Moved a mile and forced to change Doctors

Goldust

Hi,

Not sure I've posted this in the right place - I moved recently a mile down the road and have received a letter from the NHS informing me I will be removed from my Doctor's practice list.

I thought I was free now to choose my doctor? Can they do this? I'm happy with my current doctor and have built up a relationship over many years and it's very important to me.

Is there anything I can do?

McKneff

Ring them and ask.

saving_pennies

Hi Goldust,

This happened to me a year ago. Doesn't seem fair does it?

Unfortunately, for me, contacting the surgery and talking to the practice manager didn't help. I still had to change GP's.

You could contact your local Primary Care Trust. When I did last year I was told I had to change GP, however, I called recently and was told if I write my situation in a letter they will consider whether to over-ride the GP surgery catchment area and allow me to register at my old GP. I've yet to do this so no idea if I will be successful but if you have no luck with your GP surgery it may be worth looking for your local Primary Trust (listed on https://www.nhs.uk).

Good luck.

Anubis_2

If the GP practice operates the catchment area system, then it will be because of your GP or GPs surgery that you have had to leave.

Have you contacted your actual GP's surgery? If not, give them a call and see what they say.

snoopy89

same happened to me after 20 years with same doc, only moved a quater mile, asked if they needed extra petrol money incase of call out, bloody angry i was two. i even complaned to pct, they said its up to pratice, i said u pay them. but as we are in rip of uk there we go. we have to start all over again with people that dont know us. beam me up scottie or may a ufo come and take me away.;):D

Brassedoff

Same with me a few years ago, removed from my GP's list whilst on a waiting list for an. Did not win no matter what I did, I ended up going to one of those large all purposes surgeries and saw several doctors and stuck with one I found was best for me.

doggle_2

I'm glad I'm not the only one that has had this propblem. I have moved 7 times in the past 5 years. They kept putting the rent up after the first 6 months and I couldn't afford it (the council wouldn't pay it all).

I have had 5 GP surgeries in 5 years. The thing is a nightmare, no sooner does one doctor get to know me and works with my needs that I leave and start all over again.

My last move is into a basement bedsit (1 room + bathroom, a bit damp and cold) where I am now. The rent is now paid fully as the landlord wanted less than the council were prepared to pay.

So I shouldn't have to move for a while, hopefully unless the landlord gets greedy like the rest of them.

SailorSam

Although i've moved house several times over the years i've always been in roughly the same same area so stayed with the same doctors as i was when a baby (even though the GPs have changed) When i there a few years ago he asked my address and said i shouldn't be with him, it was out of the area. I told him i was the sort of customer he should want, he gets paid for me but hardly ever sees me, i said if i went to get a doctor in 'my area' the chances were that by the next time i'm sick i'll have moved house anyway. He explained what it really meant was 'cos i lived out of his area he wouldn't do a home visit, i said if i was that sick i needed a home visit i wouldn't be at home but probably would be getting looked after in my Mums, which was in his area. .......... He told me i could stay, and incidentally have now moved back into the area.