What do you think makes a good doctor?

Do u not think that as the complaints mounted people would begin to see that he is a liability to the surgery. Fair enough switch doctors, but you should also make it known that you were not happy with the service. Something will get done about it, it may take ages, but thats the system we live in and its better than avoiding the situation.

You think it's up to you?

(But well done for checking, try looking first next time:

No, but it does put repetitive complaining into perspective. At the end of the day you didn't write a letter of complaint against him, never mind what other people have "apparently" done.

Well as a patient, I would say my opinion is pretty important, yes.

My parents have complained in the past, when we joined the surgery. It did nothing. And it did nothing for the people we know have reported him continuously since. In the end, you just have to accept that when being are being ignored by whoever it is you complain to (never sent one myself), they're going to give up. This GPs patients have complained continuously for the last decade, and when he's still acting exactly the same ten years down the line, can you blame them for simply giving up and switching to a doctor who gives a ****?

The NHS sees, on average, eight patients every second. What makes you think that your views are more important than the other ~500,000 people who see a GP on the same day?

maybe because their are other people who have similar views as her?

Do u not think that if so many people had complained about him and/or switched off his services the administrators might have realised something isnt right. Im thinking that maybe not as many people have made complaints about him than u might think.

The NHS sees, on average, eight patients every second. What makes you think that your views are more important than the other ~500,000 people who see a GP on the same day?

They have. Enough people have the evidence they made complaints (the same ****** letter we got, which thanked us for our input), that you would think something would have been done. Even if most of the people who said they complained were lying
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I never said it was more important than other patients. But it is still important.

I never said it was more important. But it is still important. If your attitude towards people who simply state their opinion is like this when you are being paid to be a doctor, then god help your patients, since their opinions mean so very little to you.

******** you're not. I think GP doesn't do this, therefore all doctors don't?

I don't think that you can really draw a conclusion about the sort of doctor/medical student that someone is just because of what they are saying on an internet forum.

Well all im saying is that it is illogical and to keep a doctor who appears to be doing so badly. I know its not like that in a lot of places as i constantly here of doctors being burned for such small things. Maybe then you should take the responsibility yourself to take further action and make sure something is done about him.

this is quite strange, we got the Patient survey just a few days ago. Shan't digress... the pdf doesn't seem to have the results for the questions which asked how well the doctor listened to the patient, how well the doctor asked about symptoms. Which could shed some light on satistfaction with the actual appointment with doctor?

No. That isn't what I said at all. I realise most doctors do the things I said. But equally most of them do all the things that have been mentioned by someone else. I would have thought what I suggested would be standard practise for ALL doctors, but I provided anecdotes to back up my opinion that not all do. I never said "all doctors fail to listen to their patients", I said some do, and provided mine as an example.

The ability to communicate effectively - verbally and in writing. In my opinion, everything hinges on this one thing.

the ability to tell the scum generally referred to as patients to jog on as and when required

Almost identical to what I said yesterday, almost down to the wording

Slightly harsh...

More than slightly true.

I think when people go to their school and say they want to do medicine, we should find a way to bring them up to the level of cynicism seen is everyone who actually got there and did a couple of years plus. Then see if its still so competitive.

I honestly can no longer see why the hell people are so damned keen to apply for this heap of steaming ahem.