Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

National Awareness and Early Diagnosis Initiative: Cancer Awareness Measure, NHS North of Tyne, 2010

Variable Details

VariableOTHER
LabelOther
Responses
. 1
16 1
8.30-9 AM. IF YOU CAN'T GET THROUGH BETWEEN THOSE HOURS, YOU CAN'T GET SEEN TO. 1
ALWAYS FEEL THE DOCTOR HAS OTHER THINGS TO DO 1
ATTITUDE OF RECEPTIONIST 1
BAD RECEPTION OF DOCTOR 1
BLANK 16
CAN TAKE A WEEK TO SEE A DOCTOR 1
CANT ALWAYS GET AN APPOINTMENT WHEN YOU NEED ONE 1
CANT GET APPOINTMENT YOU RING AT 8.30AM NON STOP TO 9.10 AND CANT GET THROUGH THEN NO APPOINTMENTS LEFT 1
CANT THINK OF ANY 2
CANT UNDERSTAND LANGUAGE VERY WELL 1
COST 1
DK 8
DOCTOR IS RETIRING AND CANT GET ANOTHER DOCTOR. I THINK THIS IS DISGRACEFUL IN VIEW OF MY MEDICAL HISTORY. ANOTHER DOCTOR HAS TO TAKE EXTRA PATIENTS ON WHICH CAUSES PROBLEMS ALL ROUND 1
DOCTORS, THEIR ATTITUDE IS HORRIBLE, BOSSY RECEPTIONISTS 1
DONT FINE OT EASY TO GET ON WITH MY DOCTOR 1
DONT GO TO DOCTORS 1
DONT HAVE A DOCTOR - GO TO WALK IN CENTRE - ALWAYS BUSY 1
DONT KNOW 4
DONT LIKE DISGUSING THINGS LIKE THAT 1
DONT LIKE DISGUSSING PERSONAL THINGS WITH A DOCTOR WOULD GO TO A WALK IN CENTRE 1
DONT LIKE DOCTORS SO DONT GO 1
DONT LIKE DOCTORS, WOULD RING NHS HELPLINE 1
DONT LIKE GOING TO THE DOCTORS 2
DONT LIKE GOING TO THE DOCTORS AS THEY AREN'T VERY FORTHCOMING / FRIENDLY 1
DONT LIKE GOING TO THE DOCTORS, CAN'T TALK TO THEM 1
DONT LIKE TALKING TO DOCTOR ABOUT PERSONAL THINGS 1
DONT LIKE TALKING TO DOCTORS 1
DONT LIKE THE DOCTORS AT ALL SO WOULD NOT GO 1
FEELING IF BEING A NUISANCE 1
FIND IT DIFFICULT TO REMEBER WHAT THE DOCTOR SAYS 1
FRIGHTENED OF WASTING DOCTORS TIME IF ITS NOT IMPORTANT 1
FRIGHTENED TO GO TO DOCTOR 1
GENERALLY GO TO THE WALK IN CENTRE 1
GET FED UP AS AT DOCTORS FOR OTHER THINGS, DONT LIKE GOING 1
HARD TO GET APPOINTMENTS USUALLY TAKE 1 WEEK TO SEE DOCTOR, HATE TALKING TO DOCTOR ABOUT THINGS LIKE THAT 1
HATE GOING TO THE DOCTORS 1
HAVE A PHOBIA ABOUT TALKING TO DOCTORS TEND NOT TO GO AS I HATE IT 1
HAVE TO PHONE AT 8AM ONLY IN THE MORNIG, YOU CANT GET THOUGHT AND WHEN YOU DO APPOINTMENTS ARE ALL GONE. 1
HAVE TO RING BEFORE 10AM AND USALLY ALL APPOINTMENTS GONE BEFOR YOU GET THOUGH. 1
HAVE TO WAIT 2/3 DAYS TO GET APPOINTMENT 1
