Not Happy with the Ro Creavin Medical centre

Your GP should be able to talk to you about your concerns. It’s a health appointment!

asking for another appointment is just crazy IMHO.

many times I have to address other issues, thankfully my doctor addressed one such issue while I was in for something else, only to find an aggressive skin cancer. Waiting for another appointment could have been serious.

By the way my doctor visit costs $30 and they say the States is expensive?

I would say it's fairly reasonable of the Doctor in this case. Similar to getting a mechanic to quote for, and start on, a job, then asking to add some bits in.

But the question in the OP is in the context of the current system.

i do suspect the issue really is time constraint here, but its hard not to default to thinking its ultimately about more money, it does make sense to address all medical conditions in one consultation, our health system really is a mess, even for the staff

Three staff suicides in ten days in UHW just shows how much stress people in the medical profession are under. Patients need to understand doctors and nurses etc are only human after all. On top of the normal stresses, they have to endure the HSE, the pandemic and are expecting a very bad flu season in the winter.

GPs have been under enormous pressure since covid, and there is a shortage of GPs. If, for every consultation, patients came in with a list of ailments they would never get through their daily appointments. I think it's unfair to expect a GP to facilitate your appointment for as long as you wish, they have other patients to see after all.

jesus christ, i was unaware of this, this is dreadful news, our health system is truly collapsing, rip

3 suicides, my God thats awful. I heard of one but didnt know there was another 2. It seems the hse is a shocking stressful place to work if you are under pressure to clear waiting lists or hit a certain quota of procedures. Its not worth your life though no job is. Very sad.

tbf, comparing health issues to any other lifes problems, is a bit fcuked up really, why entertain it!

everybody under pressure id imagine, from staff to patience, and everything in between, the sign of a seriously struggling system, yup patience can be absolute arseholes, but if your desperate for help, you ll probably say and do anything to get it.....

true, but, theres really something seriously wrong with our health system

Rowe Kraven are well known for being money money money. They are a disgrace.

Still don’t really know why anyone needs to get a consultation about Covid and travel from a GP

I’d have thought they are well known for being a GP and pharmacy. What do people want from a GP? It’s not exactly a restaurant where you can expect to get value for money or maybe pay a bit extra for an enhanced experience. If you want an appointment then you go and you pay the money, if you don’t want to pay the money then don’t go. It really is as simple as that.

I have noticed they go through a lot of doctors up there; one will start and you'll get used to them and suddenly they're gone. I am constantly seeing a new doctor over the years, which is fine but it is hard for me and for them with them not knowing me from Adam. I also have experienced an issue with the receptionists but only one in particular - S, having a bad attitude when I'm nothing but polite if not overly polite, booking an appointment over the phone and showing up only to say she accidentally booked someone else in and there's nothing can be done about it only book again, finally ordering repeat prescriptions only for her not to actually order them for me. I'll never understand whether she hates people or where she works, maybe it's both! But I prefer to avoid her myself. I haven't been in a while so I don't know if she's still there or not.

Otherwise they have good parking and fantastic nurses!

come mon up the johns hill medical. a few doctors left Rowe craven and moved there. I have an absolute gent of a Scottish doctor. after lock down i think i was nearly an half an hour in there with him. always felt fobbed off in Rowe craven

Well there's a space there now because I've left.

Lack of care from two doctors that I dealt with. Found the practice to be very money hungry.

My prescription was sent incorrect to the pharmacy but wanted more money from me to correct it. Basically another appointment to discuss it.

Took me a while to get out of there and I'm so glad I did. The mental strain of dealing with them was enough

ah, i call bullsh1t on this one, people dont forget that profiting is an element of such a practice, but when profiting becomes more of a priority over providing adequate care, we have a fcuking huge problem, people are not fcuking stupid, and people shouldnt have to fight for what they need, we re clearly experiencing a catastrophic failure of our health system, and we dont actually know what to do about it...