I rarely go to see my GP . He is one of those who is not at all helpful if you go about a mental health problem but when you go about a physical problem he will do the It's to do with you having a mental illness' bit.
Now i accept there can be a mind-body connection but not all physical things are a due to one being mentally ill.
When i do go he tends to make me feel 6 inches tall.
I also don't go because basically he is an awful doctor. He was terrible when it came to my late wife's problems.
For example putting her on an asthmas pump and telling her she should take it as required as opposed to twice a day. Failing to treat a post operative infection from a lumpectomy she had(she was prone to post operative infections) resulting in radiotherapy being delayed several months while community nurses came into treat the gaping wound that resulted.
One time the community nurse even phoned to ask him to make a home visit because she was so concerned. He wouldn't and i had to go along with her to the surgery.
Then there was the fact that he and the practice nurse wouldn't believe me/didn't pay attention when i said i was concerned about my wife re memory and behaviour problems. They acted as though i was exaggerating because i was mentally ill. This meant i was left struggling for ages before i could get anyone to take on board she had problems.
Which was bad for her and didn't exactly help re being mentally ill and the stress.

On top of that mistakes when it came to prescriptions . These if repeat prescriptions being done via computer by the receptionist and then taken into the doctor for his signature.
One time they put her down for a beta blocker when it should have been an anti arthritis medication.
Another time i went about a water infection problem. He spent a couple of minutes looking through his drug book and wrote out a prescription.
When i gave it to my local pharmacist he turned round to me and said 'What did he use? A third world medical book? There's no such thing!'
He like my doctor is Asian so he was not being racist.

I have not been in the surgery since a few months before my wife died nearly three years except to pick up my repeat prescription.

I can change gp but last few times i checked there was not a place available at another Gp within the catchment area.