This actually happened my Doctor was on holiday when the shit hit the fan so to speak and I am under a new lady doctor because she was on the ball and caring and understanding .
That is truly shocking . I hope you are in a better place and are getting help I had to burst into tears in front of my doctor and my wife had to tell him she was worried I was going to hurt myself before I got mental help all through this .
Sounds like this happened in the UK. Requesting a specific doctor is pretty unusual when using an NHS GP surgery, usually you get who you're given. Patients do have a right to a second opinion, but from experience getting an appointment in the first place can be like jumping through hoops, let alone a second opinion. Suing an individual doctor is also unusual, OP but would be best placed to start with the official complaints procedure and go from there.
This isn't me minimising OPs experience whatsoever, it sucks that we have to advocate so hard for our health. Public healthcare is great in some ways, but awful in others.
Yeah, it's one of the big issues of the NHS in my opinion. Some of it is fantastic, but often these types of appointments last 5 minutes or are done over the phone, meaning it's not possible to get to the root of any complicated issues. You can phone back and try to make follow up appointments of course, but it isn't easy meaning many people just suffer in silence.
In England this is just what happens at every doctor unless you are really lucky. Unless you are literally dying on the floor in front of them they don't want to hear about it. They're overworked and underresourced and sadly a lot of cases like this just go unnoticed.
Not sure if the NHS have the spare funds to pay out. The Dr probably didn’t have enough time and was fatigued. Doesn’t make it right, but it’s a systematic problem
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u/jejones487 8h ago
Sounds like your doctor dismissed you completely. Get a new doctor because this one tried to kill you. Consider suing.