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He sounds like a twat. I would strongly advise you seek out another GP/nurse to help. Comments like those make things do much harder. You find yourself questioning your feeling a and motives.  Look after yourself. If you don’t you will be no use to anyone.

sending supportive thoughts your way. H

Please please see another GP! It sounds incredibly stressful for you and your own health is so important as u are trying to be strong for others xx

Thanks h.  To be honest I have t got the energy to source another.  Don’t know about your area but our gps are stretched, no excuse for dr twat I know, but not sure where I’d jump too if i could tbh....thanks for support though.  It helps being able to share in these groups eh 

Is the practice a group practice - are there other GP's you can book an appointment with? If so please do - they may be stretched but there is no excuse for that behaviour.  If you really can't muster the energy to see another doctor then write to the practice manager, because it's a clinical matter it will go to the doctors and at least they & the manager will then know what a twat they have in their midst and they should get back to you, there are guidelines for dealing with complaints.  The more people like that get away with being arseholes the more they will be and will potentially put patients at risk.

Hi Cathjt - yes it is a practice group.  I have in fact got an appointment  with another Dr for another issue next week and may just say something to him.  He is new to the practice -  I know you are right and I should complain but I'm honestly done for right now.  My mother has yet another infection and to get in to see her Dr is nothing short of a miracle - the standard comments for all surgeries now seem to be - we have nothing call back next day or next week - when you are able to get through it's the same answer.  You would think with someone suffering with terminal cancer you would have access to a Dr.   I went today to get something over the counter at the pharmacy for her today - they refused to sell it to me because of what she has.  I told her the GP told me to buy it and we had this a couple of months ago - no you need to go back to the Dr.   How do you get an appointment I asked - she could be so much worse by the time we get to that stage.  I flipping hope this government or whoever is in situ gets some funding out there for our local Dr's.  Stop building houses without giving us more Doctors etc....   

Rant over (well sort of... could keep on for ages - thanks for the ear x)

Bless you. I totally agree with what you said regarding the nhs. It’s so sad to hear of people suffering . I do hope you find good support somewhere , even on here I find a massive comfort as I read about people sharing thought abs feelings similar to my own. H