A revised version of an earlier thread which contained rule-breaking material and so was closed. Hopefully it no longer does so.
I have questions surrounding GPs in the UK for reasons which I cannot disclose but would urgently appreciate answering. I am currently registered with a GP but I am considering going to a different one whilst still registered with the other, but I am unsure of how the GP system works; is it even possible to register with two GPs? If I go to register with a GP, will they know I am already registered with a different one? If they would know, is this a problem or is this allowed? Is there a system in which they can see I am visiting these two separate medical practices and being separately diagnosed? If I were able to register and receive an appointment, and if I were to explain these issues of mine which I cannot disclose here to this other GP, could they just look on their PC screen and ask, "is this not something you were diagnosed with at a separate practitioner's a few days ago?" Essentially I am wondering if there is a database in which all this information is collected on individuals which the GP could see; obviously it would be undesirable if this new GP looked and saw I had been already been diagnosed just a week ago elsewhere. Ideally I would be hoping for a completely disconnected system in which I could stroll around seeing different GPs with none aware of my visiting of any others. These are all important questions to me as I would prefer for my GP to not be informed of an attempt to register with another GP as that would make things awkward between us.
I have questions surrounding GPs in the UK for reasons which I cannot disclose but would urgently appreciate answering. I am currently registered with a GP but I am considering going to a different one whilst still registered with the other, but I am unsure of how the GP system works; is it even possible to register with two GPs? If I go to register with a GP, will they know I am already registered with a different one? If they would know, is this a problem or is this allowed? Is there a system in which they can see I am visiting these two separate medical practices and being separately diagnosed? If I were able to register and receive an appointment, and if I were to explain these issues of mine which I cannot disclose here to this other GP, could they just look on their PC screen and ask, "is this not something you were diagnosed with at a separate practitioner's a few days ago?" Essentially I am wondering if there is a database in which all this information is collected on individuals which the GP could see; obviously it would be undesirable if this new GP looked and saw I had been already been diagnosed just a week ago elsewhere. Ideally I would be hoping for a completely disconnected system in which I could stroll around seeing different GPs with none aware of my visiting of any others. These are all important questions to me as I would prefer for my GP to not be informed of an attempt to register with another GP as that would make things awkward between us.