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You're right that it's frustrating, but it's a no win situation (I'm a GP myself, btw).
It isn't the patient's fault, but it is the reality. People fall through the cracks, important things gets missed, we know this and hate it too. We call it moral injury, the phenomenon of building pain because we can't actually meet people's needs or fully do what is right.
I hope the reply is clear that this isn't push back. We wish we had more time with each patient. We wish we didn't need to reign it in, but we're already stretched too thin. We know it's frustrating. We're frustrated too
Bullshit. You're a Physician Associate aren't you? I just went through all the "doctors" on my local GPs surgery and a lot of them are PAs. Including the ones who said "we can't prescribe anti-psychotics anymore as GPs"*. Even though I was begging them to cos the voices were killing me. Couple of weeks later I was taken to hospital in a coma after a suicide attempt - cos the voices wouldn't stop!! And no one would help me.
Oh and I also went to my local A&E 5 fucking times begging for help cos the voices were threatening to torture and kill me.
Yes I said the magic words - "I'm going to kill myself".
They said: "Sorry but we've no beds - go home".
I'm tempted to complain to the NHS, hospital and MP but considering I do just want to fucking die, still, what's the point?
/Rant
*They said only psychiatrists can prescribe them! I've been prescribed quetiapine before by GPs but apparently something changed. Personally I think it's just PA's can't prescribe them.