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Keep the Faith...in our medics !

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If we are honest we know that by far the majority care and do a good job don't we?

I suspect we all agree that bad news gets the headlines. I think we should be careful not to undermine patient's trust in their Doc. I absolutely agree that we should be informed and proactive to get the best out of our care, that sometimes things get missed and mistakes made. We all learn from experience, our consultants from us too and we certainly have plenty of that and from this vg forum !Wonder why moral is low and so many Drs are leaving/retiring from the NHS early ? ...I know several,  my brilliant GP brother aged 56 retired today ! 

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    Sadly it's the same story across most professional now, cuts, cuts, and more cuts....oops, sorry 'transformation' with the official line being 'no impact on service delivery'. .......but on a positive note, following my diagnosis I ended up sending my GP a THANKYOU card, she has been magnificent...........she listened to me over several appointments and blood tests, respecting my views and wishes, not pushing me to take steroids but when I eventually returned to see her, as she knew I would, begging for medication, she accepted that too! 

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