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This lady has concerns with the transport provided by Arriva for her husband. Her husband is a wheelchair user, this the third time that there has been cause for complaint and it is by far the worst and most distressing incident.
Arrangements were made with Arriva tor transport for an appointment at Primary Care recently. It was agreed that the transport would arrive between 11: 00 a. m. and 1: 00 p. m. In fact it did not arrive until 1: 45. The podiatrist was very good and still gave the treatment later.Arriva was informed that he was ready to go home, but the transport did not arrive until much later. The podiatrist stayed in the clinic until the transport arrived which is much appreciated and the ambulance team were very good.
They made several calls to Arriva which cost £5.00 in mobile phone calls
The call centre staff were unhelpful, complaining about lack of staff, heavy workload, repeatedly said that the transport would be with him in 15 minutes.
Eventually told that an ambulance was being diverted from another call in order to pick up and return home. Why did this need to happen?
As a result of these delays this gentleman missed having an insulin injection, which could have had serious consequences for his health.
"Delays in non-emergency patient transport"
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