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1/5
I had some good and some bad experiences here. I appreciate the good doctors here, but out of the 4 GPs I've seen here in the last 2 years, 3 of them were not very helpful, some were even dismissive. In a recent appointment to review test results, the GP couldn't figure out what the cause of the pain was as the scans were clear. That is perfectly fine, and he referred us to a specialist to further investigate the issue/do more tests. I noticed he kept asking the same questions, and kept repeating the same things when we were literally standing up to leave. I did not question it at all as I took at as the doctor being extra thorough.
After I came to pay, the receptionist told me the appointment was considered "long" as we were there for exactly 31 minutes, even though the reviewing of the tests should not have taken more than 15. The doctor just told us that the scans don't show anything wrong and more testing needs to be done with a specialist, and wrote down some notes. Everything else was just asking the same question and repeating the same things.
I also booked a 15 minute appointment as I thought it should be short. If I booked a 15 minute appointment, I should have been at least informed that my booking doesn't mean anything. I had to unexpectedly pay double. I've booked "long" appointments before so I was aware of the different price ranges.
I feel like there the appointment was dragged on for no reason to increase the time. I did not want to argue with the receptionist as they are not at fault at all. I paid and left. However, I will not be going back. One good experience with one GP out of 4 of them made me trust this practice, and but the last few experiences have been unhelpful and not great. Specially this time, when the appointment was being dragged to the 30 min line.