10.6 Women have their say: On medical
services locally
Mother of three children:
"We have to
wait a long time for appointments"
Mother, 31-40
age group:
"NowDoc
[is] not very reliable"
Woman, 41-50 age group:
"NowDoc is
not fulfilling my needs - [I] think there should be
a doctor available 24/7 without being questioned"
Married
living with husband, 51-60 age group:
"If things
don't improve with healthcare I will move nearer to
Dublin or Galway"
Married 31- 40 age group:
" I had to
wait eight and a half months for the results of a routine
smear test; when I got the results, there was slight
abnormal cells"
Mother
of two children:
If you can't get transport [you] can't
come to the doctor. There's only one doctor on
duty to cover all of Inishowen"
Mother,
31-40 age group:
"Could be far better - doctor never
takes enough time with patient"
Mother, 31-40 age group:
"Apart
from the cost [I'm] satisfied with the service"
Mother,
31-40 age group:
"[I'm] worried about calling the doctor
- NowDoc - out at weekends, evenings and bank holidays.
[I] feel that it would be a big problem - [I] don't
like that service!"
Single woman, under 30 (with British
medical card):
"[I'm] very dissatisfied with the
Irish medical [service], [I] prefer the British one"
Divorced woman:
"[I'm] happy with my local doctor,
it's the system that's unsatisfactory - total lack of
respect"
Woman,
recently bereaved:
"[I] feel very let down by NowDoc
- it was hard having to explain every time I needed
a doctor for [recently deceased relative], it made it
very impersonal. [My] local doctors were very good and
very aware of my feelings"
Woman,
51-60 age group:
"[I'm] not taken seriously because
of my age"
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