Hi all,
My father is 56 and has been having rectal bleeding for around 6 weeks now. He's lost a huge amount of weight (9kg in one month). His eyes are sunk, hes very pale and yellow, in so much pain he cannot walk. His stomach hurts him to the point where he cannot drive and needs assistance. His GP has been absolutely useless. He claims that he cannot do an emergency referral because hospitals arent accepting them anymore due to covid?! He claims he needs to do all the tests at the GP and once that's been done he will get into contact with the hospital for a possible referral. Now hes had 2 blood tests, 4 stool samples and they are taking absolutely forever to come back. One of his blood tests came out normal (which is a good sign, i suppose) but still, with all his symptoms i believe he NEEDS an emergency colonoscopy! Its absurd how the NHS have stopped accepting referrals because of covid, leaving people to be in so much pain without answers and only treating coronavirus patients. What do we pay tax for?! I dont want to go on too much about the NHS but my father has another gp appointment tomorrow and I will be going with him. Also just to add, the first time my dad went to him, the gp gave him a suppository and because of it he was nonstop, heavily bleeding for days! He's healed now a bit from the suppository, of course still bleeding but not like before! What are some things i can say to the GP tomorrow to get an urgent referral? And what are your thoughts on this because I would really love to hear it! P.s we considered going private but a colonoscopy is £1800. Money we do not have right now because of the pandemic and we pay tax!! Why should we go private when we pay for the nhs and we expect a service in return?
