I have had a brilliant GP for the last 30 years. I trust him completely and he has supported me through my RA journey. I just got a letter to say he is going half time and so is giving up half his patients. They have been picked randomly and my family is one of the losers. He is a similar age to me and I knew there was a risk he might retire in the next few years. I' m sure any new doctor will have been carefully picked but this is such a big thing when you have something like RA.
Sue

That`s really bad luck Sue - I live in dread of my lovely supportive GP retiring. We are a small single doctor practice, so he and his staff know all their patients. Hope your next one is good.

Kathleen x

Hi Sue, try not to be too disheartened.
We moved house a couple of years ago and was really dreading changing my gp.
So far every time I ring for an app, which is not too often thankfully, I seem to see a different doc.
They have all been brilliant, very helpful. I figure I will eventually find a preference and will then ask for that particular one.
Can you not just ask for your old favourite, but perhaps your gp set up is different from mine where I can book an app with anyone in the practise.
If you need a quick app. however its a case of getting whoever is free.
Zena xx