Doctors making you wait

Paddycrumlinman · 09-10-2009 02:01PM

It's bollix people. If they (docs) obviously don't give a **** about you, find a doctor that does and will respect you, your time and hard earned cash your spending....

S-hit like this is a no go for me. it should not be allowed. :mad:

kavoweb · 09-10-2009 02:13PM

Umm,pet peeve of mine too. The last time i went to a doctor suffering from a nosebleed,the rude bastards kept me waiting for half an hour whilst some kid with a broken leg,pfffft, got treated before me! I wouldn't mind but i had an appointment and everything. The CHEEK :rolleyes: ffs lads!

drkpower · 09-10-2009 02:14PM

irish_bob wrote: »

your right about changing doctors being difficult , they operate more or less as a cartel , at least in rural ireland , say for example you live in kilcock in kildare and are not happy with your local gp , you would think it would be no propblem to simply ring up the gp in neighbouring summerhill in county meath , no sir , the gp in summerhill wont see you for the simple reason that doctors in rural areas have an unwritten contract between them that they do not steal each other patients , i have experienced this with more than three doctors within a 15 mile radius , all of them told me to go back to my local gp and with one of them , i didnt make it past the phone , they see themselves as above vulgar competition , its one thing going to dunnes intead of tesco , quite another changing from dr smith to dr flynn

Gps occasionally have to do house calls and often dont take on patients within a certain mileage or time distance from their house/surgery. Why? So that they dont have to travel excessively thus inconveniencing oother patients left waiting at the surgery. Perhaps that was the reason.

People really need to start thinking about why certain things happen rather than just thinking about number one. A GP service has many unpredictable factors that can result in delays etc... Some day you may be one of those factors so quit bitching about it.....!

Robxxx7 · 09-10-2009 02:58PM

you a Dr by any chance ?

smiley girl · 09-10-2009 05:59PM

[quote=[Deleted User];62457340]Why didn't she go to A&E right away then? Perhaps I'm wrong but I didn't think GP's were meant for emergencies. People still have the right to visit the doctor and spend time in there without being about to drop dead.[/QUOTE]

She didn't ring for an emergency appointment, she just wanted to see the
doctor to get some medication. She didn't know she would end up in hospital. Anyway, the A&E have posters up everywhere saying you gotta see your GP before you go there, unless like you have a limb hanging off or similar.

Anyway, you are missing my point: I'm just saying if the receptionist gave everyone appointments around the same time, the wait will be really long, and if, like now, there aren't as many appointments available things like this may happen, which COULD HAPPEN ANYWAY, I know.

Oh I'm rambling, what I mean is, 'where's the balance?'..... One way or another, they can't win.

drkpower · 09-10-2009 06:43PM

Robxxx7 wrote: »

you a Dr by any chance ?

Does it take away from my argument if I am/was?;)

wudangclan · 09-10-2009 06:45PM

Robxxx7 wrote: »

you a Dr by any chance ?

the dr is a bit of a giveaway,no?

Robxxx7 · 09-10-2009 07:08PM

drkpower wrote: »

Gps occasionally have to do house calls and often dont take on patients within a certain mileage or time distance from their house/surgery. Why? So that they dont have to travel excessively thus inconveniencing oother patients left waiting at the surgery. Perhaps that was the reason.

People really need to start thinking about why certain things happen rather than just thinking about number one. A GP service has many unpredictable factors that can result in delays etc... Some day you may be one of those factors so quit bitching about it.....!

shows great professionalism

drkpower · 09-10-2009 07:10PM

Robxxx7 wrote: »

shows great professionalism

I didnt know we had a professional relationship together....:P

Robxxx7 · 09-10-2009 07:12PM

Thankfully we haven't

but comments like the one i highlighted does you no favours with your customers

Thoie · 09-10-2009 07:13PM

Paddycrumlinman wrote: »

If they (docs) obviously don't give a **** about you, find a doctor that does and will respect you, your time and hard earned cash your spending....

My GP is great. He respects me, remembers what I tell him, looks at me while I'm talking, is a dab hand with needles and doesn't overcharge.

drkpower · 09-10-2009 07:18PM

Robxxx7 wrote: »

Thankfully we haven't

but comments like the one i highlighted does you no favours with your customers

I dont make those comments to my customers....

Robxxx7 · 09-10-2009 07:19PM

drkpower wrote: »

I dont make those comments to my customers....

I could be one day

and anybody on this board could be

drkpower · 09-10-2009 07:26PM

Robxxx7 wrote: »

I could be one day and anybody on this board could be

Not likely as I dont practice anymore. But if you were, I'd put my point in a more sympathetic fashion:D. Before performing a few unneceessary and painful tests on you for an outrageous sum of money......Ah, good days, good memories.....:cool:

glaston · 09-10-2009 07:38PM

Slightly off topic but here is my story about waiting....

