Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
NHS appointments
re my earlier question about NHS appointments constantly postponed or cancelled; (I queried whether this is because I am ancient) several people responded with similar experience I'm really annoyed as have just had another call to say 'rheum' clinic date cancelled I had hoped for help with my horrible gout is it inefficiency? ageism? what?
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Permalink Reply by PhoebeMac on
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It may be a sneaky way of making sure they meet some sort of target? They offer an appointment within x timeframe to meet a target and then cancel it?
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how inhuman if true!
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Permalink Reply by Sharon on
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My Dad's knee replacement op was cancelled 3 times( he is 70). The last time he was gowned up and had the markings on his knee! He was fourth time lucky. Paradoxically, my 20 year old son suffered a break to his ankle which didn't repair properly so 6 weeks later, with just one days notice, he had another operation. He was told that if he'd been 65 or over, they wouldn't have bothered.
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that is appalling who told him that?
I hope he is all right now?
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He is making progress, thanks for asking :-) He was told this by the orthopaedic surgeon at the (un named) local hospital. The risk to my son was that arthritis would set in and affect his mobility for life...but still...
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do you mind if I make a suggestion? after a rather horrific motorbike crash 26 years ago, I was told that arthritis would set in if I didn't do the hand exercises to my enormous surprise, I have actually done them regularly and I had no problem until gout attacked me recently can you make sure he gets the right guidance and then does the exercises? I wish him well
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thank you you are more hopeful than I am
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further to above: both my rheum and my thoracic clinic appts at the Whittington have been postponed until December in both cases, I have had 2 copies of each letter and in the latter case the 2 letters give me different dates in December and neither mentions the lung appt which is usually half an hour after the thoracic clinic is that postponed too? cancelled? or what?
a senior NHS manager tells me I am right- the NHS is ageist the frequent mistakes made in appts are because the staff are on minimum pay!
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