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GPs Behind Closed Doors

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Luckygirl3 Thu 04-Jun-26 15:57:47

Just watching this and it is clear that these patients are being seen within a day or two. I am also impressed by the fact that if a blood test or ecg are needed the patient just goes back to the waiting room and it is done on the spot by one of the nurses. I have just seen an on the spot atrial fibrillation diagnosis ... It took months for me! ... going back and forth.
Ours is a rural practice and going back and forth is a very long process!
They are looking for people to join their patient feedback group ..
. I think I might volunteer!

EllieAnne Thu 04-Jun-26 16:11:04

I love this programme. Is it a new series?
The doctors are always so helpful and supportive.
I was at the gp the other day who has never seen me before and she was very helpful but I didn’t feel ‘seen’ as a person.

Oreo Thu 04-Jun-26 16:12:44

If this is a tv programme then the doctors know they’re being filmed and will act accordingly.

PamelaJ1 Thu 04-Jun-26 16:44:17

I made the same comment last night Luckygirl. I don’t often watch this but am always amazed by the excellent care the patients get.
The young man got his ‘odd’ spot biopsied almost immediately.
I didn’t although mine was presenting in a very classic way. My Dr. said he couldn’t see it! Therefore I was I imagining it.

HowVeryDareYou2 Thu 04-Jun-26 17:39:54

Oreo

If this is a tv programme then the doctors know they’re being filmed and will act accordingly.

True. Just the same as Casualty 24/7, where the staff take drinks and sandwiches round to patients. It doesn't happen in real life - it's all done for the cameras.

Bea65 Thu 04-Jun-26 17:43:39

I believe these series are a few years old as researched the Midlands one and Fulham series, they are not recent…

Primrose53 Thu 04-Jun-26 17:44:35

Oreo

If this is a tv programme then the doctors know they’re being filmed and will act accordingly.

You are so right.

Doodledog Thu 04-Jun-26 18:03:55

I think they may have been true at the time of recording (it started in 2014, apparently) but times have changed since then.

ginny Thu 04-Jun-26 18:13:42

That’s the way it used to be more often than not.
Certainly not now in most cases.
I sometimes watch this programme and think ‘if only’. .