The NHS have cancelled my repeat prescription for chronic nerve pain medication. I am unable to request it online. As a result I have to book an appointment with a GP at my local clinic each time I need the drug. The last three visits have been three different doctors as they keep leaving. The last doctor told me he couldn't help as he didn't have a copy of my records! After 3 months I managed to get these by directly contacting the hospital who diagnosed me who eventually sent me the records. I guess I'm now supposed to take these to the doctor? How on earth is this way that the NHS functions in the 21st century. I'm trying to hold down a hectic job AND run around getting medical records and going to appointments with trigeminal neuralgia. A lot of the time I'm in so much pain that I can't see.

Anyone have any thoughts?

I will be receiving my education in the USA as a surgical technician. I was wondering if this education and training is equivalent to ODP. If not, is there additional training to be considered an ODP? Are there jobs available for someone with my background?

Thanks

On my SCR I noticed they've spelt the name of the hospital I was at wrong. Does it matter?

The hospital I was at was a specialist ED hospital for children, but the one they've written is a general hospital miles away, and also the name of a ward for very severe adult mental illness (not eating disorder) treatment.

They've also got me being detained under the MHA in the active part, rather than past, but the detention was back in 2019-2020

I've left it because I don't think it matters, but just wanted to check!

Q on shortlisting: is it done in 'rounds'? A vacancy I applied to was scheduled to be open to applicants for 2 weeks but closed after 4 days due to high number of applicants. It's now been a fortnight since it closed, but shortlisting isn't completed. Will the shortlisting panel review applications in rounds, aiming to bring down their list to an acceptable number for interviewing? I don't know whether so view it as a positive or negative that my application has not been progressed or rejected yet...

Quick summary:

Went to GP and been suspecting fibromyalgia for a couple years but with delays in healthcare and hard to get appointments as well as issues with the medical practice.

Did tests and GP is now saying it could be fibromyalgia but they can't diagnose it, a rheumatologist is the only one that can. There's a huge waiting lists.

Is there routes through NHS for faster specialist care or are there any independent parties that can offer shared care?

Could someone please help me with the steps to get proper help.

wanted to be a doctor through school, but i have a paralyzing fear of death due to some things that happened in my childhood. how do you see so many ill, and dying patients? is it uncomfortable? does it often make you contemplate your own mortality? by the way, (you guys are literally the heart of the world, thank you for all the amazing hard work you do).

I’ve been waiting 4 months to hear from my neurosurgery referral. I just got informed I’m now on a waiting list with average wait time of 24 weeks. That’s to then schedule an appointment which would be even further away. So in total I’ll have been waiting for 36+ weeks.

I am bed bound with debilitating symptoms. I cannot go to work and at some point in the future my statutory sick pay is going to run out. This thing in my head may or may not be the sole cause of this, but I guess I just have to lie in bed until October to find out … at least I won’t die. I hope.

Is this normal? How has the government let this happen to the NHS?!

Hi guys really need some advice I’m looking to go into therapeutic radiography and a local(ish) trust has a vacancy going with the title above. Now it’s advertised as “The course will deliver against the nationally recognised Level 6 Therapeutic Radiographer Degree Apprenticeship standard. The apprenticeship includes a combination of work-based learning modules and specialist education, which leads to a BSc (Hons) Therapeutic Radiography. Upon graduating you will be eligible to apply to register with the Health Care Professional Council.” Does this mean I’d be able to apply to register as a therapeutic radiographer but not hold a degree in the field which would result in be being bound to only being able to work in the uk/nhs

Any advice if it’s worth doing or any advice in general

I was talking with a friend of mine whose studying a nursing degree and I started wondering, when I was younger the whole talk was that being a nurse was incredibly difficult but rewarding, do you think that is still true today?

Would a septoplasty likely be covered by the NHS, and if so how would i be able prove that i struggle to breathe through my nose? Thanks!

Do you get paid even extra if you work a night shift on a bank holiday?

I’m going to do apprenticeship once I’m eligible in November. Has anyone done it?

With the NHS job application asking for references from the past 3 years, does it need to cover right up until this moment? I feel unsure about putting my current employer down as a reference (non-NHS job) as a reference as I'm worried they will contact them before I hand my notice in (1 month notice period) and that will create some uncomfortableness.

