Sadly docs don't do common sense too often, in my experience, which is why i always ask them questions about follow up treatments, what to do if this, if that, and I never expect them to have read my notes before i go to see them. I also go to nearly all wifey's appointments with them for the same reason.
I do have some sympathy for them, they have to work like fuck now to keep up with all the protocols post Shipman etc i am talking GPs particularly here.
I once went on my practice's website and found out of all the docs, and there are about 20, only one was full time. So I asked my GP why that was, and he explained that any GP who worked full time in that practice would be off on sick leave in short order. One did try to do it and was forced to go part time. So I suppose that was the one I saw. and they all complain about the lack of time they can spend with each patient, which is stressful for them as they must worry they are not doing the job properly.
I think some of this dates back to the time when the GPs were given a stupidly high payrise. the govt realised but couldn't cut their pay, so they had to make them work harder to compensate, leading to the present situation where very few want o become GPs.
But others more in the know will qualify what I am surmising here.
