Yeah, they are pretty swamped. Dr Khosal and Timmins seem to be only doing initial assessments and surgery referrals now. Tick-over and HRT meetings are handled by Dr Tickle and Dr Vaidya. I had a meeting in Jan last year and they asked me to send more bloods in a few months later which i did in April, this triggered another meeting which i was not keen on spending the day to attend just to be told all was ok so i called up and it was left that they would call me if there was any changes needed to my HRT, I heard nothing more until I sent another see to bloods in off my own back at the start of October which triggered another appointment. I got my moneys worth of time in the appointment but only because Dr Tickle could not see my file so recapped all my history!! The great thing was though I also got to meet Holly while i was there and we had a great chat.
I'm due another blood test soon at Dr Tickles request and am supposed to get an appointment off the back of it so we will see.
I think once we are stable on HRT they don't want to see us much, but it would be nice if they were more proactive in monitoring us and providing some quick feedback. Dr Webberley gets lots of criticism but she looked at and asked for my blood tests far more than NH have and i was with her for a 1/4 of the time. I feel far more like i'm on my own in the NHS system.
Laura, if its been three months then i'd be inclined to get a new set of bloods and send them in, see what happens. Who knows if we time it right we might get to have a coffee this time.
