Picking a private doctor / surgeon

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i need some debris taken out of my knee... Picked a doctor for an initial appointment, his secretary said she would get my xrays.

I turn up for the £300 initial ( 10 mins as it turned out ) appointment,
1) doctors got no xrays,
2) no questions asked
3) he seems surprised we turned up to waste his time and uninterested - at one point he waved a letter in the air and asked where we for that from
4) told to get a MRI
5) told to put ice on it (even though i said it did not hurt)

He seemed the most qualified at the practice (not that i know much about medical credentials)

Is this normal? is it the fact i'm dealing with the skilled surgeon that only cares about the end result? (i can understand he knows nothing until he sees the MRI) - but why not tell me to get an MRI before the visit
 
Azza said:
You going through insurance or paying yourself?

Who ordered / where did the x-ray get done?
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paying myself, NHS xray, NHS MRI in 2 weeks, NHS initially gave me an appointment for end of august to even see anyone.. they last week moved it all forward (no specific reason and its not really that bad)
 
D-Ranged said:
I was having a weird issue with my throat in 2021 that was going on for quite a long time. NHS was being the NHS, so i decided to go private. Found a specialist near me that had seemingly good reviews, booked in and was told i had to go to a public hospital 30mins from me.

Turns out, its just an NHS docotor that does private work at the same time. I got seen straight away, while others were queing. That was about the only good thing.

He had a very similar attitude to the guy you saw, didn't seem to bothered at all, looked down my throat with a head mounted camera, told me there's nothing wrong and its probably stress... All to the tune of £280.

I managed to workout the issue and resolve it myself again, it wasn't stress.

Long story short, its not always better, you just get in quicker. Obviously there will be plenty of stories opposite to us, just my 2p.
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worked it out yourself i love that! I had bad heart burn for 20 years (a few times a week).. was using ant-acid almost daily (gp said common issue blah)... watched a random YT video about acid reflux often being lack of acid not too much acid.. I now take apple cider vinegar daily and dont use ant-acid any more (fixed for 3 years) it also fixed an annoying twitch i some times got under my eye that was related to lack of stomach acid in a round about way..
 
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Just a follow up, after having concerns about the surgeon and the first visit, the visit after we had the mri was so much better.. The first visit where he told me to get an mri was billed at 250 not the advertised 300, we were not charged for the 2nd visit where he looked at the mri scan. The manor in Oxford was amazing.
 
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