Fobbed off by your doctor? Now a second opinion from an expert is just one phone call away

[allyb]

Fobbed off by your doctor? Now a second opinion from an expert is just one phone call away



I had NO idea this establishment existed, I had never heard of the Honorary Doctors' Association.


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...ow-second-opinion-expert-just-phone-away.html

Four years ago, Mary Foord-Brown was in despair, afraid she was never going to find the right medical help for her two children.

Branded an 'over-protective' mother who was 'inventing' illnesses for them, she had just been struck off by her GP surgery in Woodbridge, Suffolk.

She had two sick children at home - Lilac, then 12, and Victor, ten - suffering from scarlet fever, and subsequently a form of pneumonia. This had come after a litany of other illnesses.



'Anyone could see they weren't well - they seemed exhausted and didn't pick up after normal childhood illnesses,' says Mary, 48, a charity volunteer who is married to Martin, 58, a psychologist.

'I took them to the GP a number of times, and eventually waited for the out-of-hours service to click in as I felt I got better care then. The children were both treated with antibiotics but neither seemed to be getting better.

'They needed to see a paediatric consultant but I couldn't get a referral.'

Indeed, the GP surgery's response was a letter informing the family that 'due to a breakdown in relationships' they would no longer treat them.

'I felt as if the NHS washed its hands of us,' says Mary.

Desperate, she called a private doctor, although she could not afford prolonged private treatment - and the secretary suggested she contact a new organisation, the Honorary Doctors' Association.

This charity offers free advice and treatment from some of the most eminent private and NHS consultants and GPs in the country.

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The “Honorary Doctors Association” soon to become “Patient Care Trust”

Visit www.hdapatientcaretrust.com or call 020 7935 8366.

Maybe they exist because we don’t know; gosh if we were to all contact them, they may well buckle under the sheer volume.

 

[maryb]

Where would you start? I need an hour's consultation at least?
Good find though.

 

[Enid]

It's quite some reminder how little the average UK GP knows or cares to know.

 

[Allyson]

Thanks that i sgreat to kknow Ally b
is it just in Britain?

Am one know of similar in Australia please?

cheers