How to see a doctor in the UK, how to see a private psychiatrist in the UK

Hello dear, because I don't know what country you're in, I can only take the United Kingdom as an example. Usually after arriving in the UK, in addition to going to the school to register, apply for a bank certificate, etc., the most important thing is to register a family doctor (General Practice - GP), family doctor is usually registered nearby, depending on the area you live in. In the UK, if you have any health problems, you usually make an appointment with your family doctor first, rather than going directly to the hospital, unless it is an emergency**.

The UK is a universal health insurance provider, and as an international student, you can also enjoy free medical care, but you need to pay for the medicine yourself, and the drugs in the UK are also uniform**. For mental illness, as with physical problems, it is also necessary to first describe the symptoms and the time of illness through your family doctor (only for common mental illnesses such as depression or anxiety). If medication** is required, the physician will prescribe it directly.

If there is a need for counseling, the family doctor will refer the case to the counseling clinic affiliated with the major hospitals, just like the clinic where I work, and I also receive a lot of referral cases from the family doctor every day. Then the psychiatric clinic should contact the patient within the specified time (each hospital has a different time, my hospital is within a week) to arrange an assessment, and then arrange a different level of ** according to the status of the assessment. The most basic is the group**, and then the more severe ones need to receive 6 sessions of one-on-one**, and the more serious anxiety or depression requires 12 to 16 sessions of one-on-one counseling.

Patients can also go directly to the hospital's psychological clinic on their own, ask for acceptance**, and will also be evaluated. If the patient's symptoms do not meet the common mental illness, the patient will be transferred from the psychological clinic to a secondary hospital for special treatment**. These are all free in the UK.

Usually in universities in the UK, there will also be a psychological counseling department, which is responsible for the mental health of students, you can ask about it. If you feel that there is a problem with the language, you can ask for a Chinese translation, which is also free of charge. Of course, it is also possible to seek counselling privately, and registered counsellors in the UK generally cost £60 an hour.

In the UK, the doctor is very kind to the patient, and the doctor is very careful in prescribing medicines and tests, and will not give you easy prescriptions and tests unless necessary. Because the UK has a system of separation of medicines, doctors' income is related to cost control.

Once you've been prescribed by your doctor in the UK, you can pick up your prescription at any pharmacy in the market. For children under 16 years of age, all visits** and medications are free of charge. Adults over the age of 16 are free of charge, and they have to pay for the drugs themselves, but the out-of-pocket part is very small, and if the drugs required are special, or not covered by the British National Health Service, they also need to pay for themselves.

Patients can pick up their medicine from any pharmacy with a doctor's prescription for a small fee (varies by region, but no more than £10).

The procedures for seeing a doctor can be broadly divided into the following categories: if it is an emergency, the patient can go directly to the emergency department of the hospital without making an appointment; If it is just a headache, brain fever, cold and fever and other less urgent diseases, you generally make an appointment with the family clinic in your own community, and the doctor will prescribe medicine after the diagnosis of the patient, and the patient will go home to take medicine and rest; If there are other illnesses but not an emergency, the GP will contact the relevant specialist in the hospital on behalf of the patient to arrange for further diagnosis**. As an international student, you are eligible for NHS residency** as long as you meet the following criteria:

Enrolled in a course of 6 months or more If you are studying full-time in Scotland, you are entitled to NHS treatment, regardless of the length of your study. Study in England and Wales and the majority of courses are funded by the UK**, regardless of the length of the course. "Mostly" means at least 35% funded by **.

You will need to provide proof of funding in order to enjoy the free fee**. However, you may not be eligible for free GP consultations. This benefit also applies to your spouse and children under the age of 16.

If the child is a full-time student, it is lowered to under 19 years of age. At present, the expenses borne by NHS include: family doctor's consultation fees, inpatient medical expenses (but some hospitalization expenses and items are still self-paying), prenatal check-up and delivery medical expenses, etc.

Due to the separation of medicine in the UK, after the consultation, you can go to the pharmacy with the doctor's prescription to buy medicine, except for children under 16 years old, full-time students under 19 years old, the elderly, the disabled or pregnant (maternity) who have been issued with a certificate of free medicine, others must pay the price of medicines.

1. For general outpatient clinics, you must first register for GP

2. Direct outpatient clinic - walk-in center 3, go to the pharmacy to solve small problems - pharmacy 4, emergency.

The current healthcare system in the UK is the National Health Service (NHS) system, which is a publicly-funded healthcare system with a social welfare nature. The body is the capital of the revolution, and it is a phrase that Chinese often like to hang on their lips.

As an international student in a foreign country, it is important to have a basic medical guideline. When it comes to foreign healthcare systems, the contradiction between free medical care and high medical costs always coexists. Similar to Studying in the United States, Don't Call an Ambulance If You Are Sick, Otherwise You May Die of Heartache The news that Chinese students who are unable to afford to see a doctor abroad and are injured in China is often seen in the newspapers.

After all, living in a strange country, health is the top priority in addition to daily life, food, clothing, shelter, transportation and study. The famous English Renaissance philosopher Francis Bacon once said: The healthy body is the living room of the soul, and the sick body is the confinement of the soul.

A healthy body can make students in a foreign country more attentive to their studies, and it can also make parents who are worried about their stomachs less worried. Illness is something that everyone does not want to happen, but it is unavoidable. However, everyone has been sick to a greater or lesser extent, greater or less, so the medical system and system have always been the focus of public attention.

The 2018 hit movie "I Am Not the God of Medicine" also focused on the imperfections of China's medical system. For the majority of international students, the medical system and medical procedures of other countries are even more confusing.

Let's popularize a wave of knowledge points first:

NHS, National Health Service. It's an umbrella term, and it's the equivalent of a department, which manages all the hospitals, clinics and medical staff in the UK. Because the NHS fee has been paid at the same time as the UK visa, everyone has the right to visit hospitals and clinics as many times as they want.

GP, General Practitioner. GPs generally stay in GP Surgery, which is a GP clinic. As the UK's healthcare system is a "Residence-Based Healthcare System", everyone needs to register, make an appointment and see a doctor at GP Surgery near where they live.

You have to make a reservation with the hospital first, and then go according to the time, and when you arrive at the hospital, you will be given a printed piece of paper with the name and date of the patient's doctor. Then they just sit there and wait, and the doctor will call the name, and when the name is called, he will go in.

If you are in a hurry to go to the hospital, you can go directly to Walk in Centre, which is the same as above, but you don't need to make a reservation.

If it's more urgent, you can call 999, an ambulance, and if the situation is urgent, it will send ***, which is the yellow ***. All of the above are free.

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