In a state - I'm Pregnant! poss sensitive

make_me_wise

My advice would be to phone the surgery in the morning and ask for the practice manager. Explain your situation to him/her and insist on seeing a doctor in the next couple of days.

I cant bare power tripping jobsworths like that receptionist you describe. 2 weeks to see your gp is ridiculous, why should you have to tell a receptionist and a nurse who cant help you, such intimate information.

mishkanorman

I agree with the others, get back on the phone to GP's in morning and firmly state you need an appointment within the week. If they are still awkward state you are not happy to discuss a private medical matter with them and INSIST ! The last thing you need is more stress right now, good luck !

nottslass_2

make_me_wise wrote: »

My advice would be to phone the surgery in the morning and ask for the practice manager. Explain your situation to him/her and insist on seeing a doctor in the next couple of days.

I cant bare power tripping jobsworths like that receptionist you describe. 2 weeks to see your gp is ridiculous, why should you have to tell a receptionist and a nurse who cant help you, such intimate information.

I agree that the OP should ask for an urgent appointment with the GP, if she's questioned as to her reasons then she should simply say "its personal & urgent,but I'd rather not discuss it over the phone "

I disagree that the receptionist is a "power tripping jobs worth" she will simply be doing her job within the protocols of the practise.

I'm assumeing that the practise will have a certain number of pre bookable routine appointments and some urgent slots that can be booked at short notice. It is the receptionists job to ensure that the slots are used appropriately and to enable her to do this a certain amount of infomation needs to be obtained from the patient. Without such protocols all the urgent slots will be taken up with "jamies acne" or "mrs smiths bunion" leaving people like the OP who really need to see the GP quickly waiting longer than necessarily.

Gillyx

When I told my Dr surgery I was pregnant it was a 2 week wait for a specific GP, but for emergency appointments they have open surgery, I thought by rule of thumb they had to offer a similar set up, either by ringing on the morning of the appt or going up and waiting until you could be seen.

MrsAtobe

Tell them it's post operative pain, that should do the trick. .

grey_lady

I'd agree that you should be able to tell your gp surgery that you need a same day emergency appointment, if the receptionist isn't cooperative then tell her test you wish to make a formal complaint to the practise manager.

It's totally your right and your choice for a termination especially if your certain that it's right for your situation, but I wanted to point out that although it's not as well known as PND, there is such a thing as ante natal depression, is there any chance that your situation and your expectation of how things would be with another baby is making you depressed?

meritaten

scuse me - but someone who is pregnant and wanting a termination is NOT exactly an emergency is it! I would have been furious if I had phoned the GPs for my mum last week and got the last emergency appointment - if that had been taken by someone who just wanted a termination before she started thinking she was having a baby. my mum is nearly 80 and it took us days before we got her to agree to see a doctor - and an emergency appointment was the only way we could get her there - good thing we did - she was dangerously ill!
so dont blame the receptionist too much - she obviously suspected that the appointment wasnt actually an emergency! which it wasnt was it?
I would have thought a Family Planning Clinic more suitable! as they can refer you and the GPs signature is almost automatic!

j.e.j.

OP I wish you luck with things, but long-term I'd consider changing surgery if not being able to get an appointment within a reasonable time is something that happens a lot? I did this when I found that our local surgery never had appointments unless you booked your illness/condition 2 weeks in advance (!!) and the receptionist told me that same-day appointments were for "life or death" situations only. BS!! If it was Life or death, you'd phone 999..

Dave101t

why would he feel guilty about not having the snip? just stop having sex, it worked for me, no pregnancies!

Nottoobadyet

I dont know how typical this is of your surgery, but I've heard in the past of anti abortion GPs or support staff delaying women who want terminations through various methods until they pass the legal upper limit. Wait two weeks for a consultation, then take another two weeks to think about it, then push back the appointment another two weeks....

Call Marie Stopes or Bpas and they will help you sort out the NHS referral.