I want a doctor who knows what he's talking about..not a doctor that gains a hundred quid when the 10 minute bell has rung..

I would also like to be able to understand them..and hope that they haven't got their qualifications from the back of a cornflake packet..
Unless you are seeing a doctor privately, which is your own choice, your doctor doesn't get paid based on appointments. You could see your GP every day or not at all and there would be no difference to what the doctor is paid. So perhaps your views are based on misconceptions?
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13-07-2014, 05:46 PM
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So why is there a time limit on consultations?

If it isn't a factory?
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13-07-2014, 07:05 PM
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So why is there a time limit on consultations?

If it isn't a factory?
Demand and supply...If there was no time limit then some patients would never get a chance to be seen.
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13-07-2014, 08:53 PM
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Pats..I know you have a nursing history..but one thing must be respected..people do know what is going on in their bodies!!
Did my quoting a fact imply otherwise?
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13-07-2014, 09:45 PM
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The doctors at our medical centre have a sign saying "please no more than 2 problems discussed at any one appointment". Sorry, not exact words as I haven't been to the doctor in ages but I can see their point.

At first I was affronted when I saw the sign but so many people want to,pour their hearts out about every little pain when the doctor greets them with "So, what can I help you with, or what seems to be the problem?"

Nobody else would be able to see the doctor & our wait times for appointments would go from a couple of weeks to a couple of years!
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Originally Posted by lilac ->
Because all our doctors are Pakistani..They are a thieving, robbing blight on our NHS..when I go to a doctors..I would really like to be able to understand them..

Not being shown the ''exit'' door with another bottle of pills that they probably have a financial interest in..

Geddit yet?
You get this with white(racist??)doctors as well.
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No...advising anyone to drink when on 'lots of medication' just isn't funny.
Spot on Pats its not funny.
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The only problem I'd have with a so called foreigner doctor is the part about understanding them. I realize you can't help having an accent no,matter what it is but if the doctor doesn't speak slowly, & you have to repeatedly ask what he said, he gets an annoyed look in his face. I don't think that's right, especially many older people have hearing issues.
 
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