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Not worth a new thread but:
I'm not registered with a GP. I have been to see one only once in the past 10 years - (about 6 months ago when I had a bacterial throat infection that resulted in my tonsils swelling so severely that I had difficulty breathing. I couldn't eat for a fortnight and had difficulty drinking - lost a lot of weight).
I have occasional heart murmur/palpitation things which seemingly come out of nowhere - very fast and erratic heartbeat sometimes for as long as five minutes -then it disappears.
I'm planning to cycle to Spain in August and want to have a full medical check up before I go. What's the best way to do this?
The doctor I met in January RE. my throat seemed under so much pressure from huge queues that I just don't think that I'd get a full and thorough check-up I want - specifically my heart.
What's this private healthcare lark all about? I genuinely have no idea about such things.
Is it possibly to pay a one off fee for a full medical at a private healthcare centre or do you need to "be a member" or equivalent.
I live in deepest darkest Hackney where (from ringing around a few practises) they seem hugely under staffed and under pressure which I don't want to A. add to and B. from a more selfish perspective I don't want that to affect the quality and thoroughness of my examination. I've never had a medical in my life from memory so don't really know the extent of it apart from the dramatic interpretations of latex gloves and being asked to cough.
Thoughts/tips/htfu's all welcome.