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What age did you stop attending GP appointments with your DC?

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Titsywoo · 08/11/2018 16:37

I'm just taking DD (14) to an appt and am thinking to myself that she's a bit too old for me to accompany her in but not sure what is legal/acceptable?

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Crocky · 08/11/2018 16:44

My 18 yo had a hospital appointment recently. I had to drive him but said I would wait outside. He wanted me in with him. So in I went but stayed out of the discussion.
At 14 I think I would let her decide.

Crocky · 08/11/2018 16:46

I did forget to say he does have some slight additional needs. I expect that my dd will be completely independent by that age and will again be led by her.

Lemoncurd · 08/11/2018 16:58

My 15 year old asks me to go in with her. Today she had a blood test, they do two at a time in the same room and the other person in the room was also 15 and was told that she needed a parent to be in there with her (she said her mum didn't want to wait so had gone home).

IHaveBrilloHair · 08/11/2018 17:01

13, because she wanted to do it herself.
She's now 17, in hospital and still insisting on doing it herself.
She's always been very independent, it's not always a good thing Hmm

bengalcat · 08/11/2018 17:04

Fine to accompany her but offer her the juice of seeing the GP on her own or having you there if she wants

bengalcat · 08/11/2018 17:04

Chance of seeing the GP not juice ! No idea where that came from

Largepiecesofcrookedwood · 08/11/2018 17:29

I wondered this too. DS(14) recently broke his brace and needed an emergency orthodontist appointment. Neither DH or I were able to go so I called and asked whether they might permit him to attend on his own. The receptionist laughed and seemed surprised that I would even consider attending
At just 13 he was allowed to consent to eye surgery by himself as he was deemed to have the capacity to understand what he was agreeing to.
I did go with him for his meningitis jab last week as it hadn't occurred to me not to. The nurse mentioned that she liked to see teenagers at the surgery (rather than school) as it gave them the opportunity to ask questions if they needed to- perhaps she was insinuating that I should have let him go alone as well!

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