Comments for London Medicgirl http://londonmedicgirl.wordpress.com Trust me, one day I might be your doctor. Wed, 09 Jul 2008 03:51:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU Comment on A good sign? by Xavier Emmanuelle http://londonmedicgirl.wordpress.com/2007/11/02/a-good-sign/#comment-167 Xavier Emmanuelle Fri, 28 Dec 2007 02:06:11 +0000 http://londonmedicgirl.wordpress.com/2007/11/02/a-good-sign/#comment-167 Helloooo? Hellllooooooooo? Where have you gone LMG?? Helloooo? Hellllooooooooo?

Where have you gone LMG??

]]> Comment on A good sign? by unlikelymedico http://londonmedicgirl.wordpress.com/2007/11/02/a-good-sign/#comment-161 unlikelymedico Thu, 29 Nov 2007 16:37:24 +0000 http://londonmedicgirl.wordpress.com/2007/11/02/a-good-sign/#comment-161 hey! where've you gone??? hey!

where’ve you gone???

]]> Comment on This small town… by ditzydoctor http://londonmedicgirl.wordpress.com/2007/10/31/this-small-town/#comment-153 ditzydoctor Thu, 08 Nov 2007 16:11:07 +0000 http://londonmedicgirl.wordpress.com/2007/10/31/this-small-town/#comment-153 hullo medicgirl! I HAVE THE SAME COMPLAINTS!!!! (not about the friends part, i have lots of luck with that, fortunately!), but the never bumping into cutemedicboy! :( ahhhhh. commiseration :( hullo medicgirl! I HAVE THE SAME COMPLAINTS!!!! (not about the friends part, i have lots of luck with that, fortunately!), but the never bumping into cutemedicboy! :( ahhhhh. commiseration :(

]]> Comment on This small town… by Harry http://londonmedicgirl.wordpress.com/2007/10/31/this-small-town/#comment-151 Harry Thu, 01 Nov 2007 17:17:53 +0000 http://londonmedicgirl.wordpress.com/2007/10/31/this-small-town/#comment-151 hehehe I thought I bumped into an old uni mate the other day but turned out to be someone who looked very similar. Didn't stop me going 'hey D!' and then pretend I was shouting at someone behind him once I realised... hehehe I thought I bumped into an old uni mate the other day but turned out to be someone who looked very similar. Didn’t stop me going ‘hey D!’ and then pretend I was shouting at someone behind him once I realised…

]]> Comment on A Day In The Life Of… by Ms Ellisa http://londonmedicgirl.wordpress.com/2007/10/24/a-day-in-the-life-of/#comment-150 Ms Ellisa Sat, 27 Oct 2007 17:13:55 +0000 http://londonmedicgirl.wordpress.com/2007/10/24/a-day-in-the-life-of/#comment-150 You have to be kidding. I could use a couple of extra hours in the day just to fit in some proper food and some sleep... You are so very lucky... You should savour this sensation. REMEMBER this moment. Remembah.................... :) You have to be kidding.
I could use a couple of extra hours in the day just to fit in some proper food and some sleep… You are so very lucky…
You should savour this sensation.
REMEMBER this moment.
Remembah……………….. :)

]]> Comment on A Day In The Life Of… by TheShrink http://londonmedicgirl.wordpress.com/2007/10/24/a-day-in-the-life-of/#comment-149 TheShrink Fri, 26 Oct 2007 22:01:36 +0000 http://londonmedicgirl.wordpress.com/2007/10/24/a-day-in-the-life-of/#comment-149 Espresso or ristretto, the breakfast of heroes ;) Espresso or ristretto, the breakfast of heroes ;)

