SWEET-TALK YOUR WAY TO A REFERRAL
‘When a patient comes in and tells me they have come in “for a referral to” or to “get a prescription for”, it gets my back up,’ says one GP on condition of anonymity.
‘I’m the doctor and I’ll decide if they need a referral or prescription.’
If after two or three GP appointments the problem isn’t solved, then suggest it may be worth seeing a specialist. But the key is to make your GP think it was their idea.
So use phrases such as ‘Are there any other tests I could have that only a specialist could perform?’ or ‘Do I have any unusual symptoms that a specialist might help with?’
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1354640/Doctors-advice-How-best-GP-7-minutes.html
So bearing in mind that all GPs currently have very low or nil autism awareness, we ought to be doing as we are told by this cretin? Like this would ensure a referral for autism assessment? Even the so-called experts doing the assessments misdiagnose autistic people with things like: generalised anxiety disorder, borderline personality disorder and depression so what hope would people get from GPs if we followed his instructions! He clearly is forgetting that GPs need to be prepared to listen to the patient, as they can be very intuitive about their own health (I have direct personal examples of this myself), especially when it comes to mental health/neurodiversity. GP stands for general practitioner...a bit jack of all trades and master of none. There are too many medical professionals with an arrogant attitude, they need to learn some humility. They can be so busy trying to tick boxes and look for what they think is obvious they can easily miss the truth.
