purple  Posted: 27/07/2009 22:23

hi

i always go to my GP for a checkup, especially for my bloodpressure, he wouldnt go and say u r wasting my time, GPS are suppose to be there to help patients not give out to them as they wanta checkup, MY ADVICE CHANGE YOUR GP.if my GP were to say to me, u r wasting my time i would stand up and say, u r here to help me not give out to me,i am with my GP for 20 years now, he is a fab doc, great with kids , sits and u can tell him anything,

eldel  Posted: 26/07/2009 06:32

I'm interested in the same thing for my husband. Nothing fancy just blood pressure/cholesterol/general blood tests, weight, breathing, aural and optical tests.  Shouldn't take long yeah? NO!  I was quoted €600. And given the same excuse as yourself.  In fact we've had more success going in with inane made-up issues just to get these very things done.  The doctors don't like doing it apparently because it costs money/time to give appointments.  God forbid they'd forfeit 10 patients an hour at €60 quid a pop. 

AngryPatient  Posted: 12/02/2007 20:56

Can anyone tell me is it normal for a guy in ireland at the age of 27, to go his GP, for a annual checkup, I have never been and after some discussion with my wife, who is american, she advised me that it would do know harm, so last week I made an appointment to go this morning.... When I went in the doctor basically accused me of being a hypocondriac and there was no need for me to be "wasting his time", "and that the american way of life of annual checkups is only a way for doctors in the states to rip people off." When I told him I had never had an STD test, he said to me, "Oh now come on, its not like your sleeping around on your wife", no I havent but I have had sexual partners before meeting my wife, and anyway how the hell would he know? Sorry just needed to vent, took a morning of work for this and it bugged me all day,