Hi I am about to register for a Doctor,with the S1 registration form,for retired people from the UK.Could anyone recommend an English speaking Doctor (who they consider competent) Many Thanks.
Posted: Tue Jul 3, 2018 9:05pm
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Surely if you are using healthcare covered by the U.K. you need to register with the doctor in your town or village, as you need your padron along with all your other paperwork. If the doctor you are assigned doesn't speak English you will need to employ a translator.
john 1 wrote on Mon Jul 2, 2018 2:21pm:
Hi I am about to register for a Doctor,with the S1 registration form,for retired people from the UK.Could anyone recommend an English speaking Doctor (who they consider competent) Many Thanks.
The Private GP in Mojacar speaks English & you pay for that. When we turned up at our health centre having obtained the form from Social Security we were summarily.placed with a GP whose skills equate to a 1970s GP in UK. There is no equivalent in practise to a Patient's Charter here. If no understandy/ no interpreter they are and do send you away.
In spite of the alleged +ves I find the service 2nd rate in comparison to UK.
Dr. Bob & Sandra
MRCOG. FRCS.(Retired).
john 1 wrote on Mon Jul 2, 2018 2:21pm:
Hi I am about to register for a Doctor,with the S1 registration form,for retired people from the UK.Could anyone recommend an English speaking Doctor (who they consider competent) Many Thanks.
The Private GP in Mojacar speaks English & you pay for that. When we turned up at our health centre having obtained the form from Social Security we were summarily.placed with a GP whose skills equate to a 1970s GP in UK. There is no equivalent in practise to a Patient's Charter here. If no understandy/ no interpreter they are and do send you away.
In spite of the alleged +ves I find the service 2nd rate in comparison to UK.
Dr. Bob & Sandra
MRCOG. FRCS.(Retired).
Posted: Thu Jul 5, 2018 12:43pm
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BobL wrote on Wed Jul 4, 2018 8:00pm:
The Private GP in Mojacar speaks English & you pay for that. When we turned up at our health centre having obtained the form from Social Security we were summarily.placed with a GP whose skills equate to a 1970s GP in UK. There is no equivalent in practise to a Patient's Charter here. If no u...
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...nderstandy/ no interpreter they are and do send you away.
In spite of the alleged +ves I find the service 2nd rate in comparison to UK.
Dr. Bob & Sandra
MRCOG. FRCS.(Retired).
To be fair, not too sure how an elderly Spaniard with no English/ interpreter would fare at our local practices in Suffolk, I am sure everyone would be nice and try hard, but would not feel staff need to learn Spanish - especially well enough to describe symptoms and prescribe safely...
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