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13-08-12, 08:54 PM

I don't understand where the "Free NHS" bit applies-----we all pay for it, be it directly through taxes or otherwise. Does anybody know a poor doctor? I always understood that all the "Sacrifice" ended up as a bloody good salary be it as a practitioner doctor or on locum rates.
Unfortunately like every profession you end up with good and bad.

Biker Biggles · 13-08-12, 09:21 PM

Im amazed anyone thinks the GP factory production line system would ever work properly.A few minutes per unit(sorry patient)can never be enough for a thorough assessment of what is wrong,hence the stoies of missed brain tumours and other cockups.I dont go to the GP very often but I can say that only once have I had my blood pressure checked (Goverment initiative at the time-GPs to get incentives to check it)and I have never had a diabetes check,despite this being one of the biggest medical issues around.If they dont routinely do basic checks like these how can they reach a correct diagnosis?Oh,and I have never had an ECG from the GP either.Another basic medical check that everyone over a certain age should get.
I worry that these are the people who are going to be running the NHS under this governments brave new world.

13-08-12, 09:40 PM

I am rather fond of my GP, as he's a younger guy and so I think he's just relieved to have someone who isn't senile to talk to, and not yet another Mrs Brady the Old Lady on about the "thrushes on me vaginal L I P S".

He tells it to me straight and we have a good laugh most times so it's fine. Plus he remembers me which saves time!

Better than others I've had in the past (or indeed the older doctor in the same practice) who make you feel an idiot sometimes for coming in with a concern that they think is nothing. You know all those adverts for cancer or whatever where they say "think you might have this? Go see your GP, you WON'T be wasting their time." They must have skipped that day in medical school.

13-08-12, 08:54 PM	#31
Dicky Ticker Guest Posts: n/a	Re: GPs I don't understand where the "Free NHS" bit applies-----we all pay for it, be it directly through taxes or otherwise. Does anybody know a poor doctor? I always understood that all the "Sacrifice" ended up as a bloody good salary be it as a practitioner doctor or on locum rates. Unfortunately like every profession you end up with good and bad.

13-08-12, 09:21 PM	#32
Biker Biggles Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Barnet Herts Posts: 5,071	Re: GPs Im amazed anyone thinks the GP factory production line system would ever work properly.A few minutes per unit(sorry patient)can never be enough for a thorough assessment of what is wrong,hence the stoies of missed brain tumours and other cockups.I dont go to the GP very often but I can say that only once have I had my blood pressure checked (Goverment initiative at the time-GPs to get incentives to check it)and I have never had a diabetes check,despite this being one of the biggest medical issues around.If they dont routinely do basic checks like these how can they reach a correct diagnosis?Oh,and I have never had an ECG from the GP either.Another basic medical check that everyone over a certain age should get. I worry that these are the people who are going to be running the NHS under this governments brave new world. __________________ On a clear day we stand there and look further than the ordinary eye can see.

13-08-12, 09:40 PM	#33
metalangel Guest Posts: n/a	Re: GPs I am rather fond of my GP, as he's a younger guy and so I think he's just relieved to have someone who isn't senile to talk to, and not yet another Mrs Brady the Old Lady on about the "thrushes on me vaginal L I P S". He tells it to me straight and we have a good laugh most times so it's fine. Plus he remembers me which saves time! Better than others I've had in the past (or indeed the older doctor in the same practice) who make you feel an idiot sometimes for coming in with a concern that they think is nothing. You know all those adverts for cancer or whatever where they say "think you might have this? Go see your GP, you WON'T be wasting their time." They must have skipped that day in medical school.