To think it's bloody irresponsible for my gp to tell me to bring a child with chicken pox to a sit and wait clinic?

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Really don't know what to do. My dd has chicken pox and is mostly recovering, but two of her spots look dodgy so I want to get the gp to take a look. I've explained she's still contagious, but they've told me to come to the (almost certainly packed) sit and wait clinic this afternoon. They've said they'll try and find somewhere else for us to sit, but even if we do that I'll have to loiter in the waiting room while we get triaged etc.

Aibu to think this is so bloody irresponsible? Chicken pox is lethal to some people.

Don't know whether to go, even though I think it's a terrible idea, or wait and see if they get better, and use out of hours tomorrow if not. But dd shouldn't be going without medical attention because of this! Or am I totally overreacting?

My sons chicken pox did this a few weeks ago it was the weekend so we ended up on out of hours they were aware he was still infectious they kept us waiting over two hours they assured us as they were running behind they would prioritise by clinical need they did not prioritise the pregnant women or my son to get him away from the pregnant women 2 hours 45 minutes later he was seen there was no where else for us to sit as the doctors just stuck there heads out the door and muttered the next patients name if you didnt hear your name you missed your turn and had to ring AGAIN

Two weeks later dehydrated ds2 was in out of hours same blasted waiting time he vomited all over the waiting room they murmered about getting a cleaner down 2 hours later the vomit is still there

Out of hours sucks

This thread has been interesting! Thank you to ask those posters who understood my concerns.

It's all been irrelevant anyway - dds spots went down dramatically over the course of the afternoon so we've stayed at home. I will not hesitate to use ooh over the weekend if they look bad though, because infected chicken pox spots can be nasty. I also won't hesitate to try and limit our exposure to others either, even if some think I'm acting from a mistaken sense of entitlement.

Op it happened to me too, I had to ask them where to go, and explain the risks to other patients.

Astonishing. and Disgusting.

You shouldn't need to explain this, all receptionists should know what to do.

Please write to practise manager about it to flag it up,

RE infected looking spot - without a shadow of a doubt make sure she is seen yes. infections can get serious, she must be seen.

raincover and facing away is a good idea.

itmust you have done the right thing, I know a grandfather who died from being exposed to a child with it, at his 80th birthday party, he thought he had had it, and he never had . ( they asked if they should come with infected child) But please do drop nice diplomatic note to practise manager.

Ywnbu
Glad dd is getting better
You were right to see Gp if you thought the spots had become infected
You were right to expect her to wait in an area away from the main waiting area.
but I am not entirely sure what you wer expecting them to offer you.

I share your concern OP. I'm surprised they didn't tell you that you'd HAVE to wait in a separate room to be honest. When my 8 year old had chicken pox recently and it was in his eyes I wanted them to be checked because that can be potentially serious. I rang the doctor and the receptionist booked me in and explained that we'd be taken straight to a side room to wait. And in fact when we got there we got taken straight into the doctor - presumably to get us out of there asap!

I still cringe that I took my first born to the doctor with what I thought was a nasty insect bite and was in fact chicken pox. We would have been sat in a busy waiting room potentially infecting everybody :(

I understood OP
And understood why you were concerned for your DD. My DS had infected spots and they would have admitted him if they were any worse. It can deteriorate very rapidly. In his case redness around some spots the size of a 50p.

I had. A phone appointment and she asked me to come in immediately but to report straight to reception and she would come and walk us straight through (which she did).
Most CP does not need a doctor visit, but because it can be nasty some do. My DN got enchephalitis and my DS got a severe chest infection directly after being very ill with CP. Remember it depletes your system so you can get complications after spots are gone.

Yanbu at all OP and I have no idea was why your are getting stick about trying to avoid exposing people to chicken pox
Waiting rooms were very stressful for me in pregnacy as I have no immunity to Chicken Pox so I am very grateful to people like OP who are considerate about how serious chicken pox can be for some people.