{"id":12164,"date":"2024-10-10T14:18:14","date_gmt":"2024-10-10T13:18:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bnssghealthiertogether.org.uk\/?page_id=12164"},"modified":"2025-02-02T22:09:17","modified_gmt":"2025-02-02T22:09:17","slug":"getting-the-best-from-an-appointment","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bnssghealthiertogether.org.uk\/gu\/your-health\/appointments-and-planned-care\/getting-the-best-from-an-appointment\/","title":{"rendered":"\u0aa8\u0abf\u0aaf\u0ac1\u0a95\u0acd\u0aa4 \u0aae\u0ac1\u0ab2\u0abe\u0a95\u0abe\u0aa4\u0aae\u0abe\u0a82\u0aa5\u0ac0 \u0ab6\u0acd\u0ab0\u0ac7\u0ab7\u0acd\u0aa0 \u0ab2\u0abe\u0aad \u0aae\u0ac7\u0ab3\u0ab5\u0ab5\u0acb"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"assembler_default-group assembler_module_group assembler_default-group_1 assembler_module_group_1\"><div class=\"assembler_module_area assembler_module_area_1\"><div class=\"assembler_table-of-contents-module assembler_module assembler_table-of-contents-module_1 assembler_module_1  transparent\"><a tabindex=\"-1\" title=\"Section titled module-1\" id=\"module-1\" href=\"https:\/\/bnssghealthiertogether.org.uk\/gu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12164\/#module-1\" class=\"anchor\"><span class=\"hidden\">Section titled module-1<\/span><\/a><!-- Template found for table-of-contents-module - 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Share your notes and explain to them what you want to achieve.<\/p>\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=g7c_CYQ8VJo\" class=\"btn-link flex w-[fit-content] \" rel=\"noopener\">Video: Taking photos of your skin and sending them securely to your GP - NHS England YouTube<\/a>\n\n<h2>During your appointment<\/h2>\n<p>Your healthcare specialist will expect you to take notes and ask as many questions as you need to. Try to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>be clear about the symptoms you\u2019re experiencing, and be honest \u2013 they\u2019ll have heard it all before, so there\u2019s no need to be embarrassed<\/li>\n<li>be polite but clear about what you\u2019d like the doctor to do \u2013 such as refer you to a specialist or prescribe a different medication<\/li>\n<li>take notes<\/li>\n<li>ask for something to be repeated or explained if you\u2019re not sure that you\u2019ve understood<\/li>\n<li>ask for printed information explaining any procedures or background on your condition<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you have a long-term condition, your GP or specialist will offer resources to help you manage your condition at home and, on diagnosis, will help you to create a care plan.<\/p>\n<p>For more detailed information about getting the best from an appointment, please visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhs.uk\/using-the-nhs\/nhs-services\/gps\/\" rel=\"noopener\">NHS website<\/a>.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\r\n  <\/section><\/div><!-- .assembler_text-module.assembler_module.assembler_text-module_2.assembler_module_2..transparent --><\/div><!-- .assembler_module_area.assembler_module_area_1 --><\/div><!-- .assembler_default-group.assembler_module_group.assembler_default-group_1.assembler_module_group_1  -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Section titled module-1 Appointments and planned care Contents Getting the best from an appointment Translation and interpreting services Patient transport services Hospital appointments The Referral Service Preparing for an operation Waiting for your hospital care Hospital appointment waiting times Cancer support Section titled module-2 Getting the best from an appointment Here you\u2019ll find information on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":34002,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12164","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bnssghealthiertogether.org.uk\/gu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12164","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bnssghealthiertogether.org.uk\/gu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bnssghealthiertogether.org.uk\/gu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bnssghealthiertogether.org.uk\/gu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bnssghealthiertogether.org.uk\/gu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12164"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/bnssghealthiertogether.org.uk\/gu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12164\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36968,"href":"https:\/\/bnssghealthiertogether.org.uk\/gu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12164\/revisions\/36968"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bnssghealthiertogether.org.uk\/gu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/34002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bnssghealthiertogether.org.uk\/gu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bnssghealthiertogether.org.uk\/gu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}