Seeing my consultant

[Priddyboy]

How often can I expect to see my consultant? I have cirrhosis and more symptoms now

[Pussycat65]

I see mine every six months! I have non alcoholic Cirrhosis. They have never found out the cause!!

[davianne]

Hi Priddy,

I have F4 cirrhosis, along with many of the associated symptoms, but despite these, my consultant has reduced my appointments, bloods, US scan etc from 6 monthly to yearly. The NICE guidelines for consultant appointments is, I believe, 6 monthly, so I will be raising this at my next appointment in early April.

David

[Muriel1 in reply to davianne]

Thanks for that. Our GP hub is in crisis with our surgery now opening only 2 days a week so can’t even talk to a GP on the phone. Feels isolating.

[davianne in reply to Muriel1]

Hi Muriel,

I feel so sorry for you having to deal with this.

That is unacceptable and should not be allowed to happen. Is it a staffing problem? I think you should contact PALS, the practice manager, or possibly change GP Hub if that is possible.

David

[Hidden in reply to Muriel1]

That's just terrible. How do you cope? Love and hugs Lynne xxxx

[Hidden]

Sadly it's very much a postcode lottery as different areas have different types of consultants.

Where I happen to live, we only have Gastroenterologist, other areas like London and Birmingham have more Hepatologists.

If you happen to live in a deprived area, liver disease maybe higher and thus cause a greater demand on hospitals and consultants. So, it's very much a case of, "horses for courses" I'm afraid.