Although the Urgent Care Centre is advertised as having a facility for checking for breaks and sprains, they do not, in fact, have an x-ray department at weekends and bank holidays. When questioned why this was, the response was that the x-ray department is run by a different provider so that facility is not open at the same time as the Urgent Care Centre - this is not mentioned in all the online sites that I have looked at. When going to the department for help, we were told that if an xray was needed, we would have to go to Queen Mary's in Sidcup. All very well if you have the transportation to get there. This is disgraceful - you either provide a complete service or you don't. How many people must come along to discover that they should have gone somewhere else in the first place? I understand that the Urgent Care Centre is run by the Hurley Group. It would be interesting to know what funding they receive from the NHS and whether that funding is supposed to support facilities that include xray and other things for the times the Centre is actually open or if these facilities have been cut in order to save funds or make a profit?
"Lack of facilities advertised"
About: Erith & District Hospital Erith & District Hospital Erith DA8 3EE
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