HAVE TO WAIT 3/4 DAYS IN ORER TO SEE MY DOCTOR 1
HAVE TO WAIT OVER 1 WEEK WHICH IS DIGUSTING ESPECIALLY FOR OLDER PEOPLE 1
HE LECTURES ME ON DRINKING AND SMOKING 1
I AM VERY BUSY. 1
I DON'T GO TO DOCTORS 1
I HAVE 4 CHILDREN AND WOULD BE GENERALLY TERRIFIED 1
I HAVE SEEN EXAMPLE IN THE PAST WHERE MY DOCTORS HAVE MISHANDLED CASES, WHICH HAVE GONE ON TO LONG BEFORE THEY HAVE BEEN DIAGNOSED CORRECTLY, SO I HAVE LITTLE CONFIDENCE IN MY DOCTORS. I WISH I COULD AFFORED PRIVATE CARE. 1
I JUST DON'T GO TO DOCTORS 1
I PREFER NOT TO GO TO VISIT THE DOCTOR IF POSSIBLE 1
I TRY NOT TO GO TO THE DOCTOR 1
I WOULDN'T BE BOTHERED TO GO 1
I'M TOO MANLY JUST TO GO - I'M NOT A HYPERCONDRIAC 1
IF I HAD TO SEE A MALE DOCTOR, WITH A PERSONAL PROBLEM 1
IF IN AWKWARD PLACE 1
IF IT'S A MALE DOCTOR 1
IM LAZY 1
IT WOULD TAKE ME TIME TO ADJUST TO WANT TO GO TO THE DOCTOR'S. 1
ITS A MAN THING - YOU DONT WANT TO KNOW IF THERE IS A PROBLEM 1
ITS THE WORD 'C' WHICH SCARES YOU. 1
JUST GETTING THE TIME AND HOW WORRIED I WAS ABOUT IT 1
JUST TAKING TIME OFF WORK 1
JUST TERRIFIED 1
JUST THAT I AM NOT SURE OF THE SYMPTOMS ETC 1
JUST WHAT THEY MIGHT FIND 1
JUST WHETHER I WAS WORRIED ENOUGH ABOUT MY SYMPTOMS 1
LANGUAGE BARRIER 1
LAZINESS, IF ITS GOING TO HAPPEN I'D RATHER NOT KNOW 1
MAY HAVE TO WAIT OVER A WEEK TO GET APPOINTMENT 1
MAYBE NOT KNOWING ENOUGH ABOUT WHAT I THINK MIGHT BE SERIOUS 1
MONEY - NEEDED TO PAY MORTGAGE IF CANCER FOUND 0 WHO WOULD PAY FOR ME (NO INSURANCE) 1
MY MUM HAS HAD CANCER AND I WOULD BE TERRIFIED TO GO, BUT I WOULD GO EVENTUALLY 1
NNO 1
NO 771
NO ANSWER 1
NO JUST THE TIME AND NOT KNOWING ENOUGHT OR WAITING TO KNOW. 1
NO JUST THE WIFE NOT WELL 1
NO JUST THINKING THAT IMPORTANT ENOUGH TO TAKE TIME OFF WORK TO GO AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT 1
NO JUST WHAT THEY MIGHT FIND 1
NO NOTHING 4
NO NOTHING AT ALL 1
NO NOTHING DOCTORS GOOD 1
NO OTHER REASON 3
NO REASON 1
NO TIME TO GO 1
NO, WOULD HAVE TO BE A MAN, THOUGH. 1
NO. 2
NONE 268
NONE AT ALL 26
NONE I CAN THINK OF 6
NONE THAT I CAN THINK OF 1
NONE# 1
NOPE. 1
NOT A LOT OF TRUST IN THEM 1
NOT A THING 1
NOT AT ALL 1
NOT KNOWING ENOGHT ABOUT SYMPTOMS 1
NOT KNOWING ENOUGH ABOUT THE SYMPTOMS 1
NOT WONTING TO ACCEPT ANYTHING IS WRONG 1
NOTHING 172
NOTHING AT ALL 19
