Is this GP fully qualified, or GP need to go back to Med. school?

[strictlovingmum]

DD woke up last tuesday unable to speak properly, or lift her head of the pillow, her fever was so high 39.2 degrees, I phoned doctors surgery immediately and they told us to come and wait, which we did.
We waited at the surgery for 45 minutes, which was fine they were people there before with appointments, so didn't mind waiting.
Finally we were in, only for the doctor to check at DD over, ears, chest and throat, and conclude "it was probably viral, her throat is little bit red, give her calpol, she will pick up soon"
Fast forward, Saturday DD is really ill, she cries and keep saying my head hurts, it hurts when I move my eyes"
She squirting a lot, and can not look at light, mean while I got frozen with fear, so I phoned NHS direct, nurse on the other side of the phone is very nice and sounds knowledgable, but she also sounds very concerned, so and so she arranges for the local weekend surgery to see DD right away, and if needed to arrange ambulance transport to local hospital.

DD was burning with fever, doctor at weekend surgery, took her temperature, looked at her throat, and right away diagnosed tonsillitis and ear infection, and just commented "This should have not been left untreated"
We were sent home with antibiotics, and DD is fine, but still recovering, no school for few days still.
I want to complain to our surgery, and put it in writing, Is this unreasonable?, local GP failed to diagnose DD, and in turn made her suffer unnecessary for days, due to his incompetence.
What would you do?
TIA

What happened between Tuesday and Saturday? Four days is a long time.

Did your DD get worse during that time? Did you take her back to the doctor at any time before Saturday? If not, why not?

Thank you all for replying, DD is much better will have to finish the course of antibiotics, but all is well.

Dear LeQueen, she fluctuated al lot over that period, during the day she would would look and feel better, and at night feverish and poorly, she was off school and I was at home with her.
Thinking it was viral I given tea and soup, it was also first week of school, so she felt shattered anyway, I guess I was hoping she will get better.
I know he couldn't predict the outcome, and I also know antibiotics should not be handed out as sweets, but DD is a sturdy girl, who since she was born was at the surgery handful of times, and very few of those required antibiotics.
It doesn't matter anymore, I guess I was just angry and was looking for someone to pin it on, it all resolved itself anyway.

But if there's no evidence of a bacterial infection you wouldn't give antibiotics just because the patient was generally sturdy and rarely got ill.

You generally prescribe antibiotics based on what you see, not what you think might happen in the future (with a few exceptions).

Hope she's better soon

Thanks Sidge, I know what you mean, and I think possibly (her being sturdy) is what swayed his mind, not to prescribe one, probably her med. records showing DD "not often appearing at the surgery", but she was presenting, last Tuesday with, in his words:
Reddish throat
pink ear(dull)
enlarged glands
fever 39.2
But she is on the mend and that is what's important.
I will not hunt him down and harm him, nor will I complain I don't have it in me, seriously I was so worried, whole week was like in the bubble, alarm bells, MENINGITIS, that was the first thing that crossed my mind.

sound like viral symptoms and it could quite easily have gone away by itself

but when she got worse you did the right thing and took her back to see someone

I don't think anyone's done anything wrong here

What would I do? Nothing.

At the time she probably didn't have the tonsilitis. A bad cold can feel horrendous but anti-bs won't help with that. It might well have got worse after that.