Shtuck!!!!

Mental Mickey

Can anyone advise me please??

I am in the middle of filling out a Medical Card Application form. I am trying to locate a doctor's practice in Dublin(West preferably), which is wheelchair accessible.

I was previously in a practice which was accessible, but had 4 doctors(I saw a different one every time - and ended up quite ill on one occassion - because of on of the doctor's incompetence). I then moved to another doctor who is in a practice by himself, but he doesn't do medical cards???

Any advice very welcome.

SerialComplaint

I'd have thought that most surgeries would at least have a ramp at the door. I know that's the case for the two surgeries nearest to me in Ballinteer. It all depends what you mean by 'accessible' - how wide do you need the doors? What kind of turning circle do you need? Do you need a loo?

If you really wanted to make a point, you could make a case that the HSE have a legal obligation to ensure that all GP services provided to them are required to be accessible under Section 27 of the Disability Act 2005. Why not make a formal complaint about the inaccessible surgeries, to see what happens?

Mental Mickey

I basically want one that is a single doctor practice(if possible?)

SerialComplaint wrote: »

I'd have thought that most surgeries would at least have a ramp at the door. I know that's the case for the two surgeries nearest to me in Ballinteer. It all depends what you mean by 'accessible' - how wide do you need the doors? What kind of turning circle do you need? Do you need a loo?

If you really wanted to make a point, you could make a case that the HSE have a legal obligation to ensure that all GP services provided to them are required to be accessible under Section 27 of the Disability Act 2005. Why not make a formal complaint about the inaccessible surgeries, to see what happens?

SerialComplaint

Mental Mickey wrote: »

I basically want one that is a single doctor practice(if possible?)

Do you really want a single doctor practice, or do you want a practice where your main relationship is with a single doctor? If you do get a single doctor practice, what do you do when your doc is on holliers or on training or sick or ???? My GP has two partners in the practice. I've never seen the other two, though my missus had to use one of the others a couple of times.

Mental Mickey

SerialComplaint wrote: »

Do you really want a single doctor practice, or do you want a practice where your main relationship is with a single doctor? If you do get a single doctor practice, what do you do when your doc is on holliers or on training or sick or ???? My GP has two partners in the practice. I've never seen the other two, though my missus had to use one of the others a couple of times.

I've had a couple of crappy experiences with multiple doctor practices - ended up in hospital because of one them being totally incompetent. That's why I was asking.

SerialComplaint

Mental Mickey wrote: »

I've had a couple of crappy experiences with multiple doctor practices - ended up in hospital because of one them being totally incompetent. That's why I was asking.

It's up to yourself of course, but I think you're focusing on the wrong issue. You're focusing on the number of doctors in the practice, instead of on the competence of the doctor. The fact that you've had problems in the past with the competence of doctors in multiple doctor practices does not mean that there is a general issue. If I were you, I'd focus on finding a great GP, regardless of how many others are in the practice.

You might get a better response to your question on the Dublin West board.

Mental Mickey

SerialComplaint wrote: »

It's up to yourself of course, but I think you're focusing on the wrong issue. You're focusing on the number of doctors in the practice, instead of on the competence of the doctor. The fact that you've had problems in the past with the competence of doctors in multiple doctor practices does not mean that there is a general issue. If I were you, I'd focus on finding a great GP, regardless of how many others are in the practice.

You might get a better response to your question on the Dublin West board.

I meant that I was seeing a different doctor every single time I went down.........I ended up losing a f***ing kidney because of one of them. This is why I don't want to be in a multi-doctor practice.

SerialComplaint

Mental Mickey wrote: »

I meant that I was seeing a different doctor every single time I went down.........I ended up losing a f***ing kidney because of one of them. This is why I don't want to be in a multi-doctor practice.

OK, I get it now. Sorry to hear about the kidney. There really is no excuse for this, regardless of who sees you. That's what medical records are for.

But I can certainly understand why you'd want to have a base relationship with one doc, and only use others in case of emergency. That's certainly the case with my GPs practice. Once I can be a bit flexible about days/times, I can get to see my own doc without too much hassle.

If you already had a medical card, it might not be a huge surprise that some practices would see you as a 2nd class patient. Not nice, but it does happen.

Mental Mickey

My current GP is only there at certain hours of the day. He's completely on his own - no secretary - nothing.