{"id":1245,"date":"2013-02-12T08:34:32","date_gmt":"2013-02-12T08:34:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.better2know.co.uk\/?p=1245"},"modified":"2024-02-23T10:51:49","modified_gmt":"2024-02-23T10:51:49","slug":"what-happens-if-my-gp-thinks-i-have-a-std","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/what-happens-if-my-gp-thinks-i-have-a-std\/","title":{"rendered":"What happens if my GP thinks I have a STD?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>If you are worried that you have an STD or STI one option is to go to your GP.\u00a0 However most GPs will not offer tests on site and will direct you to a GUM (Genito Urinary Medicine) clinic for testing (and there is only one reason why you will go there).<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/doctor-visit-1-1024x518.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7636\" width=\"768\" height=\"389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/doctor-visit-1-1024x518.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/doctor-visit-1-300x152.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/doctor-visit-1-768x388.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/doctor-visit-1-1536x777.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/doctor-visit-1-2048x1036.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>However a study has found that many patients were disappointed that their GPs were not able to provide the service that they wanted.&nbsp; Many felt that they had taken a big step by saying what they had wanted out loud and they did not want to repeat this to someone in a GUM clinic they did not know and would prefer to be treated by their GP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At Better2Know we will make sure that you get the treatment you want during your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/clinics\/book-online\/choose-clinic\">STD Testing appointment<\/a>. Explain what you want when you book and we will answer your question there and then or you can ask our doctor or nurse during your appointment or when you get your results.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you are worried that you have an STD or STI one option is to go to your GP.\u00a0 However most GPs will not offer tests on site and will direct you to a GUM (Genito Urinary Medicine) clinic for testing (and there is only one reason why you will go there).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":""},"categories":[20,16,14],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[843,761,2077,807,735],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1245"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1245"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1245\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7917,"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1245\/revisions\/7917"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1245"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=1245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}