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Posted By irmgard

"Contacting a patient"

About: Crosshouse Hospital

(as the patient),

We do not have a mobile phone signal at home, but the hospital had my husband's number to ring him at his hotel whilst I was in hospital. I had a follow up appointment last week, which the hospital needed to postpone, so they left a message on my husband's mobile, when they could have tried our landline and reached us.

As a result, we travelled 190 miles to no avail.

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Response from Eunice Goodwin, Patient Feedback Manager for NHS Ayrshire and Arran, Quality Improvement and Governance Team, NHS Ayrshire and Arran 8 years ago
Eunice Goodwin
Patient Feedback Manager for NHS Ayrshire and Arran, Quality Improvement and Governance Team,
NHS Ayrshire and Arran

I respond initially to most of the posts and ensure they are passed to the appropriate team whether they are compliments, observations or grumbles. It is important to make sure all issues are addressed and I try to encourage that to happen for all the posts as required.

Submitted on 27/10/2015 at 12:02
Published on Care Opinion at 15:42

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Oh irmgard,

What a nuisance. I am so sorry, this is something we can learn from. Perhaps we need the belts and braces approach and use both numbers. I know it can be difficult getting people in and we do depend on mobiles (perhaps too much).


I will pass this to the mangers for their consideration. I am so sorry the appointment needed changed in the first placed and sorry it lead to such a waste of your time and money. I am not sure if we can arrange reimbursement for your journey but if you want to contact me I will explore this for you.

If you do want to contact me, you can phone me on 01563 826222 or email me at eunice.goodwin@aapct.scot.nhs.uk or.

I hope the rest of your appointment run smoothly and thank you for bringing this to our attention.

Best wishes,

Eunice

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Update posted by irmgard (the patient)

I don't need compensation. I just do not want this to happen to me or to anyone else ever again. We do not all have mobile phone coverage at home. If we don't ,we do tend to have a landline.

Response from Eunice Goodwin, Patient Feedback Manager for NHS Ayrshire and Arran, Quality Improvement and Governance Team, NHS Ayrshire and Arran 8 years ago
Eunice Goodwin
Patient Feedback Manager for NHS Ayrshire and Arran, Quality Improvement and Governance Team,
NHS Ayrshire and Arran

I respond initially to most of the posts and ensure they are passed to the appropriate team whether they are compliments, observations or grumbles. It is important to make sure all issues are addressed and I try to encourage that to happen for all the posts as required.

Submitted on 28/10/2015 at 12:00
Published on Care Opinion at 17:05

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I have passed this on to the Referral Management Service amongst other Senior Managers for their awareness and consideration. The Referral Management Service policy is to try both mobile and home numbers. From your post I am unsure what service was responsible for cancelling your appointment. It could be one of many services. If you would like to contact me and tell me the service concerned, I can highlight this directly to them. Thank you again for your contact.

Eunice

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