Reply to: Why are doctors so rubbish?

[Bagpuss]

Last time I went to the doctors (being a man that was probably 7 years ago) they had some computer software to help them diagnose the problem/treatment, the doctor didn't seem to have a clue. I guess it means we are not that far from an automated service.


As long as Wikipedia isn't used to diagnose

[BrilloPad]

(S)he will only end up whinging...

She is too ill to whine! Post more of the original until she gets better!

[Churchill]

You just edited! I preferred the original...

(S)he will only end up whinging...

[BrilloPad]

Ah, fluid in the lungs.

Try breathing out when he hits the vinegar shot!

You just edited! I preferred the original...

[Churchill]

I have pneumonia.

Ah, fluid in the lungs.

Try breathing out when he hits the vinegar shot!

[BrilloPad]

It's a shame - some Dr's are tulip and some are good

Exactly. At our current surgery we have some very good doctors. The one bad one recently retired.

I have 2 doctors in the family - 1 a retired lecturer(pharmacuticals) and 1 a consultant surgeon. The consultant surgeon wants to become a GP to help more people...

[PRC1964]

GPs are generalists so they have to look things up or refer you to a specialist.

If you get a good one and your case is unusual enough in their experience they will look things up and call you to come back to the surgery or tell you to go to hospital if it's serious

Unfortunately like in every job you get loads who can't be bothered to do their job properly.

Most GPs are now little more than pill pushers.

If your case is unusual you will be shunted around before anyone takes the risk of a proper scan that will diagnose what is happening.

GPs are great at telling OAPs they need a flu jab and pregnant women that they shouldn't smoke. Beyond that they are salesmen for the pharma companies.

Edit: Good luck to you Lucy. Get well soon.

[Paddy]

I have pneumonia.

Was misdiagnosed, last time I went in I was seen by the nurse - this was decided by a receptionist, now I am very ill and the flipwit doctor I see tells me that it wasn't the nurse's fault.

I also complained to him about the other doctor I had seen in the same practice who didn't know the difference between EMDR and NLP, he responded by saying she was 'very good' and 'a friend of his'. Well, phooey, she might be a great friend but she is a rubbish doctor - like him.

In some countries you can choose your doctor, in the way you choose an accountant or solicitor. A friend can recommend a doctor and it isn't restricted by where you live, and here's the key, the doctor doesn't get their 100k automatically, it depends on how many patients they see. Imagine; doctors who don't suck of the tit of the state.

The NHS is dead and rotting, when is it going to change? Probably not in my lifetime.

Agree with you 100% Lucy. I went 10 years misdiagnosed by two GPs. In the end I found out what I had by looking on the Internet. Sorry to hear about your illness. Vic chest rub is the best remedy for you. I have a jar and I can pop around apply it if you wish. Get well soon.

[cailin maith]

Hope you recover soon Lucy...

It's a shame - some Dr's are tulip and some are good - my current one is really good... doesn't pull any punches and so far has always "fixed" me.

Last one was atrocious though - trying to get past the rothweiler on reception was bad enough, then you get to a gobtulipe of a Dr..... nightmare

[Lucy]

GPs are generalists so they have to look things up or refer you to a specialist.

If you get a good one and your case is unusual enough in their experience they will look things up and call you to come back to the surgery or tell you to go to hospital if it's serious

Unfortunately like in every job you get loads who can't be bothered to do their job properly.

It is particularly bad in this country, I have lived in Australia, NZ, HK and spent about six months in the US and I have never had doctors as pathetic as they are here. It's communism at it's best, they get paid nomatter what they deliver, and people have no real choice.

[SueEllen]

GPs are generalists so they have to look things up or refer you to a specialist.

If you get a good one and your case is unusual enough in their experience they will look things up and call you to come back to the surgery or tell you to go to hospital if it's serious

Unfortunately like in every job you get loads who can't be bothered to do their job properly.

[beeker]

Get well soon Lucy - Typicl of the NHS iIMHO!

must be the same everywhere, I had the occasion to go see my GP a couple of years ago showing siymptoms of Mumps. At a time when there was a Mumps epidemic throughout some UK universities (you may remember that in the papers?)- several people in my girlfriends Uni class had mumps too.

Anyhoo, i was told that there hadn't been a case of mumps in a number of years, my GP hadn't actually seen a case and referred to a frikken medical dictionary for symptoms and still said i didn't have it and to go home with some paracetamol for the sore throat etc.

2 days later - rushed into hospital with swollen bollocks!!!! Couldn't stand up couldn't move, Mumps; glandular infection had gone to little beekers two veg. Hospital for a week and lost a stone in weight.

Official diagnosis - viral infection. - yeah, Mumps!!

[RichardCranium]

He gave me some antibiotics and I left in a temper.

I'm sure your anti-bacterial antibiotics will do a lot of good for your viral infection.

[NotAllThere]

...Surely your millionaire bf can pay for you to private jet to a Swiss specialist in the Alps?

If you want a decent GP, you're more likely to find one in the UK. Even with choice, it's not that easy to find a good doc. The service is good - you can see them really quickly. And if you need an MRI scan, you'll get it tomorrow. But, they don't see nearly anything like as much as a UK GP, and are subsequently less experienced.

OTOH, if you're any good at self diagnosis, you can see the specialist direct. But you risk the insurance company not paying!

[xoggoth]

The NHS is dead and rotting

So true, like every other part of the public sector in this sucking state, it is built to serve the people who work in it and sooth the lefty PC one-world consciences of those who control it.