Mr Gerald Hackett

Written by a NHS patient at Addenbrooke's Hospital

The doctor was very kind, caring, really patient and reassuring during the whole process and procedure. He explained everything in a way that I could understand it. He made sure that I was comfortable during the whole thing too. Always asking if I was ok. The doctor also asked if I wanted to look at my pelvis on the screen as well which nice and reassuring as I could also see that it was all ok.

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Written by a private patient at Spire Cambridge Lea Hospital

I saw Mr. Hackett for the first time last week and was very impressed indeed. He listened to and seemed to be very interested in what I said. He was very gentle during the examination and gave me some good advice.

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Written by a private patient at Spire Cambridge Lea Hospital

Mr Hackett was brilliant, he listened to me fully, wrote loads of notes down, explained a lot of things to me and was just genuinely a really nice man. I felt really comfortable talking with him. I came out of the appointment quite relieved and felt like it was promising to move to the next step. I would definitely recommend him to anyone. I didn’t feel rushed either during the appointment. He answered any questions for me and I didn’t feel silly asking them either. He is a brilliant man.

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Written by a NHS patient at Addenbrooke's Hospital

Mr Hackett listened to my concerns, he is very knowledgeable and caring.

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Written by a private patient at Spire Cambridge Lea Hospital

Not great at all! The worst thing for me was when he said ''you look so overweight you're infertile''. He had NO medical basis for this as I was not there for fertility and nor had I had any tests. As a 23 year old woman, the delivery of this was disgraceful and I worry as to why he thinks it's acceptable to make sweeping statements like that without any data or tests to support this. I was also left very uncomfortable after I told him that I didn't want to be on contraception anymore and his first response was ''condoms will change your sex life, have you checked this is okay with your boyfriend''. Constructive points - don't say these things! It was detrimental to my mental health and as a doctor with 20 years experience, I dread to think of how many people experienced this. There's a way to deliver a message of being overweight and recommending contraception but that was completely unacceptable and I will never be going back to him again.

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