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Health care moan! :-(

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JosephineSmith · 26/09/2006 14:54

Hi everyone, this my first topic although having read the site for the last few weeks everytime something has got to me i have wanted to post it on here! you all so full of idea's and support!
I am 18 weeks pregnant (maybe should be in pregnancy section?) and have just been to a routine appointment at the doctors for a check up.
I am new to the surgery and have never met this doctor before, i asked the recepitionist where to go and she just told me to sit down, so when the buzzer went i had no idea where to go, another woman in the waiting room showed me. I knocked on the door and went in and the doctor barely acknowledged my existance. She then started reading my notes and after what felt like 5 minutes told me i was 18 weeks pregnant, no shit! i could have told her that!
She told me i was o neg (i know) and checked blood pressure (she didnt pass comment) and checked for swelling, again with no comment. She then started writing things (not in my notes) and i thought, well if she isnt going to ask me how i am i better start talking myself! I said that i was worried by how many mouth ulcers i have had to which she asked if i ate fresh fruit and veg and i said "yes, loads" and nothing more was said. Then i said that i had also been getting loads of sore throats and she told me to gargle with salt water. I already knew that. So she gave me remedies i already knew to problems that i wanted her to diagnose or at least check out. She didnt even look at my throat or the ulcers. It has really been hurting
Why is it everytime i come away from the doctors i feel they are useless and crap?? I realise they must hear the same complaints over and over but i always feel you would have to have kidney failure before they would bother to have a look at them (just for example) Moan over

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BrummieMomInMerthyr · 26/09/2006 17:02

i'd keep moaning at the surgery if i were you JS! No-one deserves to get treated like that and i think i would have caused more fuss at reception about not knowing where to go etc. Can you change your GP? At my GP's you are registered to a dr, then take pot luck when you phone to make an appt which is crap! I'd keep going back about your ulcers and sore throat until they offer you advice that works or an explanation. Good luck

JosephineSmith · 26/09/2006 22:38

Thanks brummie, i dont feel so worked up now, i wish i stood my ground until i get what i want but i am so used to the surgery being a let down that i try to treat most illnesses at home, if only i could be my own midwife! Plus you can never book appointments, only turn up to open surgeries, which i dont think is suitable for an ill child! I could moan about it all day lol. I might have a look at registering at another surgery, shame as the midwives i have met have been very good (which might be rare!)Thanks again! x

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Macdog · 26/09/2006 22:42

try putting a complaint in writing to the practice manager. i've done this before and even if it doesn't get acted on, it will make you feel better. try discussing it with your midwife also. ((hugs))

NotSoUselessMum · 26/09/2006 23:09

JS the same happened to me when I was about 20 weeks pregnant. to make a long story short (but very similar to yours) the receptionist was very rude and the doctor could not give a sh*t!
I did not like this doctor from before and I always felt like an idiot when I came out like you say. This time, maybe because I was pr, I really took it to hart. I started crying like an idiot and became very distressed.
anyway I asked to change doctor and they would not allow me to so I changed surgery. and it's much better. I did make a formal complaint but they did not care. still...

change if you can though, you chould feel reassured when you come out of the doctor not 10 times more stressed and upset than when you went in.

JosephineSmith · 27/09/2006 13:33

Thanks girls! I have woken up with conjunctivitis today. think i may join another surgery and put my name down for a body transplant If i had the energy i would write a letter, but as you say, i would get all worked up writing it and it would never come to anything and i think i should probably have stamped my feet more when i was there but .... I have found a good website listing local surgeries so i will try a new one. Glad you took control notsouseless, hope your new surgery is good! Thank-you all again x

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