I have to have injections every 3 months. I was told at the first appointment they only do them on a Monday. I got a call to book again and was told that if I go to the hospital 11 miles away, they do them more than once a week. I'm now under the hospital a bit further away as it's easier to get appointments for.
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The NHS wastes money, their spending priorities are all wrong
Yes they really do. It’s not their money so they are reckless with it. A friends daughter had a hysterectomy but the doctor decided to keep the ovaries and not remove them ‘this time’. The cancer she has is caused by estrogen. It’s baffling why he didn’t remove the ovaries months ago considering this was already established. Instead it’s a second theatre booking and cost, another anaesthetist, another hospital bed…. No wonder waiting lists are long and the NHS is broke. Were it a private business it would have gone bankrupt years ago.
Also multiple major surgeries are not easy for the patient and should be avoided at all costs. That’s such bad practice by the doctor
I was in A&E a couple of months ago, it was 4am when I got seen and I was really worried about what might be wrong with me. The Dr asked me bluntly "why are you worried, there's people in here with worse things than this" and then proceeded to tell me to just "think positively" and I would be fine. I left wishing I had never gone. I then went to see my GP on the Monday about it and got the most caring, nice, attentive and friendly Dr I have ever seen, so much so I requested her personally when I had to go back for something else. It really is pot luck.
This is so accurate. When I was doing my training, I encountered so many vile, nasty and rude nurses. We would be in the med room and they would be slagging off a colleague who would then walk in and they'd be like 'Hiya babe, you OK?' and then proceed to witch about them again when they left. Most NHS wards are the most toxic places due to a combination of bad management, under staffing and strains on the NHS. I'm actually no longer proud to be a HCP because of all of the negative connotations that come with it.
Omg our doctor we have is so condescending I actually hate going and request someone else. He is a children's doctor with adult kids and talks to patience like tit
This weekend I’ve been coming to terms with potentially being majorly fobbed off yet again.
I was referred to an allergist because I was breaking out in hives/ having allergic reactions multiple times a day. They did no allergy testing, drew on my back, asked no questions about other symptoms and diagnosed me with chronic urticaria, blamed covid (which I didn’t catch until after the hives started) and then told me it would burn out in 2 years and discharged me. At the time I questioned whether it could be something I’d researched and was told no because I hadn’t had anaphylaxis.
It’s been over 3 years. Currently going through a fairly bad flare up of it so started emailing places to go privately for an actual allergy test, along with a list of everything else going on too. One of these places got back and said they were happy to allergy test but they aren’t taking on new MCAS patients. Turns out this whole time it could have been the very thing I enquired about and I could be experiencing mild anaphylaxis occasionally this whole time.
I was referred to an allergist because I was breaking out in hives/ having allergic reactions multiple times a day. They did no allergy testing, drew on my back, asked no questions about other symptoms and diagnosed me with chronic urticaria, blamed covid (which I didn’t catch until after the hives started) and then told me it would burn out in 2 years and discharged me. At the time I questioned whether it could be something I’d researched and was told no because I hadn’t had anaphylaxis.
It’s been over 3 years. Currently going through a fairly bad flare up of it so started emailing places to go privately for an actual allergy test, along with a list of everything else going on too. One of these places got back and said they were happy to allergy test but they aren’t taking on new MCAS patients. Turns out this whole time it could have been the very thing I enquired about and I could be experiencing mild anaphylaxis occasionally this whole time.