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National Awareness and Early Diagnosis Initiative: Cancer Awareness Measure, 2008

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Responses
"never know which doctor you are going to say unlike the old days when doctor knew whole family" 1
Bad weather 1
DR IS NOT VERY GOOD AT ALL 1
Difficulty in making an appointment 1
Dr, not engkish cannot understand him needs to speak slowly. 1
Experience where a sist removed and feedback made me feel problem may be serious 1
Getting time from work 1
Gps are often too busy and I feel that if i'm still mobile i'm ok 1
I don't like him 1
I patiently wait for an appointment, as it is sometimes very busy 1
INJECTIONS 1
IT WOULD PUT ME OFF BECAUSE THEY WOULD JUST MAKE A HOSPITAL APPOINTMENT 1
If it is one particular doctor I might do as I don't get on with them 1
JUST WANTING TO SEE MY OWN DOCTOR 1
Lengthy process getting to see dor, then having to wait for test results, inpersonal, having to ring them 1
Long waiting 1
Not wanting to waste his time 1
People these days ask if you have any allergies, I don't like pain. 1
Receptionists difficult to speak too. 1
Sometimes trying to find child care and the timing of appointments in fitting with other commitments is difficult in visiting the doctors. 1
Suffers with anxiety and panic attacks 1
Surgery has really bad waiting times and not being able to get off work as well. 1
The practise is disgusting 1
Try to ensure that things clear up on their own 1
Waiting time at the surgery and registering with a GP 1
Yes, at the top of a hill 1
a locumis in situ that i do not know 1
access to own doctor 1
actually finding something wrong 1
agarophobic and finds travel difficult 1
appointment times 1
appointments had to make 1
apprehension 1
apprehensive 1
appt times 1
attitude 1
being asked to see the nurse instead of the doctor difficulties in making suitable appointments 1
being atronised 1
belief that the problem is not serious 1
can be a long wait to see the doctor 1
can't be bother 1
cant get to surgery , have to call him out. 1
certain doctor i would not want to see 1
child care 2
delicate areas of the body could cause slight embarassment 1
diabetes might increase dosage 1
different doctors 1
do n ot like seeing different doctors 1
doctor is a nothing wrong with you type of person 1
doctor is coimpletly competent 1
doctor's attitude & fasting tests 1
doctor's reputation 1
does not want info put onto computer 1
doesn't like doctors 1
dont get paid if off work 1
dont like doctors 1
dont like going to doctors 1
dont really go to the doctor but would go if serious. dont bother the doctor for minor coughs and colds 1
dr not taking it seriously 1
embaressment 1
examination generally 1
fear 1
fear of any treatment that might necessary 1
fear of being fobbed off 1
fear of going into hospital 1
feel over cautious 1
feels doctor may not be pesonal enough, and would refer me to another specialist instead of dealing with me there and then 1
follow-up appointments 1
genral standard of medical doctors is sub standard 1
getting a decent doctor too many changes not interested in patients 1
getting an apptt. a/e no 1
getting through the receptionist 1
getting throuigh the recepcepitist to see tyhe doctor.ae 1
getting time off work 1
going to hospital 1
hanging about 1
hard to fit appointments and ring the day you want to see doctor 1
hate sitting waiting 1
having difficulty understanding the language of foreign doctors 1
he does not pay attention to half the things i say to him 1
i don't know my doctor-never met him 1
i have a lot of difficulty understanding him and would like a dedicated female gp available to me if required and one i could understand 1
i wouldnt want to know or go through the treatment 1
id go more often if she would listen 1
if I would have too wait a long time before going and the pain will have gone by the time the apppointment is. 1
if doctor is male 1
if have not followed doctors orders 1
if he shows no interest 1
if i couldn't see my own gp 1
if i don't want to have something done 1
if own doctor not available 1
if they started charging for services 1
ill people in the surgery 1
in my circumstance in that i am registered where i work 1
incompetence 1
injections 2
insensitrivity of doctors - previos experience 1
just a waste of time 1
