"Poor service "

I attended the practice to request to be referred onto a Orthopaedic consultant as I have a permanent injury to the disc in my back for over 16 years, this is now impacting my work and business meaning I will have to retire and try and find alternative employment to which I explained many employers will not hire a person in their early 50's with a back injury.

The GP informed me there are very few consultants in the NHS and to go to a private clinic, he also informed me I would need to be referred to a senior physio therapist to possibly arrange this but he would not do this, I am already attending physio for a possible torn rotator cuff injury so to have a word with that physio about this in January, I did explain that in about 6 to 8 months I will have very little work left to justify keeping my business running and the wait for a physio takes approximately 3 months, then they give me excersises that don't help me and cause back spasms, and all this wasted time and money I still don't get to see a orthopaedic consultant.

I did explain that I will effectively be unemployed and claiming benefit but it appears Vine medical gp's don't want to help, so if I sell my van and tools I should have enough to pay for private health care.

I waited 5 weeks for this gp appointment which could have been discussed by phone call, I feel there is little point in gp's for physical health conditions as they always automatically refer me to a physio who then doesn't understand my pain and suffering and gives excersises to increase my pain, thus being unable to work and a financial cost to myself.

Please replace the vine medical group with a practice that cares, I have been informed from my own customers how bad this practice is and to try and transfer to a different one.