I think this was reasonable myself, but starting to second-guess myself now... (and I want to preface this by saying I am very much aware of the pressures on the NHS and the individuals within it right now.)
I'm carer for elderly DM. She's currently struggling with various issues including back pain severe enough that she can't get to the surgery and is having a home visit Thursday. She was due to have a surgery appt that day, but this has had to be changed as she can barely walk.
That original appt was booked with one of the GPs who I (and, from what I can gather, other people too) find very difficult to talk to. He's fine when he's in a good mood but there's never any guarantee of that, and he gets snappy when asked questions. (I don't mean questioning his competence, I wouldn't do that. I mean asking questions I feel I need to get a proper picture as my mum's carer.) Other people have said the same about this specific GP.
I'm always mindful of time pressures on the NHS, I only ever ask questions that feel crucial to me in knowing how to manage my mum's care, and I'm always polite. But this GP is very impatient, has a tendency to ask a question then interrupt people when they're trying to answer, and can be extremely brusque. He was very short and snappy with me once when DH had to take me in for an urgent appointment re my mental health just after my dad died.
I know that sounds like I have a personal grudge and I will admit I don't like the man, but this isn't about that. I am very concerned about my mum atm for various reasons, and the GP I spoke to just now to set up the home visit gave us the choice of seeing her or the other GP. I said if it was all the same to her I'd rather see her. She seemed to want a reason as to why I was saying this, so I just said (truthfully) that I hadn't always found other GP the easiest to communicate with but that I wasn't questioning his competence. That's true, but my main reason is that GP 2 seems much easier to talk to and I feel more confident she will listen and address my concerns re my mum.
Rest of call went OK, appt booked with GP 2. She didn't seem put out after I said what I did about her colleague, but I'm now wondering how it might have come across, I'm a polite person by nature, and I'm not trying to drop GP 1 in the shit as much as I dislike him. If I'd thought quickly enough I'd have said something like I'd rather see her to maintain continuity, but at the time I felt put on the spot. Was I rude? (And if there happen to be any GPs reading, would you have had a problem with what I said?)