Doctors don t seem to care enough anymore

Some of my doctors at my walk in clinic were off hand but one of them is excellent and couldn’t do enough for you.  However, I think it is about time that doctors started doing blood tests again and that healthcare assistants should no longer be used. One healthcare assustant didn’t know what she was doing and gave me permanent neuralgia after a blood test.  The stress led to IBS. The Practice Nurse laughed at me when I complained.  At least the doctor who I find very helpful was able to diagnose my IBS when no one else in the Practice could and he listened to my complaint about the nurses who have since been moved on.

Maureen - I have had my share of shockers over the years, the worse was a Dr I trusted, I really thought I was getting good treatment, until I saw a specialist, and he in no uncertain terms told me to fire my GP before he kills you.  Woww that was a wakeup call.

?I now have a very good Dr, consider myself lucky to have him, young man, originally from England, he does not spare the blood tests, or the x-rays, ultrasounds, he seems to like to get to the bottom of his patients problems, I'm sure other Dr's like him are few and far between, keep looking. 

Same young Dr has saved my son's life, he kept doing blood tests, sent son to ER three times, with the results of blood tests that were showing he had something nasty going on, sent home twice, sent from GP the last time by ambulance, when he was finally admitted, and put in isolation for his own protection, his white blood cells were in the bottom of the bucket, a common cold could have killed him we were finally told.  DUHHHHH, two trips to hospital where he was treated as if their was nothing wrong with him, I still wonder if the ER staff even looked at the blood tests the local GP had supplied to them.  I can tell you when he finally got to see the specialist, again instigated by our local GP, as an outpatient, she was most unimpressed by the treatment he was given at the local hospital, and especially when it mentioned in sons notes that they had liaised with the big base hospital, and the specialist had no records  of it on her files.

Formal complaint and I felt was wasting their time. 

?You really have to be your advocate, and kick butts if necessary, a legal threat can work wonders in some cases.

?Ask for copies of all your tests, x-rays reports, etc, keep them in a old computer case, and educate yourself, ask questions, and DO NOT be fobbed off with its of no interest to you, it has saved son's and husbands life in my case.

I have a decent doctor I'm seeing now. She is happy to do urine and blood tests and will refer me for whatever test I need. The issue I have with her is when it comes to my health anxiety. She gets upset with me if I am indecisive or if I ask the same question more than once. She also gets upset if I ask too many questions. I'm just not sure if she personally likes people that much.

Yes I find this to be true. They seem to want to rush you out their office and get upset when you ask too many questions or ask for explanations/clarifications. Luckily my uncle is a doctor so he gives me special attention but he is not a specialist so I do have to see other doctors at times. Keep searching until you find a good one. 

Definitely Maureen, I always get the same impression. I also think their knowledge is pretty limited, and they often give the wrong diagnosis.