Anyone know of good thyroid endocrinoligist in scotland

[susiebow]

[Doubletrouble]

Hi, I'm in Scotland and I had a very positive meeting with my endo last week. If you PM me I can give you details.

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Hi

Please can you email me with the details for our list - thanks!

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[macdonough in reply to Doubletrouble]

I would also be interested. Sorry don't know what PM is ??? mcd

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a private message - if you click on the person's picture that you want to message you will see an option J x

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Susie - we have a couple on our list - email me.

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[roslin]

Hi susie

I live in scotland and as far as I understand it we do not have the same right to choose consultant and hospital as they do in England. This is because the funding works differently to England where the GP controlls the money. Unless you have a complex medical condition you will be sent to your own NHS. I think the idea is that you should have the same standard of treatment in any hospital (which you obviously dont). With complex medical conditions I mean things like spinal injuries and paediatric urology, things like that which would have scottish specialist centres. If you can make your GP sand you out of area I have understood that Dundee has a good endocrinology department.

Roslin

PS went to the GP yesterday afer having seen Dr S to ask her to prescribe T3, expecting her to say no. She had no problems prescribing T3 and when I said that is is very expensive she replied that she has no concerns about funding drugs as this is centrally controlled in Scotland(eg NHS Lothian). Drug requests can still be denied by the local NHS

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[susymac in reply to roslin]

I lived in Scotland all my life until 2 years ago. Never saw an endo, but did over the years see other consultants for other things, none of them were ever at my local hospital, I always chose to go to Glasgow hospitals, which was a completely different health board.

These were not for services outwith my local area hospitals, but by choice pure and simple. I just told the GP's who I wanted to see at which hospital and requested to be sent there instead, none were ever refused or even attempt to disuade me. As far as I'm aware the cost is the same whether its to a local healthboard or a different one, just slightly more paperwork

[susymac in reply to susymac]

Forgot to add, i did once request to see an english consultant, as I was too ill to go myself, but could be taken by a friend if I stayed, but they did refuse that because NHS england and NHS Scotland are entirely separate.

[roslin in reply to susymac]

Hi susy, I am glad that you were sent out of area to the hospital of your choise.. I was trying to explain, but probably didnt do a very good job, that the thinking in scotland is that you have the same good standard of treatment everywhere, and of course you havent. NHS Scotland funding is significantly higher than in england because scottish health is a lot poorer, which is interesting because I dont think the service seem to be any better.

The system is a lot more collective and less individualistic than in England. I know that if you live in the highlands and islands you can easier be sent out of area.

When I was refered to RIE and I expressed a preference for a specific Dr there and was told that the referal went to the endocrinology department and you were allocated to the first available consultant. If you wanted a specific consultant you had to ring on the morning of the clinic and make sure you were put on his/her list. The system is just a little different.

Roslin

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Professor Graham Leese at Ninewells Hospital in Dundee is supposed to be very good

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If this is the same Graham Leese who attended our petition meeting on October 1st, I wouldn't bother, personally.

Professor Leese: The science is potentially

being overinterpreted. It is right at the cutting

edge, so we need to be cautious about it. As

Professor Williams said, the bottom line is that we

want to give and advise treatments that are safe.

I suppose that there is one area in which there

may be some evidence, which we are being asked

for. The percentage of patients on thyroxine who

have expressed problems in large trials is perhaps

10 or 12 per cent or so. That is the same

percentage of patients who express similar

adverse effects in other trials for patients who are

not on thyroxine at all. There is a general

symptomatology around for whatever reason. I

agree that the medical profession perhaps does

not have a good handle on what is causing that,

but that does not necessarily mean that it is a

thyroid cause

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