GP wants us to leave his surgery as we have moved house

Adereterial

If you are outside their catchment they are not obliged to keep you, so if they have said no then you will have to change GP.

Think of it this way - you may be preventing the people that have moved to your old house from being registered at a surgery near their home, just for your own convenience. That's incredibly selfish. Find a new GP within 30 days & all of your records will be transferred over.

LilElvis

Shell567 wrote: »

Thanks Hollydays

I did write in my email to the practice manager that we don't need any house visits and we can manage as we stay near to the hospital.

So your plan is to stay with your current practice, not be eligible for home visits and waste valuable NHS time and resources by taking yourself to A&E instead?

Double_V

Please find yourself a new GP in your new catchment area, as this might also prevent people moving in your old area to get registered.

G_M

How long have you been with the current GP? How well do you know the GP/does the GP know you?

It might be worth making an appointmet and asking the GP him(her)self.

I know of a case where a friend moved just out of area and received the same information as you from the Practice Manager. However the GP overruled this and permitted the patient to stay on his list as he'd been treating him for many years.

arcon5

Taking up an appointment slot to discuss practice policies with the doctor himself is as selfish as it gets!

Your friend should have written him/her a letter. Not cost somebody else the opportunity to see the doctor, they don't exactly have a surplus of spaces these days!!

neilmcl

arcon5 wrote: »

Taking up an appointment slot to discuss practice policies with the doctor himself is as selfish as it gets!

Your friend should have written him/her a letter. Not cost somebody else the opportunity to see the doctor, they don't exactly have a surplus of spaces these days!!

I have to agree. A GP appointment, when most GP services are overstretched, should be used for medical issues only. Write your doctor a letter.

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G_M wrote: »

It might be worth making an appointmet and asking the GP him(her)self.

I think that might be very counter productive.

Medical appointments are just that, they are for examination and treatment not discussion.

meer53

Moneyineptitude wrote: »

I think that might be very counter productive.

Medical appointments are just that, they are for examination and treatment not discussion.

The appointment would never get past the receptionist anyway !

neilmcl

meer53 wrote: »

The appointment would never get past the receptionist anyway !

Not all receptionists ask what the appointment is for, thank goodness.

Shell567

Thank you to all of you
Hooray I have changed my GP
Changes are important in life
Learnt a lesson