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G.P's at my Surgery next to useless

I currently have three health conditions not being addressed.

Three different problems.
Spinal.
Neurological.
Possibly viral

Referrals to three different hospital departments at three different hospitals each 40+ miles from home.
All of whom have taken a total of 16 blood samples.
12 C:T scans.
9 MRI's
And consultations galore.
Some in person.
Some in clinics.
In recent times many via phone or video calls.

And not so much as an Aspirin dispensed throughout.

Yesterday evening I received a phone call from a duty Doctor at my Surgery apologising for the delay in getting the results of my tests.
all of which I had to do myself and return the results to the Surgery.
Including having to go to one drug company website and then using Google translate just to get some idea of how to take the test as the instruction on the packaging made no sense when read.

I was told during this phone call that until results were in and he could issue a defined antibiotic for the viral problem, he'd issue a generic one-off. Probably a jab that I could do at home just to relieve symptoms until he gets the results middle of next week.

Hoorah !
Finally something being done !

So this morning I go to collect what I thought would be painkillers and this jab only to discover (after having queued for 40 minutes) no jab. No painkillers....just something to settle my stomach; a heat pad....im assuming this is for the kidney area pain, and for some reason a box of sticking plasters. (Which im assuming is some sort of placebo for the neuralgia patches he said he'd issue)

Im done
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Pfuzylogic · M
In the U.S. that would happen with cheap medical insurance. Doesn’t Great Britain operate differently on coverage.
My Veterans Administration Hospital gets screwy at times.
Picklebobble2 · 56-60, M
@Pfuzylogic For best part of a century the idea is you arrange an appointment; get given a time to see a Doctor.

Doctor examines you.
Asks relevant questions.
And at the end of a ten minute consult gives you a prescription for a treatment that you then take to a Pharmacy for them to fill.
Takes about ten minutes.

On the prescription it asks if you are claiming any kind of assistance and if you are, you indicate which one (including low earnings)
And that's it !
The cost is paid by government but people contribute through taxation and national insurance.

If the Doctor thinks you need to see a Specialist the Doctor refers you via email and official letter and you just follow the instructions given.

But proper Doctors are retiring at a rate of knots quicker than qualified Doctors are replacing them.
So you're often seen by a Healthcare Professional.
Somebody with Nursling qualifications but limited capacity to prescribe.

Theory being if you can make that work the government is saving a fortune !

I personally have had three major issues following surgery.
I didn't have them [b]before[/b]
So to my mind [b]That's[/b] the link !

Not solving the issue just giving you meds to treat the post-op problems.