University Of Sussex Health Centre 2018-01-02 Person 2 5 0

The fact it is nurse led slows down the process of receiving care. You should be able to see a doctor when you need to and not have to have 2 initial appointments which are time consuming and more stress. If after the doctors appointment you need to be referred to something else and wait for test results etc. (I had to wait 3 weeks from my nurse appointment to get the results of a blood test in order to afterwards book a doctors appointment when I'd been unwell for 2 months prior already having been not listened to and told by a nurse to just drink more water at previous appointment). It can be months before you even get a diagnosis let alone treatment as every step of the way has a waiting list and by that time you're in a worse state or got better on your own having had a worse quality of life within that period. Right now I feel I need to see a doctor and I don't have the stamina to have to get seen by a nurse, tell them things that's difficult to talk about for them to see it fit for me to book an appointment with a doctor where I'll have to go through the process again. I'm aware this isn't the fault of individuals working at the practice and is a result of nhs budget cuts, but being nurse led is making problems worse.