I have used this practice for years, some of the GPs at it in the past have been good, others not so much. I have Bi-Polar and have had GPs ask me how my epilepsy was doing as they had only looked at the screen and seen I was on some meds that treat both Bipolar and Epilepsy and had not taken the time to look at my actual history. I do not have epilepsy and have never done so. I have just come away from an appointment where I was worried about symptoms and was dismissed by the Doctor I saw who didn't give me a chance to go over other symptoms. Also the practice nurse often takes bloods and puts the equipment on the corner of a desk or mouse mat when she does it, not in a sterile tray, sometimes she doesn't even have an Elastoplast to cover the place the bloods were taken and used a lump of cotton wool she had placed on the desk and a piece of what was basically masking tape, even I know this is not good practice and the Nurses from the actual treatment room down stairs who always follow proper sterile procedures were mortified when I mentioned it. Not to mention going for mental health reviews where I wasn't asked anything about my mental health but rather about my smoking and drinking habits and then sent letters days later reminding me I needed a review because my appointment hadn't been labelled as such.
I am at the point of leaving this practice and moving to another as this one is so hit and miss, the last decent GP I saw at this practice has left and I am sick of the lottery of who I will see next.
"A high turn over of GPs so they rarely know..."
About: Hylton Medical Group Hylton Medical Group Sunderland SR4 7XF
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