The PCSE website is giving me an aneurysm. Is navigating this shitheap supposed to be a secret test of one's ability to be a GP in England? I'm never getting onto the performer's list
"I've been using this nose spray for years and it's done nothing, my nose is constantly dripping!"
"What's your technique like when you use it?"
"I spray right up and I sniff"
*Faceplant*
I've worked in 3 different practices during training now and in all of them I'll have this kind of conversation damn near every day
Do you counsel people on how to use NCSs when you prescribe them?
My head is going to explode
Why the hell is dinner now tea
Why is lunch now dinner
What happened to lunch as a concept
Just grumbling here after driving 20 minutes to another pointless HV.
35 year old single mother, working 2 jobs:
>"hello I have back pain, I'm forcing myself to work through it, please can I be assessed".
>"Here's a link to reach out to physiotherapy, they should be in contact with you in 8 weeks time, I'll also text you a PIL for CES, get lost"
68 years old, just retired gent who enjoys driving his Jag in his spare time:
> "hello I've woken up with a niggle in my back"
>"Stay right there sir we'll get a GP to come out and see you at lunchtime today, we're not even going to ask if you're able to make it to the surgery or not"
Surgery I am at has quite a few Ukrainian refugees on the list
Slava Ukraine and all that, but I find health promotion, explaining conditions and safety netting an absolute fucking nightmare through Language Line
Is there a repository of Ukrainian language patient information leaflets out there?