Reply #8: Almost two months

[magellan]

The only trouble we had was with his GP, the referrer, who was very skilled but had zero interpersonal skills. We left his office with this appointment at the hospital for three months on and no idea whether my husband was going to have "the big one" or not. We called the hospital ourselves and they checked his charts and said there was no need to worry, but they moved the appointment up a month for us anyway just to reduce his anxiety. It WAS indeed nothing major, something his GP could have gotten across better.

BTW, he wasn't our usual GP but one who stepped in (several doctors handle the workload at UK surgeries, i.e. doctor's office, and if your regular GP isn't available another sees you). We made sure not to get him again!