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GPs will often provide a form for you to fill in when you request to change your name, title and/or gender on their records. You do not need a deed poll in order to change your name with them.
Just got registered with a local GP in Ireland¹ and their first email states that all their staff are “formally trained in GDPR procedures and any information you give will be used in the strictest confidence.”
Their email address is @gmail.com
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¹ This, in and of itself, is a bloody miracle these days, apparently, and only happened because it’s a new practice that’s just opening up.
I burned my GP micro usb battery charger 🫠 This is insides of the charger.. they could not care less to include a polyfuse or a single diode to prevent current related issues.. such a waste!
One of the best things I did this year was changing my #GP
Not that my previous GP was bad, but my current GP is just better run, as in, when you make an appointment, you will wait max 10 minutes.
Other great things are that I have a more casual and friendly rapport with him, and that they specialise in #queer medical needs. The waiting room is the most diverse I've ever seen.
And to make things better, I can make appointments online and get results texted.
Refused meds by GP who promised to prescribe until I found a new GP (he dropped me bc my case is too complex). Changed his mind! Now have 6 days to find any doctor to write a script or #withdrawal agony & no #pain control.
Refused meds by GP who promised to prescribe until I found a new GP (he dropped me because my case is too complex). Changed his mind! Now have 13 days to find any doctor to write a script or #withdrawal agony for me & no #pain control.
Refused meds by GP who promised to prescribe until I found a new GP (he dropped me because my case is too complex). Changed his mind! Now have 13 days to find any doctor to write a script or #withdrawal agony for me & no #pain control.
Hey #Canadians I'm trying to figure out what healthcare is like there. Everywhere has problems but they're all a bit different. Here in the USA people don't want to go to the hospital and rack up a bill that will leave them homeless so they stay home and die of something preventable. One person on Reddit said in #Canada people die of cancer while waiting for the results of their biopsy - they can afford the care but it takes so long because everything is so backlogged they die anyway. How true is this? Wait times for specialists take a couple months where I am in the US and the ER wait times probably 4-12 hrs.
You're going to get #conflicting#answers to many questions, because #health is a #provincial responsibility, so there are 13 different systems across Canada, and each does things a little differently.
#Access also varies a lot across the country, even within a province or territory. There are many #specialists in the largest centers, and next to none in #rural areas.
In the thinly-populated prairies, even getting a regular G.P. can be difficult or impossible.
Refused meds by GP who promised to prescribe until I found a new GP (he dropped me because my case is too complex). Changed his mind! Now have 17 days to find any doctor to write a script or #withdrawal agony for me & no #pain control.
Refused meds by GP who promised to prescribe until I found a new GP (he dropped me because my case is too complex). Changed his mind! Now have 20 days to find any doctor to write a script or #withdrawal agony for me & no pain control.
This appalling extremist Govt talks of £240Million for GP phone systems. It looks like this isn't even new money. These Tories cut thousands of #GP jobs, when it's GPs that are needed, not canned music while waiting 4 a reply. https://tinyurl.com/5cnfvpd7#NHSCrisis#ToryLiars