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About: Tavyside Health Centre

Lifton surgery 23/02/24 16:15pm. Terrible beside manor, just wanted me out of there. She had no idea why I was there although I had explicitly explained why I wanted the appointment to another GP weeks earlier so she had plenty of time to prepare. When she did give me the results I asked her to explain them in "layman terms"? She replied "perhaps you should have gone to see the Orthopaediatrician". I didn't want to get into an argument, but what was the point of seeing one before I had the test? I'd only been in there for 5 minutes and she made it clear she didn't want to discuss any thing else, but I pressed her to look at my ear, which she did, then started complaining about having time to write her report. which I see only contains 6 full lines of explanation, hardly a novel! The Surgery wasn't busy even so I had to wait a further 15 mins (16.30) before going in to my appointment. There was one person in the waiting room before me and no one in there when I came out. ( Please don't tell me there may have been an emergency, that old chestnut is wearing thin, there can't be an emergency every time I have an appointment. I have yet to go in to an appointment on time!). I decided to to look up the test results myself by going onto the NHS website, checking my records and going online to get an explanation. This appointment was a complete waste of my time. If I was offered another appointment with this woman I would refuse it, and ask to see someone else.

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Response from Tavyside Health Centre 13 months ago
Tavyside Health Centre
Submitted on 21/03/2024 at 14:10
Published on nhs.uk at 14:10


Dear Anonymous

Thank you for your feedback.

My name is Jonathan and I am the Practice Manager at Tavyside Health Centre.

This is extremely disappointing to hear and I would very much like to discuss this further with you. Could you please email the practice addressing your email to myself (D-ICB.Tavyside@nhs.net).

In regard to your point on the surgery not being busy, although the waiting room may appear empty, this does not mean our staff are not working behind the scenes. They may have been on a telephone call to a patient, on a visit, dictating a referral, issuing prescriptions, setting up end of life care medication, in a safeguarding meeting, or dealing with an emergency.

Kind regards

Jonathan

Practice Manager

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