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Sticking with GPs. Are we allowed to ask about more than one issue during our slot? (feddit.uk)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Went in on Friday. I asked if I could discuss another issue and was (politely) told that because it's a ten minute appointment that I'd have to come back again to discuss that issue.

Which seemed...well both shit and a recipe for absolute disaster given how difficult it is for most people to see their GP even once.

So, was she right or should I be more brazen next time?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

Mine let's you book a double appointment for multiple issues - which is good because it took almost 2 years for me to find a GP accepting new patients, that accepted that I was in their catchment area (my previous GP, less than 5 minutes walk away, decided I wasn't in their catchment area any more and removed me from their practice. The 4 nearest ones, all a mile away or less also agreed I wasn't in their catchment area). Anyway I've got one an hour's walk away and I'm glad of it. Oh, and my point being after waiting 2 years for an appointment (and the extra 2 months from registering), I had quite a few things I needed them to check over!