Anyone had to wait over 6 months for an appointment with a consultant

Sorry christine but I pressed the reply button too quickly. You are entitled to a second opinion, have you requested that from your GP? I don't know the reason why you waited so long for your initial appointment because the NHS guidelines say you should only wait up to 18 weeks. I know a lot of patients wait longer but 6 months in gynae is unusual. I think you mentioned on another thread you weren't told what grade your prolapse is. Well I wasn't either and I was seen by a urogynaecologist I know! Often it's difficult to be accurate. If you're still wanting to complain then I'll happily help you with that via private messaging x

Hi Christine just be aware you are not alone. You need to go back to your gp and ask if you can be referred to someone else if at all possible. Your story isn't rare from what I read. My story is I started to feel a lot of health problems in 2013 I gave up my full time job as a nursery nurse as it was so physically demanding and couldn't get part time work in that so got a part time cleaners job. I went to the gp's with how I was feeling around my pelvic area and hip, got referred to physio whilst doing physio one day at my job I felt everything drop at this point then I got the prolapse and hernia but I didn't get diagnosed at the time. I went to the gp within a few days as the hernia was quite apparent straight away. I had scans to confirm this and all the time I told them about underneath also. My periods stopped and after scanning I'd got cysts on my ovaries waited to see a Gynaecologist. Further scans suspected endometriosis and I'm not emptying bladder fully, laparoscopy for endometriosis. Now 2015 post op with Gynaecology I still have exactly the same pain on lower back/hip swelling underneath that's always been there, he said it's not a Gynaecology issue go back to gp. Go back to gp, and he decides to do an lumbar/sacral Mri results from that are spondylolethis and degenerative disc disease but these shouldn't give me the problems that I have but because of the results he'd got to send me to physio. Her assessment was she didn't think it was but she listened to all what I said and said it sounds like you have a prolapse. I said wouldn't they of seen it? She diagnosed I also had scoliosis. Back to gp this is now 2 years since I first went, gp diagnosed mild cystocele and referred me for physio, as waiting list was so long after about 6 weeks they give you a group appointment then if you want a solo appointment you go back on waiting. Started physio which although was helpful wasn't helping so whilst doing that went back to gp who then referred me to urogynaecolgy, physio said I should hear in 6weeks for an appointment usually within 14 weeks, started chasing it at 6 and there was issues with the local ccg and delays I didn't want to hear all this I just wanted an appointment. Then I was told the local ccg were only funding one outpatient appointment which physio couldn't understand, but she did say the appointment was only going to be about 10 minutes and he may not even examine you. I broke down at my HR at my company (I never took any time off during all this) and she said to use my husbands medical cover to see a urogynae which I did and she diagnosed a grade 3 rectocele which I had surgery for in December which I am still recovering now different story whether it's been successful but although I wish I hadn't of had to use the cover where would I have got without seeing someone and examine me etc? Sorry for the such long story but for my own experience if you don't have the option to see someone private please go back and get referred to someone else and be strong with that X Take care