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Doctor Won’T See My Son
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For a good few years my son has had a small growth right in the middle of the skin right underneath his bottom lip.
In the past couple of months it has become itchy and slightly inflamed. He has tried to get a telephone consultation with his doctor to get them to have a look at it but with the new arrangements, you have to ring them and trying to get through is a nightmare.
I finally today went into the surgery for him and they said they would ring him.
What they have said to him is that he will have to go privately to get it removed, as if they refer him, it probably won’t be serious enough for the NHS to remove it.
HOW CAN THEY KNOW WITHOUT SEEING IT????
What should he do?
In the past couple of months it has become itchy and slightly inflamed. He has tried to get a telephone consultation with his doctor to get them to have a look at it but with the new arrangements, you have to ring them and trying to get through is a nightmare.
I finally today went into the surgery for him and they said they would ring him.
What they have said to him is that he will have to go privately to get it removed, as if they refer him, it probably won’t be serious enough for the NHS to remove it.
HOW CAN THEY KNOW WITHOUT SEEING IT????
What should he do?
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At our Medical Centre it's not compulsory to tell the phone doctor why you want an appointment but it does help because some of the doctors are more experienced in certain conditions . Then you can be placed with the most appropriate person. Tell your son to insist on seeing the doctor he wants . Say the growth is getting bigger,it's itchy and very sore.
I have been lying awake all the night thinking about your son's case and justifying the comments made by your GP.
I have come to an explanation.
The GP is absolutely certain that it is no big deal and is not cancer, a diagnosis made on the telephone conversation with your GP. This is a rational explanation and routinely used by GP's following a telephone consultation.
Just make a routine appt.
I have come to an explanation.
The GP is absolutely certain that it is no big deal and is not cancer, a diagnosis made on the telephone conversation with your GP. This is a rational explanation and routinely used by GP's following a telephone consultation.
Just make a routine appt.
I rang the surgery this morning and was eventually told that because he had had a telephone consultation, that was it.
The receptionist told me that the only doctor who saw patients today was a locum, and he was fully booked and finished at three. I said, what are the “real” doctors doing and she told me, “giving telephone consultations”.
I pushed and pushed and managed to get him an appointment at 4 o’clock on Friday. She was loathe to give me, that!!
Mission accomplished but, what a faff!!
The receptionist told me that the only doctor who saw patients today was a locum, and he was fully booked and finished at three. I said, what are the “real” doctors doing and she told me, “giving telephone consultations”.
I pushed and pushed and managed to get him an appointment at 4 o’clock on Friday. She was loathe to give me, that!!
Mission accomplished but, what a faff!!
I have just had a very similar experience. Very large wart/mole looking thing on my neck which is now "in the way" and keeps getting caught when brushing hair etc. Saw a GP last week who strongly advised me to have it removed but said it will not be done on the NHS as it is (luckily) not sinister. I was advised to enquire about having it removed privately. I did this last Friday and was quoted £740! I would love to know how they arrive at that amount!!! After being reliably informed that it is simply a large skin tag I now have a piece of cotton tied round it!
