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to complain about this doctor?

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MaryAnnTheDasher · 07/07/2014 15:03

I had a c-sec 3 weeks ago. Today i noticed it had opened slightly, called surgery, no appointments but they called me back and said come in, a doctor will see you. So far so good. Went in, the doctor had a look couldn't tell me if it was infected or not (said gynaecology was not his 'thing') but prescribed me antibiotics anyway. Fine by me as cannot afford to get ill with 3 small dcs. I had been in there about 3 mins max, and i said as i am here could i have a repeat prescription for my pill (was planning to make an appt this week to get it anyway but rarely would you ever get an appt for sooner than 2 weeks away) he told me that because of me he wasn't having a lunch hour and so no he wouldn't. I was gobsmacked by his rudeness and said ok well i would have preferred you hadn't seen me if it put you out that much and he repeated the same thing about his lunch hour. I do get that for 'emergency' appts they might have that policy and i would have been a bit disappointed if he'd told me that but i would have been fine, but i think this was whole extra level of bloody rude! I've had this doc once before when i went for advice about PND and he completely brushed over what i said and asked for my opinion on the new colour of the waiting room. Would i BU to complain or am i being over dramatic?

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2rebecca · 08/07/2014 22:49

What good will complaining do? The GP isn't going to apologise, unless its of the "I'm sorry that you were upset when I pointed out that your emergency appointment encroached into my lunch hour so I didn't wish to deal with your unrelated non-emergency problems then" variety.

waterducksback · 11/07/2014 10:45

maddenning, I think you've summed it up nice:-

If gps view us - their patients - the consumer of their service - as an interference to their day and not even worthy of manners or consideration then I wonder would they put the patients at the heart of what they do as essentially the patients are the reason they are there.

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