What leaving present and card would be suitable for our family doctor?

[Susiesstalls]

Our family doctor is leaving, moving on to another practice. We have seen them for 8 years, so will be sad to see them go.

Is there a suitable leaving present to give, nothing super personal but something a bit more personal than chocolates and a card. I don’t want to pass on junk type keepsakes or tat that goes straight in the bin!
We gave the practice nurse a bunch of flowers and a card recently when she retired but tbh we don’t know her as well as our doctor.
What type of card is best? Good luck or goodbye? Or thank you? It will have to be this week too so nothing that I’ll have to order.

I wouldn't worry too much about a gift, chocs or biscuits fine, professionals are not allowed to accept anything more than tokens anyway and anything cheap and personalised does risk falling into the tat/will be binned category whereas consumables can always be used - if nothing else s/he can give them to the nurses/reception staff at the new job and start off on a popular foot!

What will always go down well and costs nothing is a really thoughtful and personalised thank you message. It doesn't really matter whether you choose a thank you or a goodbye or a plain card, it's what's inside that matters, try and think of something really specific to write as a message, so that they can use it in their appraisal/revalidation - so instead of 'thanks for all your help, you are a great doctor' you could write 'Our family have really appreciated your caring and kind manner during the the 8 years you have been our GP. When we brought little Timmy in after he was diagnosed with asthma you really took the time to explain to us what the diagnosis meant and communicated very clearly about the next steps. This helped us understand how we could help Timmy and reassured us about the prognosis.'

Obviously replace with your own story/specifics but just taking the extra time to write something like that can make all the difference.