08-10-2024, 06:37 PM
(08-10-2024, 04:39 PM)zqwerty Wrote: Just been told by a friend that my new doctor has just left Tend Waltham Medical, she only just arrived there a year or so ago and now she's gone.'
No official letter to me to let me know, how slack is that? So I have to go through all the rigmarole yet again with a new doctor.
And it looks as if there are big price increases, at least double.
Unfortunately the days have gone when each of us could rely on our "own" GP and I think your expectation of an official letter is unrealistic. General practices are under tremendous pressure at present.
As for you having to go through another rigmarole - do you mean that the clinical records don't accurately reflect your situation? It might be useful before your next appointment to sit down and write a summary of your medical concerns, take some time and edit it to be concise and factual, then print a copy to take with you. Even if the new GP doesn't read it on the spot it will have helped you to organise your facts and put you in a good position to explain your concerns within the very short appointment time that is the norm these days.