NOTHING AT ALL. 1
NOTHING ELSE 6
NOTHING I CAN THINK OF 1
NOTHING I CAN THINK OFF 1
ONLY USE WALK IN CENTRES 1
PEFER NOT TO GO TO THE DOCTORS 1
PREFER NOT TO TALK TO A DOCTOR 1
PREFER TO GO TO WELLMAN CLINIC 1
PROBLEMS GETTING THERE AS NOT VERY MOBILE 1
RAINING 1
RUDE BEHAVIOUR - TOO MUCH QUEUING 1
SEEING A MALE DOCTORS (WANTS FEMALE) 1
SHOWING WEAKNESS BY GOING 1
SOMETIME TAKES A WEEK TO SEE A DOCTOR 1
SOMETIMES HAVE TO WAIT A WEEK TO SEE THE DOCTOR 1
SOMETIMES TAKES A FEW DAYS TO SEE A DOCTOR 1
SOMETIMES WAIT 5 MINUTES TO SEE THE DOCTOR 1
SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO WAIT A WEEK TO SEE SOMEONE 1
TAKES 1 WEEK IN ORDER TO SEE A DOCTOR 1
TAKES 1 WEEK TO GET AN APPOINTMENT 1
TAKES 1 WEEK TO GET APPOINTMENT, DEAFNESS / AS I'M PARTIALLY DEAF ITS AWKWARD 1
TAKES 1 WEEK TO SEE A DOCTOR 1
TAKES 1 WEEK TO SEE THE DOCTOR 1
TAKES 2/3 DAYS TO EVEN GET AN APPOINTMENT 1
TAKES 2/3 DAYS TO GET TO SEE A DOCTOR 1
TAKES 2/3 WEEKS TO GET AN APPOINTMENT 1
TAKES A WEEK TO GET APPOINTMENT 1
TAKES A WEEK TO SEE THE DOCTOR 1
TAKES A WEEK TO SEE YOUR DOCTOR 1
TAKES AGES / TAKES A WHILE TO GET TO SEE DOCTOR SOMETIMES 2 WEEKS 1
TAKES ONE WEEK TO EVEN GET AN APPOINTMENT 1
TAKES ONE WEEK TO SEE A DOCTOR AS YOU WAIT TO GET AN APPIONTMENT 1
TAKES OVER A WEEK TO GET AN APPOINTMENT 1
TAKES OVER A WEEK TO SEE A DOCTOR AS YOU CANT GET AN APPOINTMENT 1
TAKING MEDICINE 1
THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE TO GO ON SICK AND LOSE PAY 1
THE GENERAL OUTCOME WOULD BE SCARY 1
THE LENGTH OF TIME YOU HAVE TO WAIT FOR ALL, NOT ALWAYS TAKEN SERIOUSLY ALTHOUGH I DO NOT THINK THAT THE DOCTORS MEAN IT 1
THE TIME YOU HAVE TO PHONE TO GET APPOINTMENT 1
THE WEATHER 1
TOO OLD TO WORRY REALLY 1
TRY NOT TO GO TO DOCTOR 1
UNABLE TO WORK MEANS NO MONEY AND DIFFICULT TO GET STATE BENEFIT NOW. 1
USED TO BE BUT NOT NOW, GOING AND EXPLAIN 1
WAIT FOR 2 WEEKS FOR AN APPOINTMENT, WHICH IS DISGUSTING. 1
WAITING ROOMS MAKE ME FEEL UNEASY 1
WEATHER 1
WHEN HE RETIRES THIS YEAR, DONT KNOW WHERE I WILL BE YET 1
YOU CANT ALWAYS GET AN APPOINTMENT UNTIL THE FOLLOWING WEEK 1
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationNational Awareness and Early Diagnosis Initiative: Cancer Awareness Measure, NHS North of Tyne, 2010