tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4834395892091327520.post3908137266417955215..comments2023-12-10T08:09:17.786+00:00Comments on Large blooming flower: They say getting to a GIC is a long road...Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08027942517258679266noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4834395892091327520.post-21753924719836862622012-03-04T18:08:52.142+00:002012-03-04T18:08:52.142+00:00Ah, that would explain why I found reference to a ...Ah, that would explain why I found reference to a Welsh GIC but couldn't find it. I've certainly encountered others from Wales who've found it very difficult to progress.Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08027942517258679266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4834395892091327520.post-84511644836033652572012-03-03T19:37:11.467+00:002012-03-03T19:37:11.467+00:00Hmm, all too true :( As a girl from North West Wal...Hmm, all too true :( As a girl from North West Wales who started out with a local GIC, then saw it axed by the trust, then complained and had to cobble together an ad hoc service together from practitioners who don't normally work together I have had my patience thoroughly tried by this geographical imbalance. My service is provided by a Psychosexual Therapist in one hospital, a Diabetic Endocrinologist in another and various Psychiatrists who have a passing interest in Gender issues. I sort out my own blood tests and take them down to Charing X! Need I say more?retrobassgirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04379061626865007519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4834395892091327520.post-12538234294740318292012-02-26T21:23:00.671+00:002012-02-26T21:23:00.671+00:00It's surprisingly difficult to get past that f...It's surprisingly difficult to get past that first referral step in some cases, local psychs can be dinosaurs. I'm lucky mine's seen a hell of a lot of us through ours being a big regional teaching hospital.<br /><br />There have been one or two clinics offering services either in a small way or in the past that I've left out on purpose.<br /><br />I was trying to find a decent choropleth generator but none of them did what I wanted.Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08027942517258679266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4834395892091327520.post-1215680595144165942012-02-25T07:22:58.700+00:002012-02-25T07:22:58.700+00:00Yes, Louise, you can't self-refer to a GIC in ...Yes, Louise, you can't self-refer to a GIC in England- a referral comes only after assessment by a local mental health type.<br /><br />Bristol had a sort-of-GIC once- when the PCT was broke after paying out compensation over the baby deaths scandal, they organised something to avoid having to send people outside the area. It was all a bit mysterious, but meant I got to see Prof Levy, the endocrinologist, which was good. Also delayed my getting to CX by a couple of years. Not so good.Dru Marlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03697874363783821382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4834395892091327520.post-38842213502986489212012-02-23T18:24:41.509+00:002012-02-23T18:24:41.509+00:00The situation in Scotland probably looks better th...The situation in Scotland probably looks better than it is in reality. There is a single practitioner in Edinburgh with a 2 year waiting list and I believe that the situation is the same in Aberdeen. In practice, most of us go to Glasgow. I have a drive of about an hour and a half to get there, though what you get when you do, is well worth the journey.<br /><br />Private provision up here is limited and very expensive and most of the girls who I know travel to London for private treatment.<br /><br />Interesting to read what I take to be the norm in England where girls are refered to GIC by their GP. Here, most self-refer.Louisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16810134006385252955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4834395892091327520.post-75993821557926543212012-02-23T13:14:44.472+00:002012-02-23T13:14:44.472+00:00I was lucky in that I got referred to Nottingham G...I was lucky in that I got referred to Nottingham GIC. The bus stop into Nottingham is at the bottom of my cul de sac. An hour on the bus later and I used to get off on the stop opposite the GIC building, easy. Even Now that I drive it's only a 40 minute drive along one road.Emmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17707861516638220648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4834395892091327520.post-81293501671711168482012-02-23T08:07:03.200+00:002012-02-23T08:07:03.200+00:00I never set foot in a GIC but only because I went ...I never set foot in a GIC but only because I went private and saw only my psychiatrist and my GP although my psychiatrist was in London and I live in Merseyside. I can see though what a pain it must be for those who, under the NHS, are compelled to travel all over the place for their 'assessments'.<br /><br />Shirley Anne xxxShirley Annehttp://www.minkyweasel.comnoreply@blogger.com