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About: University Hospital Hairmyres / Medical/Gastroenterology (Ward 11)

(as a service user),

Attended this hospital for IBD. Met the doctor once & was thereafter continuously put in with a pharmacist who I believe was unqualified in dealing with Crohn’s symptoms to comment on ongoing issues, nor able to do physical exams. Complained to patient affairs at Hairmyres about this, & it feels as though the doctor took it extremely personally. They refused to put me in with another IBD doctor in their unit, & instead I had to go to another hospital.

This held my treatment up for months and has caused extreme concerns for me re IBD standards within Lanarkshire. It took 7 months to give me an appointment with a doctor at Hairmyres, but at that point all faith in this hospital had been lost due to the way I've been treated. Including their patient affairs dept. I have notified patient affairs on numerous occasions that face-to-face appointments will exacerbate symptoms, yet have been ignored and no reasonable adjustments put in place. Why couldn’t they do a telephone consultation?

My infusions have been cancelled, which has put my heath at major risk & I'm told I am no longer a patient of Hairmyres Hospital! I feel this is extreme discrimination and I need answers, as nobody seems to be explaining what is going on here. No phone contact has been made. No letter received. Disgusting behaviour, in my view. 

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Response from Lise Axford, Chief of Nursing, University Hospital Hairmyres, NHS Lanarkshire 13 months ago
Lise Axford
Chief of Nursing, University Hospital Hairmyres,
NHS Lanarkshire
Submitted on 31/03/2023 at 20:17
Published on Care Opinion at 20:17


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Dear runningjq59

I am sorry to hear that you remain so distressed regarding your IBD treatment at Hairmyres Hospital. I would be grateful if you could contact the corporate complaints team so they can provide further assistance and guidance.

email: PatientAffairs.Corporate@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk

TEl: 01698 752800

Thank you

Lise

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Update posted by runningjq59 (a service user)

I’m both grateful and extremely surprised at this prompt response. This is certainly not what I would have expected after dealing with patient affairs & corporate office. The patient affairs dept have dismissed everything & sent a formal response - however this did not include any answers to my queries .. merely a timeline of events.

I have since been forwarded to head office @ Kirklands… similarly in the same robotic manner I was told my complaint has already been responded to (even though no answers have actually been given).

I should take it further, but the ombudsman stance is that until the hospital take responsibility and answer my questions then they cannot intervene.

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