Thing is, I think from a people-pleaser perspective, the doctor would probably be most pleased if you have something serious/interesting wrong with you. The last thing they’re going to be pleased by is yet another reticent man coming in saying ‘well I’m not sure it’s really anything, I’ve just had a bit of a pain in the mornings recently, but I wasn’t even sure whether I needed to come in or not’.

It is a joke these days when you are asked to put the name/contact details of your GP on a form or whatever – “whoever happens to be free on the one appointment they were able to offer me within a six week period”.