my rant
We have just had one of those weekends which i could have done without. Friday night Archie started being sick would not keep anything down and was becoming dehydrated his soft spot was slightly sunken so i phoned Primecare the out of hours doctor service...
What a joke this was...we were told to take him along at 10 past eight the doctor looked at him said he is fine gave us a script for dyoralyte and that was it, I queried his chest and the fact he sounded rather chesty so he checked that, he then shouted boo which scared me half to death never mind Archie then proceeded to shine a bloody flash light in his eyes his conclusion again little one fine and thn started to tell us that the baby who had just left the one with the skinny dad now that was a poorly baby and he had just admitted her to a ward at the local hospital ( data protection at its best).My hubby then asked about the sunken soft spot and the doc turned to him ,and said "If you are not happy then take him to A&E for a second opinion, yes please do that take him to A&E" At this point my hubby got up to leave and we ended up at A&E...Having lost all confidence in the doc after an hour wait in A&E he was fully checked over and we were sent on our way feeling a lot happier than before....
I think that the doc thought that we were neurotic parents and possibly wasting his time... Bloody hell he needed to find his bedside manner...
I do panic when they are ill I feel that this is my mothers instinct and the fact that meningitis scares me so so much and you hear so many stories about doctors getting it wrong that i think i need to ask questions and if i offend a doctor by doing this then tuff....
Anyway it was a tummy bug I suffered yesterday and so did Charlotte (4) Hubby and eldest so far escaped the dreaded bug..the house stinks of disinfectant and tea tree....
Rant Over I would complain to my GP but will probably be wasting my breath it will more than likely be filed under B for bin...
P>S if any of you work in Casualty I think you are amazing it is a job i would not want, the nurses were all young and as we left at quarter to 10 at night it was starting to fill with drunks and half beaten people obviously not a great place to be on a night...
What a joke this was...we were told to take him along at 10 past eight the doctor looked at him said he is fine gave us a script for dyoralyte and that was it, I queried his chest and the fact he sounded rather chesty so he checked that, he then shouted boo which scared me half to death never mind Archie then proceeded to shine a bloody flash light in his eyes his conclusion again little one fine and thn started to tell us that the baby who had just left the one with the skinny dad now that was a poorly baby and he had just admitted her to a ward at the local hospital ( data protection at its best).My hubby then asked about the sunken soft spot and the doc turned to him ,and said "If you are not happy then take him to A&E for a second opinion, yes please do that take him to A&E" At this point my hubby got up to leave and we ended up at A&E...Having lost all confidence in the doc after an hour wait in A&E he was fully checked over and we were sent on our way feeling a lot happier than before....
I think that the doc thought that we were neurotic parents and possibly wasting his time... Bloody hell he needed to find his bedside manner...
I do panic when they are ill I feel that this is my mothers instinct and the fact that meningitis scares me so so much and you hear so many stories about doctors getting it wrong that i think i need to ask questions and if i offend a doctor by doing this then tuff....
Anyway it was a tummy bug I suffered yesterday and so did Charlotte (4) Hubby and eldest so far escaped the dreaded bug..the house stinks of disinfectant and tea tree....
Rant Over I would complain to my GP but will probably be wasting my breath it will more than likely be filed under B for bin...
P>S if any of you work in Casualty I think you are amazing it is a job i would not want, the nurses were all young and as we left at quarter to 10 at night it was starting to fill with drunks and half beaten people obviously not a great place to be on a night...
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I took my LO today as she had been unwell over weekend and after calling nhs helpline for advise they said take her in on monday just to check.
it was an emergency appointment so not my doc but he was great checked chest, looked at skin for dehydration, checked temp, looked in ears and mouth and then said if we had any worries to take her straight back in.
you can't be too careful with babies as they can get worse so quickly, if you find that they try to book an appointment with this doctor again i would tell them no way and request someone else.
Hope you are all better soon!!
After reading your comments and speaking to people more and more people have complaints re the out of hours service..
Like you hayley that was one of the things he asked when we were on our way out is he our first... He is my third and i am experienced but will always panic no matter if he was my 100 th baby...