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Breast cancer follow up problems

Posted By AAJA

"Breast cancer follow up problems"

About: St Albans City Hospital / General surgery Watford General Hospital / General surgery

(as the patient),

Operation September 2013. Told 3 monthly follow ups and a mammogram on anniversary of operation.

First follow up called twice by wrong name. Then told half my notes were missing.

Second follow up I had to ring for appointment as it was not automatically sent.

Third follow up due mid June 2014. Again I telephoned. Told there is a backlog and I am on a waiting list. I am on holiday from 12 July for 2 weeks and again 1 August for 1 week. Looks like St Albans Hospital could slip my appointment to September thus missing out one complete check up.

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Response from Antony Tiernan, Director of Corporate Affairs and Communications, Communications and corporate affairs, West Herfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust 9 years ago
Antony Tiernan
Director of Corporate Affairs and Communications, Communications and corporate affairs,
West Herfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust

I lead a team who help manage the way we listen to and communicate with our patients and their families, as well as our own staff and volunteers. Feel free to tweet me via @AntonyTiernan

Submitted on 29/07/2014 at 16:18
Published on Care Opinion at 16:21

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Thank you for taking the time to let us have feedback about your follow-up appointments at St Albans Hospital.

I would like to start by apologising for the problems you have had and that you have had to chase us for appointments. This is not what I would expect.

I would be really grateful if you could please contact our patient advice and liaison service (PALS) so that they can look into this for you and ensure that you receive your future appointments at the correct times (and without having to chase us).

Our PALS team can be contacted via email pals@whht.nhs.uk or by calling 01923 217 198.

Once again, please accept my sincere apologies for the difficulties you have faced.

Please do not hesitate to contact me if you need to. My email is antony.tiernan@whht.nhs.uk or you can call 01923 436 229. Alternatively, you can tweet me: @AntonyTiernan.

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Response from Watford General Hospital 8 years ago
Watford General Hospital

Submitted on 13/10/2015 at 12:44
Published on nhs.uk on 14/10/2015 at 02:31

We are sorry to learn that your experience of our hospital was not as expected.

If you would like us to investigate this matter further on your behalf, please contact our colleagues in the Complaints Department on 01923 217866.

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