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childrens bloods

Posted By merryweather

"childrens bloods"

About: Bristol Royal Hospital For Children / Paediatrics

(as a parent/guardian),

My 10 year old son has been having persistent leg pain for 4 weeks, after redtting for two weeks with no improvement a return visit to our gp has resulted in me being given a blood request form and bring told that " they want to rule out leukemia"

Can you imagine my dispare when the first available appointment to get bloods taken at the childrens hospital or south bristol walk in centre is two weeks away.

I have been advised to call monday to see if they have a cancellation but they are very busy and short staffed.

I am disgusted that a test for such a devastating illness cannot be done as a matter of urgency.

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Response from Bristol Royal Hospital For Children 9 years ago
Bristol Royal Hospital For Children

Submitted on 20/04/2015 at 14:00
Published on nhs.uk on 21/04/2015 at 01:01

We are very concerned to hear about your experience. We can fully understand how distressing this must have been, particularly when the reasons for the blood test were described by your GP in this way. Please can you contact our LIAISE team so that we can look into this for you: 0117 342 8065 or 0117 342 8158, email: bchinfo@UHBristol.nhs.uk . Thank you.

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