> Am I alone in this position or is it a unique experience? I have
> not set out to cause any offence as many of my colleagues in
> primary care are extremely hard working and conscientious and I
> do not want to cause them any offence and would value their advice.
Danny,
Totally agree this is unacceptable (as would pretty any GP you speak to).
I've encountered this before in A&E, and my experience is that the GP is
'having a bad day'.
It may be as simple as being over-run in an open Saturday morning surgery.
If 60 punters turn up 10 minutes before you finish for the weekend, it's
very tempting to punt as many of them as you can in various directions, and
I'm sure you have probably referred an odd duffer to the in-house teams in
such circumstances yourself in A&E. I must confess that I have sent some
absolute rubbish to hospital before in times of stress.
More worryingly, it may be a GP on the point of total failure - having had
to go in to practices where the GP has failed (and even committed suicide),
this is a classic warning sign.
It's the failure to own up to dumping on you that is most worrying (a simple
"it's a fair cop, gov, I was up all night and have had an awful morning and
I'm sorry I dumped on you" would have gone a long way in such a situation).
It may be worth writing a note to the practice as a whole (or the PCT as has
been suggested) pointing out how uncivil this is and that you would like an
assurance that the behaviour was a once off.
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Robbie Coull
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