Of for heavens sake .Well I’ve just received an email from Q with the headline ,Let’s Talk About IncontinenceErrrrrr no thanks.
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I doubt they would have worked for me. I was so happy when I started the menopause in my 50s, as my periods for the first 3 days were like a crime scene. Super Plus Tampax and also super plus pad at the same time if out and about, I used to have to use the disable toilet to change these. Turns out I had medical problems which I did not realize, only found out recently at the gynie sp appointment.
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You poor thing, you must have been anaemic losing so much blood.
I had a problem a few years ago where I was very heavy. Came on out of the blue, after 3 months tried to contact my doctor. Got nowhere, couldn't get an appointment, when I phoned you could be on hold for over half an hour only to get cut off. When I did speak to someone the doctor didn't phone me back. Tried chasing it up to be told that I was low priority and the doctor was busy. I just gave up. At that time you couldn't make an appointment in person for some reason.
I have regular blood tests at the hospital as I'm on strong medication for rheumatoid arthritis. Around this time, after a blood test I got a phone call from the hospital saying I was severely anaemic and I should go to the doctor. I told him that that I had tried and failed to get an appointment. He then said that I should go to the doctor! When I repeated it he just said buy some iron tablets. Thankfully the heavy bleeding eased soon after so I didn't feel I needed to seek help.
Things are a lot better at the surgery now. I live in a densely populated area with few doctors and they rarely take on new patients so not easy going elsewhere. I'm also older now and won't accept being fobbed off by officials and doctors receptionists.
That's awful treatment Donna, mind you we are getting told by receptionists to go to the pharmacy when you ring for an appointment.
I went to the pharmacy and the pharmacist said he was sick of the surgery sending patients for things he wasn't allowed to prescribe. He told me to the surgery and tell them he said I needed to see a doctor. I did get to see a GP after a 25 minute wait.
Our surgery has had a big extension and is now called a Medical Centre.
Talking to friends and relatives my experience is not unique and there is no wonder a&e is swamped. I cut my leg last year on a lawn rake and thought it best to go to a&e,nope I had a dressing stuck on and was told the practice nurse at the surgery needed to deal with it.I had to be polite but firm when I rang the surgery the following day but eventually was given an appointment.
I'm accident prone and at the end of February I managed to badly gash my leg walking into a storage cube. Remembering what happened the year before I rang the surgery to book an appointment with a nurse. Once again I had to stand my ground as they were saying I probably needed to go to a&e. I honestly don't know what is going on with the NHS, people unable to get medication or seeing a GP,were did my 53 plus years of NI contributions go??
I went to the pharmacy and the pharmacist said he was sick of the surgery sending patients for things he wasn't allowed to prescribe. He told me to the surgery and tell them he said I needed to see a doctor. I did get to see a GP after a 25 minute wait.
Our surgery has had a big extension and is now called a Medical Centre.
Talking to friends and relatives my experience is not unique and there is no wonder a&e is swamped. I cut my leg last year on a lawn rake and thought it best to go to a&e,nope I had a dressing stuck on and was told the practice nurse at the surgery needed to deal with it.I had to be polite but firm when I rang the surgery the following day but eventually was given an appointment.
I'm accident prone and at the end of February I managed to badly gash my leg walking into a storage cube. Remembering what happened the year before I rang the surgery to book an appointment with a nurse. Once again I had to stand my ground as they were saying I probably needed to go to a&e. I honestly don't know what is going on with the NHS, people unable to get medication or seeing a GP,were did my 53 plus years of NI contributions go??
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I read something recently that said, ideally, when NHS money is allocated a huge percentage should be invested in GPs and dentists. Think of how many problems get worse because they're not addressed properly and costs the NHS much more in the long run.
I just started working at a doctor's surgery and I can tell you that we are overwhelmed by the workload. Doesn't help that the funding from the NHS was only 2% more than the previous year and yet the minimum wage went up by about 9% and inflation was way more than 2%. Previously I worked in the pharmacy at Boots and the pharmacy system is overwhelmed too with people coming in instead of going to the doctors, or being told by 111 to go to the pharmacist. The whole system needs to be overhauled though. A&E is overwhelmed, dentists are too. People on the front line get abuse everyday.
I'd never heard if them and didn't know it was even a thing until I saw them in M&S. They sound gross to me. I'm perimenopausal so still need feminine products but I wouldn't want to get them and be sloshing around with a wet gusset all day!! And surely you couldn't wash them in a normal load cos all the blood would get on the other washing...and the smell in the washing bin etc
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My thoughts exactly….they sound totally gross…. Glad I don’t need such things anymore but honestly…I just started working at a doctor's surgery and I can tell you that we are overwhelmed by the workload. Doesn't help that the funding from the NHS was only 2% more than the previous year and yet the minimum wage went up by about 9% and inflation was way more than 2%. Previously I worked in the pharmacy at Boots and the pharmacy system is overwhelmed too with people coming in instead of going to the doctors, or being told by 111 to go to the pharmacist. The whole system needs to be overhauled though. A&E is overwhelmed, dentists are too. People on the front line get abuse everyday.
