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At the GPs is it best to raise every health concern you have, or to just stick to the one reason you gave in the booking? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 month ago by FinjaminPoach@lemmy.world to c/askuk@feddit.uk

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At my GP I'm told to put only one thing in the form to book appointments, and the meeting is generally guided to be as perfuctory as possible. But tomorrow I'm heading to a walk-in. There's honestly so much wrong with me and I don't think they're touching the surface in the usual appointments, so if i can just kill several birds with one stone it would be nice.

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[–] oeuf@slrpnk.net 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Put it this way: if you you don't tell them about your other problems what will happen?

The NHS exists for your health, not for the convenience of receptionists or any other employee, despite how they might try to make you feel otherwise.

This isn't a moral or political point. If you insist on your health issues being addressed they will see to it. You have rights.

The culture of fobbing people off probably does reduce load on the NHS in the short term because it deters timewasters, but it also deters people with genuine problems who are entitled to treatment.

If it makes you feel better about 'being a burden' just remember that you will be more resource-intensive for them to treat the longer your issues are left to worsen.