to not trust this GP surgery?

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Filling out the new patient registration form and It doesn't ask if I've ever been for a smear or when, or what my history of pregnancy, miscarriage, or terminations are?

Actually, it doesn't ask for my sex anywhere on the form.

And no, it doesn't ask gender or gender identity either.

Anyone else find this on a new patient registration form? AIBU to think this is a bit shit?

YABU

Clearly a GC poster trying to be offended.

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I am GC and I would be offended if they used gender instead of sex. I'd think it was awfully fucking silly.

But expecting them to consider the medical history of women has nothing to do with being gender critical??? Fuckign hell. Why do women expect so little generally.

If it doesn’t ask you when your last prostate exam was then it’s fine - there just aren’t any sex-specific questions there; the firm is suitable for both sexes, and the other details will be filled in when they get your full file from your previous surgery.

My smear test invitations come from a central service and not from my go, even though I have the tests at the surgery, so this may be information that they don’t populate via their own inputs.

Do you really think, and please be honest-

that how many pregnancies, terminations and miscarriages you have had and your last smear/mammogram are less important than the skin conditions of your extended family?

And if not, why are those questions asked and not the others? My previous surgery has already asked my family history but it still asks about all that. And it asks about any medical conditions I have, despite that being in my notes. So why not the rest of it?

10 pages!? I think I just had the NHS form and about 3 sides of A4 about my current lifestyle and confirming allergies.

They can see on your records YOUR history but maybe they have to add flags in for your family history and also you might not update them with your family history so its a good chance to capture it. The drinking etc again can change and they won't know that from your records. Last smear, how many pregnancies etc will all be in your records

Not “trusting” your GP practice because of this is probably going to be the least of your worries when you need medical care.

You will have a unique identifier that the practice can get via name & DoB. Thas pulls up your sex automatically. Smear & mammogram screening programmes are organised centrally, so that should be generated automatically. Not sure what impact number of miscarriages would have on GP actions unless you are consulting about fertility, whereas they have disease prevention targets in other areas. Asking for family Hx is standard practice. Different practices will have different questionnaires. I don't recall being asked for my obstetric Hx when registering anywhere. They can't specifically enquiry about everything (I do a detailed med Hx questionnaire for research- it's 12 pages long & still doesn't capture all possibilities)

'Diabetes
Skin Disease
High Blood
Pressure
Nervous Disorders
Heart Attack Congenital Disorders
Stroke Cancer
Epilepsy/Fits Allergies to
Medicine/Food
Asthma Any other Disease

How many units of alcohol I drink

and if I am an ex smoker the details of what I smoked prior to giving it up Which I am fairly sure is non-emergency. '

So they ask about all the big tickets health issues plus ones the government set targets for. Pack years (a standard smoking measure- how many years of 10 a day did you smoke) is standard & highly relevant for future cancer risk. 'ex-smoker' covers a few fags 30 years ago through to 20 a day up till last Tuesday!

A lot of things are things they might want to set up routine checks for. Also I think you are underestimating the impact skin disease can have on someone's life.

Will they not just get your medical records from your old gp which will have all information in