I'd never heard if them and didn't know it was even a thing until I saw them in M&S. They sound gross to me. I'm perimenopausal so still need feminine products but I wouldn't want to get them and be sloshing around with a wet gusset all day!! And surely you couldn't wash them in a normal load cos all the blood would get on the other washing...and the smell in the washing bin etc
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Men's pants seem to be based on fashion eras, not whether or not they are actually practical.
I remember loose floppy things that gave no support.
Then came Y-fronts, but these seem to have disappeared (I only look in general shops like Tesco Superstores and large Lidl, not specialist menswear shops).
Then tailored briefs became the fashion, which suited me, but now these have also gone out of fashion.
All I seem to see now are trunks.
I remember loose floppy things that gave no support.
Then came Y-fronts, but these seem to have disappeared (I only look in general shops like Tesco Superstores and large Lidl, not specialist menswear shops).
Then tailored briefs became the fashion, which suited me, but now these have also gone out of fashion.
All I seem to see now are trunks.
I've had to visit my surgery a couple of times recently to see a nurse, and every time I've been in, the waiting room has had about six people in it, and once when I arrived half an hour early thinking I could be seen earlier (no, I wasn't) about four of those waiting were called in to see a doctor and it's a big surgery with a lot of doctors. Maybe it was just like that for that half hour, but it seems to me that they're spending time on the phone to get more patients through. My mother was trained as a nurse back in the day when they were taught to diagnose by observation of skin colour, nails, eyes, ears, temperature, looking down the throat, in the mouth, breathing, etc etc and I'd have thought that was an essential skill. But you can't do that over the phone. She kept saying they're not trained to diagnose properly these days and that was a decade or more ago, so I don't know what she'd make of today's situation.
There's usually a mix of appointments, in person or by phone depending on the problem. It doesn't help either that every day multiple patients just don't turn up for appointments and the slot is wasted.
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Here you go Strato. My son in law swears by these, I buy them for him every Christmas
. stepone.lifeI seem to be in the minority here, I have the most wonderful doctors surgery. It is known in the area for great service. I can always get in to see my GP, the most I wait is a week, usually 2/3 days. We also have a great team of nurses and health care workers. I need regular bloods taken and refuse to use the hospitals dept, always use surgery ( nurses know how to take blood without leaving huge bruising). I know how lucky I am and really feel for those who get a crap service. If my small surgery of three doctors can deliver, why can't they all?
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I remember a few years back if you had a nurse appointment always taken on time. Not now. Only me and a woman waiting for the doctor she got called in, I was still sitting 15 minutes after my appointment due time. I think the nurse went off for her tea break. My surgery now you phone get a call back from the doctor, and they tell you to come down that day or the next. As I was waiting for my nurse appointment last Monday, people coming into reception asking for a doctor appointment and told the first one free one unless the doctor tells you to come in was over a week away.
You're lucky, where I work you can't make an appt for a doctor at the desk, you have to phone up or do it online where they triage it. If it is urgent it is normally booked same day but if not urgent then 3 weeks would be lucky!
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We are lucky enough to have a fantastic surgery, too. It's quite a large practice/medical centre, but same day appointments are routine, definitely same-day appointment if urgent, no half-hour "third degree" from the receptionist on the phone just to get an appointment, doctors all pleasant and efficient and the nurses/health care assistants are great. A friend who lives 3-4 miles away has had to wait 3 weeks for a face-to-face appointment and everyone is pushed towards telephone appointments, which she doesn't want as she has hearing problems.
When we hear what other people say, we realise how lucky we are, but it seems this kind of set-up is few and far between these days. I often wonder what our parents would think - coming from back in the days when GP's made home visits, (home visits? What are they?). I can just about remember when home visits were common, when I was very young and ill in bed with something contagious, like chicken pox. These days you'd be told to bring the child down the surgery to sit with everyone.
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The thing is, no one wants to be GP now. Out in the country areas, 4 have just handed their contracts back and closed the surgery. One doctor retires, and they just cannot get a replacement, so the other doctors cannot handle the amount of patents.
As for chemists, my local one went bankrupt, the owner had 4 and all closed. Local news saying the medicines have gone up in price and each chemist is allocated a certain amount of money, but even the cheap version on prescription are costing a lot more now. They cannot make money and even get the supplies for customers. One pharmacist said on air she had to start pushing selling cosmetics to keep the shop open.
As for chemists, my local one went bankrupt, the owner had 4 and all closed. Local news saying the medicines have gone up in price and each chemist is allocated a certain amount of money, but even the cheap version on prescription are costing a lot more now. They cannot make money and even get the supplies for customers. One pharmacist said on air she had to start pushing selling cosmetics to keep the shop open.
That is so wrong,people have appointments but don't turn up and people can't get appointments.
Our pharmacy will not process repeat prescriptions until you are in the pharmacy. There is also a notice about prescriptions not being collected,can't remember the wording. One of the ladies showed a pile of prescriptions that had never been picked up and some were very big bags.
Will there be a 60 day return available.
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I’m also in minority because my surgery is brilliant. I don’t have to go very often but if I have needed to see anyone then I can always get an appointment. I’m on the PPG panel at the surgery so know how hard all the staff work. I’ve certainly got no complaints at all. On a couple of occasions I’ve been given an appointment on the day I’ve rung.
My hubby hasn't been able to get his drops for dry eye at all this year. He is using Hycosan until he goes to the eye clinic for his Glaucoma check.
