Gift for doctor - suggestions please

tandraig

has the world gone mad? You cant buy a thank gift for your doctor?????????
would get one anyway - and say youre a friend! something suitable though, hmmm, unless you know his interests its difficult, but usually food hampers go down well.

lucky you to get a fantastic doctor and team - my gp is ok, but the receptionists are a nightmare..........perhaps I should have got them vouchers for training courses in customer service? or do colleges run courses on 'How not to Pee off patients?"

Errata

tandraig wrote: »

has the world gone mad? You cant buy a thank gift for your doctor?????????

Thanks to Dr Shipman, I'm afraid it has.

Barneysmom

It's not just that I think, the doctor is part of a team, the team work together and no just one person should benefit?

Morglin

willis wrote: »

Hi,
I want to buy a gift for my doctor who has been absolutely fantastic.
I want to get something to show how very grateful I am, up to around £50 max.
Are there any rules on what NHS staff can and can't accept as gifts?
I would rather get something that is just for him and then buy the rest of the team something else to share.
Does anyone have any ideas on what I can get him please?

Thanks

If they are like local authority staff, then anything worth over £5 has to be logged, (or this is the rule our local authority follow).

To be honest, I'd send a huge bouquet to the team - and a really nice letter to your doctor - that will probably mean more than a gift anyway.

Lin

Katgrit

As someone who works for the NHS and sees a small number of patients week in week out building friendships with them, in 3 different GP's surgeries and my local hospital, I would put money on the fact that NO-ONE i know declares ANY gifts at Christmas. I'm convinced none of them would even consider it. All i know is that we cant be seen to accept gifts which are intended to infulence our treatment of patients, ie, we cant accept QualityStreet as a method to get a patient bumped up the waiting list!! I have NEVER been told i cannot accept any gifts, but maybe i remember reading we cannot accept monietary gifts. And thats only maybe, i could have immagined it. Officially maybe we shoudn't but I'd like to see any doctors receptist turn away a patient who arrived clutching a bottle of wine.

I think that £50 is far too much, and THAT may be seen excessive, i usually just get flowers, chocolate and wine. If you want to show your appreciation i really do think a handwritten pretty card saying from the heart how much their service is valued would be much more apprciated that yet ANOTHER box of Roses.

Errata

Many large, and not so large, practices support a particular charity. A donation from a thankful patient to that charity could carry more meaning than yet another assorted box of biscuits.

lostinrates

I have an amazing medical team:o:o who have been super this year, I didn't even stop to think they wouldn't be allowed gifts, I just took in bottles for them on Christmas eve, when I had an appointment and left them with reception. I'm in on NYE too, and planned to take chocs for the rest of the practise then, but now I wnder if I've put my doctors and nurses in a difficult position?:o

VeganClaire

Hi I work for the NHS and we are not allowed to accept gifts personally but can accepts small token items e.g. chocolates to put in the staff area. Think this depends on the NHS trust and the client group you work with as some people are much more vulnerable than others.

A really nice card with a personal message goes down well and makes staff feel really appreciated. I also like the idea of a charity donation. Think it is really lovely you want to do something nice for your doctor, hope you are feeling much better now.

ceridwen

In this day and age of political correctness/and some cause for it....I personally would go for just doing a nice thank you note to the doctor concerned and a bit of nice food "goodies" (eg a homebaked cake or two - NOT a box of chocolates) delivered for the benefit of the whole team.

With that - I would have said my "thanks" - but not in any way that anyone could "take the wrong way" and given a little something to all that would be appreciated at coffeebreaks.

blue_haddock

Buy him a new stethoscope!