My mum had to get retinal surgery in the eye and ear a while back.
Arrived at 8am without breakfast as per instructions (general anaesthetic) for morning surgery. Was told that she should have to remain in a ward prior to surgery and couldn’t leave for at least two hours after surgery.

Was eventually brought to theatre at 4pm. Arrived back on the ward at 4:35 and was turfed out at 4:55 as the ward was closing at 5pm.

She didn’t mind having to wait a long time, but as soon as the ward staff wanted to go home the medical advice went out the window, there weren’t doing to wait.

Robxxx7 · 09-10-2009 07:57PM

drkpower wrote: »

Not likely as I dont practice anymore. But if you were, I'd put my point in a more sympathetic fashion:D. Before performing a few unneceessary and painful tests on you for an outrageous sum of money......Ah, good days, good memories.....:cool:

thats more like the doctors that i know ..sympathetic to the end

irish_bob · 11-10-2009 01:00PM

drkpower wrote: »

Gps occasionally have to do house calls and often dont take on patients within a certain mileage or time distance from their house/surgery. Why? So that they dont have to travel excessively thus inconveniencing oother patients left waiting at the surgery. Perhaps that was the reason.

People really need to start thinking about why certain things happen rather than just thinking about number one. A GP service has many unpredictable factors that can result in delays etc... Some day you may be one of those factors so quit bitching about it.....!

in no way did i refer to outcalls so your post is irrelevant

drkpower · 11-10-2009 01:15PM

irish_bob wrote: »

in no way did i refer to outcalls so your post is irrelevant

You said that there shouldnt be a problem with a GP from the next village taking you on as a patient. I said one of the reasons a GP may not do so was because GPs have to consider the possibility of having to do house calls and therefore they have to consider the geographial spread of their patients.

So my point was entirely relevant.

jaysusjones · 11-10-2009 01:17PM

Shelflife wrote: »

had an appointment this morning at 930. arrived on time, 1 other patient there.

finally got into the doc at 10.20 no apology no nothing.

why do they think that their time is more important than everyone elses? fine if there is an emergency but its rude and unprofessional imo.

Arrogant f*ckers, its almost like they think they heal the sick or something...

irish_bob · 11-10-2009 10:32PM

drkpower wrote: »

You said that there shouldnt be a problem with a GP from the next village taking you on as a patient. I said one of the reasons a GP may not do so was because GPs have to consider the possibility of having to do house calls and therefore they have to consider the geographial spread of their patients.

So my point was entirely relevant.

im 32 , i am an asthmatic and i suffer from chronic pain due to an accident over two years ago , i make on average 5 visits per year to my gp , before the accident it was on average two due to the fact that i get chest infections alot from the asthma , not once in my life have i hever made use of his outcall facility , besides the other two docs are no more than 15 mins away so the outcall arguement is a red herring , not like i live in the outback in oz and rely on the flying docs

drkpower · 11-10-2009 10:49PM

irish_bob wrote: »

im 32 , i am an asthmatic and i suffer from chronic pain due to an accident over two years ago , i make on average 5 visits per year to my gp , before the accident it was on average two due to the fact that i get chest infections alot from the asthma , not once in my life have i hever made use of his outcall facility , besides the other two docs are no more than 15 mins away so the outcall arguement is a red herring , not like i live in the outback in oz and rely on the flying docs

Most people who need a house call have never used one before. You may not use it now but you may want to use it in the future. That is a consideration for a GP in deciding to take on a patient. Its not a red herring at all, Im afraid.

And even if you are not 00's of miles away, a GP has to practically have a certain radius - otherwise they will end up taking too much time for housecalls thus inconveniencing other patients like the poor OP.

Jeebus · 12-10-2009 12:02AM

Whats worse is dentist's making you wait.

I mean...they aren't even doctors, like.

Saibh · 12-10-2009 01:24AM

Had doctor's appointment Friday for 2.30pm.
At 2.45pm, the secretary decided to tell me that my doctor was having a meeting with another doctor in the same practice till 3pm.
Got to see the doctor at 3.10pm.

irish_bob · 12-10-2009 11:32AM

drkpower wrote: »

Most people who need a house call have never used one before. You may not use it now but you may want to use it in the future. That is a consideration for a GP in deciding to take on a patient. Its not a red herring at all, Im afraid.

And even if you are not 00's of miles away, a GP has to practically have a certain radius - otherwise they will end up taking too much time for housecalls thus inconveniencing other patients like the poor OP.

still dont buy your argument , the cartel monopoly practiced among doctors in rural ireland is indicitive of the cliquey old boys club attitude that doctors often have

drkpower · 12-10-2009 09:56PM

irish_bob wrote: »

still dont buy your argument , the cartel monopoly practiced among doctors in rural ireland is indicitive of the cliquey old boys club attitude that doctors often have

Its not an argument; its a series of facts.

I cant say that, in your own case, there is no cartel or anything else untoward going on. But it is a fact that GPs consider geography when taking on patients, whether you choose to believe it or not.

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