Ask GP

 I noticed an article somewhere in the press the other day saying how many people the online GP service is killing it wasnt a small number !!  now there are several variants to the system this area is lumbered with Ask GP  which is basically appaling its  a gatekeeper system whos aim it is to stop people bothering the physical GP . So he wants to put in that one of his tablets is giving him the runs , so he tries to spell diarohea, cant, so he puts in that he has the shits, it comes back with go to the chemist and get imodium   Which is fine unless youre ill or like my partner disabled with complex medical needs and also happen to be dyslexic and a tad stroppy all the time . What should be a simple medication review request turned into an epic battle of wits between him and a computer system .  It decided he needed umpteen blood tests prior to his medication review the trouble is when he went to book the tests it wasnt for 5 weeks and he needed his perscriptions now . simple you would think but now he had to shout his way through the system till he reached the locum GP who has never seen him or obviously read his notes. First she decided he should go to free swimming , he doesnt swim and it would be a 30 mile round trip every day , so that set him off , then he needs to go to the local walking group ..lol  he can manage maybe 10 paces on his crutches most days by this stage hes bellowing down the phone which is normal he cant tell at what volume hes speaking , they now record all calls so i hope theyre saving it for training purposes . Now he has to explain he has an inoperable spinal tumour , so she sugests Slimming World at which point he did kinda lose it and pointed out was that going to shrink his tumour ? Now how did this all happen ? well im no longer allowed to deal with the doctors for him due to data protection , because he has no mental impairment  ..Ho hum im waiting for the call to tell me i can deal with his GP again...lol 

Back on the hospital cycle again next week , because the medical professionals at the GPs cant read his test results properly , the hospital rang us to ask why he hasnt been for a transfusion this year , we told them the GPs say theres nothing wrong with him and it gave the nurse a giggle because there is something wrong with him that doesnt ever get better he has a weird type of aneamia thats very close to Cystic Fibrosis as she said any doctor should be able to see this from his results . The problem is its so rare that a medical professional on the switchboard whos done a course online isnt going to be able to see the problem with his tests .....Onwards