Doctor Won’T See My Son

[chrissa1]

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?

[jennyjoan]

A friend of mine told me - you should always always go to your doctor because they are paid for single visit you make to them. Is that correct. Sorry Chrissa for digressing a little here.

[Baldric]

I guess we must be lucky here. Mrs B wanted to see a Doc. after developing a raspy cough over weekend, I rang Surgery at 08:00 when switchboard opened, no questions, just said she would like to see a Doc today, she was seen @ 14:00.

[andres]

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.

[chrissa1]

I will. Thanks all so much. X

[DTCwordfan]

stick at it, Chrissa....a search on Lyme's as to my daughter will show the split in NHS attitudes - but then, what I have yet to reveal fully is the deception going on by her gastrics to cover up - and quite remarkable that is turning out to be.

[chrissa1]

I just don’t understand it. I know they’re trying to cut down on time wasters but this is something that really needs to be looked at and tested, before it’s dismissed as, harmless.

[Sqad]

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.

[chrissa1]

Thank you, sqad.

[chrissa1]

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!!

[Sqad]

^^^ if it wasn't for bloody patients Medicine would be a nice little number ;-)

[chrissa1]

Absolutely, sqad. :))

[nailit]

Congrats on getting an appointment chrissa but what a palava to get seen. Just the same at my surgery.

[tamborine]

Son should register with new doctor & get advice.

[chrissa1]

The thing is tambourine, the whole family has been with the same practice since, 1989 and they’ve been brilliant up until now.
I think the “modern” way of running a doctor’s practice has changed everywhere, and not for the better. It’s probably why A&E are finding they can’t cope at times.

[bluegaloo]

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!

[chrissa1]

And yet women get breast enlargements on the NHS because they say their mental health is being adversely affected!

Try that, bluegaloo. Who knows? It might work. Grrrr.

[jennyjoan]

Also a single girl I know maybe 24 years old - has got her first IVF through NHS - it failed but they are still doing more investigations. I do wonder how they work these things out.

[Islay]

The girl you know is entitled to IVF treatment on the NHS JJ.

[jennyjoan]

So is Chrissa's son entitled to his treatment via NHS.

[ummmm]

IVF is a post code lottery.