To wonder why the doctor seemed so angry with me?

I’d advise you to take some time off.
As per your name you’re clearly burnt out and not able to think clearly.

Im sure you’ll remember about all the bedside techniques you’ve been told, what your supervisors taught you about them (and their importance) and maybe about the role play you did with medical actors.
And you’ll know how ot just isn’t possible to just shelve bed side manners and treat patients the way the OP has been.

With that attitude, I think I would have been hard pressed not to respond with a rather tart, "isn't that your job?"!

I had a very friendly doctor tell me it’s all stress and to not visit my gp or a cardiologist again if I get symptoms. (I had a heart rate of 150). Chest pain, fainting. He only did one ecg. Said I didn’t need more tests. Said I should seek therapy and get on anxiety medication

I was later diagnosed with ist!

but he was so nice and had such great manners

after this I no longer care how nice the doctor is as long as they doing their job

honestly every gp at my clinic has been like this.

maybe it’s her op, maybe she is going through something in her life, bad day, maybe she has pms, she’s unwell

and I mean, being a doctor doesn’t mean she can’t have some kind of personality disorder or just be a rude asshole

My experience is a lot of GPs are like this. Very abrupt and dismissive - don’t take it personally OP

I think I would feed that back via whatever provider organised the appointment for you. It’s not ok to be spoken to like that. You needed more information and understanding. She needs to do some work on herself. Doctors have to complete 360 feedback, ask that this is included in her next submission.

End of the shift?
And that’s ok to treat a patient like this??

Nope nope. Not ok by any means. Ever..

Skipping social niceties will make you come across as rude to many people, even if you’re not rude and the intention to be rude isn’t there.
I do a very stressful job and face endless abuse. No matter how bad my day, tone and body language and the social niceties are important to me….even if I’m internally I am screaming ”why am I saying good morning when you grunted at me and I am trying to help you. I am exhausted and my head hurts and I’m hungry and I have so much admin to do” Not saying I am perfect and I definitely get it wrong but overall, IMO working with people means putting on a polite face even when you don’t want to.

With all due respect I do pay for my healthcare. I just don't pay for it directly when I use the NHS and that is the problem.

Please don't infer I am talking bollocks in relation to disciplinary action. I am an HR Director in another sector. It happens all the time.

I am mystified at how someone is highly qualified as a GP, in the top 5% or 10% of the country's population educationally and financially, can be quite as exquisitely rude and dismissive as you. Oh, let me think, it's because you are a doctor and therefore think you can speak to people as you wish and have no accountability.

Actually, I'm very much looking forward to having to pay for my healthcare at all times rather than having ever to deal with the NHS where the staff seem to think we are all getting something for free and should be grateful for sub-optimal care because of it.

My DH, when working commercially as a barrister, would simply not have been paid if he had been rude to a client and the work would have dried up. FACT. When the NHS ends, lots of doctors will find their working lives change greatly.

Vive la revolution!

How did this doctor actually talk to her like she was shit though? There was no insult, just a curt manner.

We had a GP like that. No bedside manner, no sympathy, but most people liked him because he was efficient and didn't run late!

Burnout GP,

I appreciate you may be burnout but it is not fair to take it out on other posters or be rude to patient. Working in health care is stressful but that is down to our government.

I had a preop last week and Ive never been treated so badly ever. Nobody introduced themselves, nobody smiled I felt like a piece of meat. It was awful. Sit there do that, get up.
I've worked in the NHS for 45 years and live never treated anyone like that. Not ever.
I get staff are super busy but so am I and I still take a minute out of my day to introduce myself, smile and make people feel comfortable.
I feel it's a lost skill these days.

Lots of people saying she was rude, but all she seems to have done is omitted to say good morning, please sit down. Apart from that, she was abrupt, but I don't see rudeness. (I'm the type to often forget the social niceties myself, though.)

There are many reasons - bad day, tired, felt ill, bad news or maybe she’s just a grouch. Either way, I am sure it wasn’t you. Wish you luck with your referral.

"Doctors shouldn't talk to patients as if they were a piece of shit on the ground"

"What absurd demand and entitlement"

Could be just poor bedside manner, could be thinking you’re faking in some way, I had a good dose of both recently as I was in and out of the doctors/hospital a lot before cancer was diagnosed. It’s pretty upsetting, I’ve had some ugly cries.

My first thought is she thought you had taken illegal substance - even if that had been the case, she was rude.

Absolutely- there is actually some accountability when money has to change hands directly from client to practice.

Only this week I had a mix up with the bill from a recent consultant appointment- the practice billed me incorrectly and when a phoned to enquire admitted fault and reduced the bill.

I’ve never had an apology for poor care or service from the NHS. Not even when they messed up my prescription because it was written down incorrectly and refused to believe me when I told them.

A quick glance at my records would have found this to be the case but no. It dragged on for some time until I finally made an enormous fuss to the practice manager. It was swiftly resolved but certainly no apology.

👏Most healthcare places I go to, they have posters all over the place talking about how patients should treat the staff with respect and courtesy.
Fine. As long as the staff return the respect and courtesy.

Good grief.

Firstly we do pay for healthcare but if we stopped paying NI and paid health insurance instead I'd be less appreciative and more entitled as my standards would go up massively. The amount of crap healthcare iv had over the years that iv accepted their is absolutely no way i would if I was getting a bill at the end of it

I think most doctors I like this to be honest. They rarely smile or say good morning and many talk to you like you’re a total moron.

So many excuses being made for a doctor not having manners or empathy.

When I first got help for my anxiety I ended up with a GP like that OP, very curt to the point of being scary. I have also worked with people like that, it’s just how some people are.

I do already pay for my healthcare - because of people like you and your attitude.

It is not absurd to expect to be treated with respect and courtesy in any setting - let alone a medical one.

She didn't make enquiries though.
It's only speculation that drugs was what she thought.
But if she DID suspect it, she should have asked, neutrally, if the OP might have taken anything that might affect her heart rate.