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[sweatybet]

Hi all, rang the surgery to book a routine appointment, nothing available with the only female gp for the whole of this month.  In my area very few female GP's at all. How is it where you are?

[Joyce]

Half and half at my surgery, though at one point more female GPs than male. Most of the females are only part time.

[CLKD]

We have a few.  One left after having her baby and didn't return, she was really helpful over the years  .

[northwest1965]

Have only seem one from our surgery on a home visit. She's been on tv a few times, haven't seem her for ages.

[Limpy]

There's two holding one full time position between them.
They are both really good.

There have also been a couple of nice, competent, female trainee GPs on temporary (6 or 12 month) attachments.

[Taz2]

We've got six in our practice - some are good and some are really unsympathetic.

Taz x

[honeybun]

We have three. One who I don't like as she is very brisk. One who looks like she needs a good wash and one who I visit as she is lovely but quite young.

Bit of a mix really.

Honeyb
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[Evenstar]

Our surgery is half and half but tbh I prefer a man. I don't find our female Dr very sympathetic. She makes me feel as if I'm wasting her time whenever I go in, which isn't often

[Babylon Burning]

There are 4 doctors at my surgery, only one is female and she is useless.  I know it's wrong of me but I am secretly hoping she has a tough time with the menopause perhaps then she will change her tune!

[Suzi Q]

A lot of women GPS tend to work PTime onve theyve had theor children on Ozz
MY GP MIchael has 2 both part time
It allows him to work early take a break and then work mid afternoon till closing
He only wokrs one Sat in 3 Geoffrey goes to the lady he likes her
Others around and about maybe 60 /40 on average
Lot more women Doctors in hospitals than men

[Hurdity]

Ours are great!
A man who has just retired has been replaced by a woman so that's good.
One woman is my age and has been the specialist gynae for years - but only works 2 days/afternoons per week so is booked up for 6 weeks in advance. The new female GP is also excellent and gives me what I want re HRT although hadn't heard of Utrogestan....
There seem to be more female GPs than when we first moved here years ago - but yes they all work part-time (for obvious reasons!).
sweatybet I sympathise - are you waiting for yours for your appt? There also could be a cancellation so maybe worth ringing every couple of days?
Hurdity x

[honeybun]

Our practice has a few appointments that are available on the day. You have to call at 8:30am but you do get seen and usually get to choose the GP that you want to see.

I don't understand why some GPs are so ignorant about menopause and the related problems. You would think that as all women go through it it would be a priority to have someone who was an expert.

I think most of us have been let down by the response that we get.

There is the blank look and then the offer of something that's not suitable.

I have a drawer full of unused patches that have been given by mistake. We don't pay in Scotland but what a waste.

Honeyb
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[Suzi Q]

Thank your lucky starts your in Scotland NOT ENgland not cheap never mind free
Theres not a chance with 56 million hey?

Meno is not only the last Taboo but from nursing and pals who are nurses still now young ones daughters etc
They too are tot ignorant We are the forgotten people
It was always a joke menopausal women used to be grey haired women in their 40s looked 50s and 50s looked 60s
We used to look old just the way it was middle aged women were fattish matronly figures still to most thats the poctire
GPS I would imagine dont get much traimning on meno Id say it was just the way it is
MIddle aged grey women like their mums or nans the very idea of sex at that age yuk GPs are human as well you know
Bet the last thing a Young male or female GP wamts to do on a Monday morning or FRidfay evening is look at our Shrunken burning fanny all dry  blood red I watched an Emb bodies last night and a poor lady walked in off the street
The lady GP with the long hair examined She looked OK nice enough nicely dressed didnt look antwaky
Her poor fanny was abso dry as a bone she only open it and looked with her eyes and hands no instruments
She said right away you have Atrophy and gave her pressaries Vagifem? Shed been in agony for a few years
Wouldnt go to the GP didnt want to bother him she was in pain and ached all day sex was impossibe We are invisable