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orthopaedic clinic visit

Posted By tomeee

"orthopaedic clinic visit"

About: Crosshouse Hospital / Trauma & orthopaedics

(as the patient),

I attended Crosshouse hospital for a visit to the orthopaedic clinic to see if my knee was at the stage of needing a replacement, on arrival I was told the consultant was running an hour late with his appointments, however I was taken on time by another doctor who looked at an x-ray from a year previous, he then proceeded to give me a horror story about the complications you can get with this operation, when he mentioned the worst case scenario about amputations I decided I had heard enough, he is going to write to my GP to explain, I feel like this is one way of keeping the waiting lists down.

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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 24/11/2015 at 16:25
Published on Care Opinion at 16:44

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Dear tomeee,

I am sorry you been put off in this way. While it is good you did not have to wait the hour you were warned about, it is a shame that your consultation does not seem to have been helpful to you. I am sure it will be helpful to seek clarification from your GP for the explanation if you wish, but we can perhaps find the answers to any questions you may still have about your knee and prospective operation. If you wish to let me know your name and date of birth the team will be able to look into this further for you. You can email me on eunice.goodwin@aapct.scot.nhs.uk or phone me on 01563 826222 if this would be helpful.

Kind regards,

Eunice

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