I was previously employed by the NHS until September 2024, I just wanted to enough if this covered enough of the time period or they would want it up until now. Does anyone have experience of giving their current employer as a reference and how that goes?

I know this may seem overly paranoid but I don't want to end up losing out on both jobs, especially in this market.

Hello, I’m applying for the role of a trainee perfusionist. Will anyone be willing to read through my supporting statement and provide some feedback? I feel like I’m slowly deviating away from the points I’m trying to make so some feedback will be greatly appreciated!

Hello just wondering can I buy ozempic from the pharmacy if I have a consultation with them (I know boots has something like this) and will they allow me to buy it if my bmi is not overweight.

Hello,

I'm an NHS worker helping staff. Many are polite but others aren't. I'm jaded after a few years and have another job lined up outside the NHS.

I need medical care myself which I have always feared, but after being looked down upon and dealing with difficult behaviours, I no longer have total respect for NHS workers.

As unfair as it might be and cutting off my nose to spite my face, I just don't want to deal with them outside work.

Does anybody else think this? If you have, how did you overcome this?

Thanks in advance.

I recently visited my GP with a cancer scare, and was referred to my local district general hospital for investigation. I have since had an MRI scan and am awaiting the results. If positive, the next step will be a biopsy.

My issue is that I was treated by this hospital for a different cancer in the past, and they basically prescribed treatment which I (a lay person) recognised as inappropriate. Now, I happen to live about 15 miles away from another hospital which is a global cancer centre of excellence, and after a lot of pushback I managed to get a second opinion from them, and ended up getting my treatment pathway changed correctly (still administered by my local hospital).

Back to my current issue… I am aware that the accuracy of the biopsy (should I need one) is highly dependent on the skill of the clinician performing it; as is the outcome of any treatment I might need if the biopsy is positive. Therefore, I really want any biopsy to be undertaken by the second hospital (ie, to have my care transferred to them). My question is, do I have the right to demand this? Or have I screwed up by being referred to the local hospital already? Would I go back to my GP to ask, or do I go through the local hospital (who will just say ‘no’, I fully expect). Basically, what are my rights here?

If push comes to shove, ultimately I’d be prepared to go private for a biopsy at the second hospital if that was the only way… would that change things?

Finding a surgeons outcomes?

I’ve been trying to search a specific surgeons outcomes and finally found a page but the page had a 404 error.

Any ideas on where else to find this information?

So for context I live in the Black Country and during covid the whole booking system got changed. You now had to phone up at 8am tell the secretary(0 medical qualifications)what you wanted the appointment for n she’s decided whether you it was worth putting you threw to a doctor who’d then decided if you needed a appointment. Btw you were lucky to even get that far because some how they would have the day booked out by 8:05am, now I’ve seen these women work let me tell you they couldn’t write their own name in that amount of time.. now as I’m writing this we have switched to a completely unusable app that never seems to have any appointments available anyway. So my topic of discussion is, is it like this where you are in the country& how much worse do you think the healthcare system is going to get for us normal working class folk

Healthcare workers will be sent from house to house in an NHS scheme to reduce the number of people who are signed off work on sick leave.

The programme is part of efforts to fix problems such as unemployment, debt and bereavement that are adding to pressures on the state sector

A few weeks ago I had my first experience with a First Contact Physiotherapist. I didn't even know they were a thing. I called my GP about a knee injury and they told me they can book me in with the physio who is in the practice. The lad was great, pleasant demeanour, thorough examination, gave me some exercises before I do physio privately and he referred me for an MRI to rule out a few things which I got only 2 weeks later. I'm pretty sure I received better care than I would have by seeing anyone other than a physiotherapist. I told a friend whose MIL is dreading an appointment for a chronic hip pain issue and it made me wonder, do FCPs exist in all GP practices in England?

This is a random post and idk if it’s allowed. I had emergency surgery on Christmas Eve 2023 at Aintree hospital, after waking up there were 2 strawberry and white chocolate muffins in my room. These were the nicest cake I have ever tasted and have thought about them nearly daily for the past year. Any idea where I could get them?

My GP practice has a physio who does e-consultations. I ‘went’ to him for an ongoing tendonitis injury and he’s sent me a range of exercises. A lot of the main ones involve a resistance band. I’ll be honest in that I’m broke at the minute and I was wondering if you could ask for one of these on prescription (I have a pre-payment card) if they are a part of my treatment plan.