]]> Comment on Soapbox… part 2 by Bendygirl http://londonmedicgirl.wordpress.com/2007/10/17/the-gp-rant-continues/#comment-147 Bendygirl Thu, 25 Oct 2007 23:04:54 +0000 http://londonmedicgirl.wordpress.com/2007/10/17/the-gp-rant-continues/#comment-147 Paranoid pupil, thanks for your suggestion, but as no one says, the problems I'm having with prescriptions are actually with using Boots collection service. The issue is always at the GP practice, they either forget items, lose them, don't get done because CD's have to be done seperately etc and it takes hours. I'm lucky to have an excellent GP as well. I think the system you describe at your local surgery for queuing outside for an hour to wait sounds horrific and for people like myself with mobility issues absolutely impossible. I suspect if that were to happen more often the practices would be sued by someone under the Disability Discrimination Act before too long and quite rightly so when so many practices like my own offer both a majority of appointments that have to be booked at the start of each session, so either 8.30 or 1330 and a handful or pre bookable appointments for each day. The easiest example to give is that I had to see my GP this week for a skin problem, I'm not ill in anyway but it was something that had to be seen by a doctor, I'd already self treated with OTC and had caused more harm than good. This is the kind of thing that people with chronic conditions see GP's for every day, complications of the condition or flare ups, nothing to do with acute illness. Bendy Girl Paranoid pupil, thanks for your suggestion, but as no one says, the problems I’m having with prescriptions are actually with using Boots collection service. The issue is always at the GP practice, they either forget items, lose them, don’t get done because CD’s have to be done seperately etc and it takes hours. I’m lucky to have an excellent GP as well.
I think the system you describe at your local surgery for queuing outside for an hour to wait sounds horrific and for people like myself with mobility issues absolutely impossible. I suspect if that were to happen more often the practices would be sued by someone under the Disability Discrimination Act before too long and quite rightly so when so many practices like my own offer both a majority of appointments that have to be booked at the start of each session, so either 8.30 or 1330 and a handful or pre bookable appointments for each day.
The easiest example to give is that I had to see my GP this week for a skin problem, I’m not ill in anyway but it was something that had to be seen by a doctor, I’d already self treated with OTC and had caused more harm than good. This is the kind of thing that people with chronic conditions see GP’s for every day, complications of the condition or flare ups, nothing to do with acute illness.
Bendy Girl

]]> Comment on A Day In The Life Of… by Harry http://londonmedicgirl.wordpress.com/2007/10/24/a-day-in-the-life-of/#comment-146 Harry Wed, 24 Oct 2007 22:31:24 +0000 http://londonmedicgirl.wordpress.com/2007/10/24/a-day-in-the-life-of/#comment-146 hehehe sounds a lot like my first year of medicine so for, only that your BSc is probably more detailed and interesting that my course... I had 2 hrs today and have absolutely nothing on tomorrow! (Followed by 2hrs Friday) What surprises me is when people can't even be bothered to go to those! hehehe

sounds a lot like my first year of medicine so for, only that your BSc is probably more detailed and interesting that my course…

I had 2 hrs today and have absolutely nothing on tomorrow! (Followed by 2hrs Friday) What surprises me is when people can’t even be bothered to go to those!

]]> Comment on Soapbox… part 2 by no one http://londonmedicgirl.wordpress.com/2007/10/17/the-gp-rant-continues/#comment-145 no one Tue, 23 Oct 2007 17:58:27 +0000 http://londonmedicgirl.wordpress.com/2007/10/17/the-gp-rant-continues/#comment-145 paranoid, you are happy, great for you boots prescriptions service only works when your surgery can be trusted to get a repeat prescription correct most of the time, many cannot your preferred appointments system does not work for everyone, folk who are constantly travelling need to be able to book a slot next week, they may well only be in town one day next week - thats not so unusual in the current world of work and you underestimate the number of times someone with a condition such as being diabetic needs to see a doc (depends on complexity of case obviously), especially as more management by GPs is being pushed rather than by consultants, these people are not "ill" in the immediate sense you have in mind, and they sure as anything should not be wasting hours all the time queuing to see a GP, but lack of good access will lead to them dying early and going blind etc so in summary you are in la la land paranoid,

you are happy, great for you

boots prescriptions service only works when your surgery can be trusted to get a repeat prescription correct most of the time, many cannot

your preferred appointments system does not work for everyone, folk who are constantly travelling need to be able to book a slot next week, they may well only be in town one day next week - thats not so unusual in the current world of work

and you underestimate the number of times someone with a condition such as being diabetic needs to see a doc (depends on complexity of case obviously), especially as more management by GPs is being pushed rather than by consultants, these people are not “ill” in the immediate sense you have in mind, and they sure as anything should not be wasting hours all the time queuing to see a GP, but lack of good access will lead to them dying early and going blind etc