just having to go not confident in doctors 1
just trying to get hold of doctor not just on the phone 1
just would not go to the doctor 1
lack of confidence in current medical practice and the length of time it takes to see somebody, 1
lack of confidence in the medical proffession 2
lack of earnings 1
lak of confidence in GP 1
language barrier 1
language of doctor difficult to understand 1
laziness 1
lenght of time when there - app times take ages ie 9am app becomes 10am 1
length of time to wait 1
length of time waiting to go to hospital 1
location of doctor (not local) 1
long way to surgery 1
losing a days work 1
making appointments are hard 1
making sure i saw the right doctor/ who knows about my history/ need consistency 1
making time, I wouldhave to do it outside work time, and if my doctor was on holiday I would leave it until he was back rather than see any old doctor 1
might not be listening to me 1
might not refer to a specialist soon enough 1
needles 1
needles and need for blood test 1
never liked going to doctors 1
no confidence in my doctor 1
not bothered if ill or not 1
not enough trust in NHS 1
not having the time 1
not see one particular doctor 1
not seeing the doctor you want 1
on tablets i lost so much weight i thought i had cancer - never felt the same since - changed docotors after seeing a specialist 1
other people in the surgery ie nurses 1
overcrowd waiting rooms 1
phobia about injections 1
poor bedside manners 1
potential cost + business of surgery and time to take off work 1
prefer to wait and see how things go 1
probably not go t male dr with female problems 1
problem taking time off work 1
receptionist 5
receptionist barrier 1
receptionist puts me off 1
receptionist/need a female dr 1
receptionists 1
respondent refused answer 1
rude 1
seeing a locum surgery losing notes 1
sex of the doctor 1
sick people in the surgery 1
sitting long time in waiting room 1
sometimes I ask to see the lady doctor, otherwise I just see the doctor 1
sometimes dont get an anwer sometimes language difficulties 1
sometimes you get referred to the hospital and it takes ages to get an appointment or a straight answer - the time it takes to get appointments is the problem - getting beyond the gp 1
stubbon and cant be bothered 1
taking time off work 1
tend to let thngs tke their cause 1
terrified of hospitals 1
the doctor 1
the doctor fob's me off all the time 1
the final diagnosis might be mistaken 1
the ladies who work on the reception ask you exactly what is wrong and expect you to tell them in a packed surgery 1
the processing - diffucult ot get app - get refreerd then that takes ages-long rigamoal 1
the receptionist has been awkward 1
the receptionist! 1
the result 1
the way the surgery is run and the fact that it is always closed at weekends, evenings,wednesday afternoons 1
the weather 1
they dont listen to you 1
they might not give me enough time to discuss it 1
they might think you are over reacting 1
thinking i could take care of it myself 1
this referes to when getting divorced and was stressed and depressed 1
time to get an appointment 1
too critical 1
two events of serious misdiagnosis in the past /drugs mismatch/liufe threatening 1
waiting rooms 1
waiting rooms sick people same people there all the time feel being as individual you are an inconvenience in terms of the waiting room.officiousness about the reception (not just receptionist) eg shting through glass. nothing is unique to them dehumani 1
waiting time 2
waiting time for apt 1
waiting time for apt currently 2 weeks with resps doctor 1
waiting time in surgery 2
waiting time involved 1
waiting time to make an appointment somtimes in excess of 2 weeks 1
waiting time,prev bad exp 1
wasting there time been there too often 1
when away from home area 1
white coat sydrome 1
work away from home so make opportunities 1
work pressure 1
worry about risk of mis-diagnosis by foreign doctors 1
would be difficult to balance looking after children, working and going to the doctor 1
would be worried that he may think less of me as a person for seeing him 1
would not know how to contact doctor - phone numbers have changed 1
yes its not seeing your own doctor, one you dont know or who doesnt know you 1
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationNational Awareness and Early Diagnosis Initiative: Cancer Awareness Measure, 2008