so in summary you are in la la land

]]> Comment on Soapbox… part 2 by Paranoid Pupil http://londonmedicgirl.wordpress.com/2007/10/17/the-gp-rant-continues/#comment-144 Paranoid Pupil Tue, 23 Oct 2007 12:13:46 +0000 http://londonmedicgirl.wordpress.com/2007/10/17/the-gp-rant-continues/#comment-144 Hi MedicGirl, I am totally with you on the whole thing about usage of the NHS - people need to learn to use it more effectively. If we are very mildly ill we have no business cluttering up the waiting room as these days there are plenty of non-prescription medications available, and one can ask the pharmacist's advice on what is best for your headache/sore throat/congestion/aches etc. The doctor's surgery is, yes, for ill people! I think that my local surgery has it about right. They do not allow appointments to be made other than on the day. This is not terribly convenient, but it sorts the wheat from the chaff - if you are ill enough, and you can't take the day off work, then turn up at 8am and wait outside the surgery. You will be first in line and when the surgery opens at 9am you will get the first appointment, so should be on your way to work by 9:15. You probably end up being an hour late for work, which seems reasonable to me if you are indeed ill. It also means that if you are ill enough to take the day off then you are pretty much guaranteed to get an appointment THAT DAY, which seems like a good service to me. I accept that this kind of system may work less well for those who have restricted mobility, but I suspect that alternative arrangements need to be made for such people. Anyway, I think that the system in my local surgery works really well and could be a model for other practices. When I go in my GP always has all my records open on the screen and has taken 2 minutes to remind himself of my history so that he can bear it in mind when he is listening to my symptoms (I have a rather complicated list of chronic rheumatic conditions and am on tonnes of medication so without bearing history in mind he could make some howlers!). It is way better than consultations I had with specialists when I went private briefly. System falls down when it comes to appointments with specialists on NHS - have to wait 3 months for anything "non-urgent". BendyGirl - your experience sounds familiar to me re living with a chronic condition. Poor you. Re medications have you tried the Boots prescriptions service? They can get your repeat prescriptions from your GP and you just need to come pick them up - saves loads of time. I need to pick up a whole bucket load of meds every few weeks, as GP won't prescribe huge amounts as he wants to monitor my bloods etc (he is v conscientious) which is great but I was taking half a day off sometimes just to get things processed. Hi MedicGirl,

I am totally with you on the whole thing about usage of the NHS - people need to learn to use it more effectively. If we are very mildly ill we have no business cluttering up the waiting room as these days there are plenty of non-prescription medications available, and one can ask the pharmacist’s advice on what is best for your headache/sore throat/congestion/aches etc.

The doctor’s surgery is, yes, for ill people! I think that my local surgery has it about right. They do not allow appointments to be made other than on the day. This is not terribly convenient, but it sorts the wheat from the chaff - if you are ill enough, and you can’t take the day off work, then turn up at 8am and wait outside the surgery. You will be first in line and when the surgery opens at 9am you will get the first appointment, so should be on your way to work by 9:15. You probably end up being an hour late for work, which seems reasonable to me if you are indeed ill. It also means that if you are ill enough to take the day off then you are pretty much guaranteed to get an appointment THAT DAY, which seems like a good service to me.

I accept that this kind of system may work less well for those who have restricted mobility, but I suspect that alternative arrangements need to be made for such people.

Anyway, I think that the system in my local surgery works really well and could be a model for other practices. When I go in my GP always has all my records open on the screen and has taken 2 minutes to remind himself of my history so that he can bear it in mind when he is listening to my symptoms (I have a rather complicated list of chronic rheumatic conditions and am on tonnes of medication so without bearing history in mind he could make some howlers!). It is way better than consultations I had with specialists when I went private briefly. System falls down when it comes to appointments with specialists on NHS - have to wait 3 months for anything “non-urgent”.

BendyGirl - your experience sounds familiar to me re living with a chronic condition. Poor you. Re medications have you tried the Boots prescriptions service? They can get your repeat prescriptions from your GP and you just need to come pick them up - saves loads of time. I need to pick up a whole bucket load of meds every few weeks, as GP won’t prescribe huge amounts as he wants to monitor my bloods etc (he is v conscientious) which is great but I was taking half a day off sometimes just to get things processed.

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