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"Treatment Room waiting area"

About: Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

I had to attend Geoffrey Street Health Centre today for the first time . I will never go there again. My appointment was arranged for 9:40am. I got there at 9:10. Asked receptionist at front desk where to sit for Treatment Room. The receptionist said " by the clock ". I sat facing the clock, just to the right of the door to treatment room. 9:40 came and went. Staff and patients coming and going through the door. I went to find someone, by now 10:10am. Found a very stroppy member of staff who said " you are late for your appointment" when I told them I had been there since 9:10 and where I had been sitting, they then told me it was my own fault for sitting in the wrong chair. I was sitting for 30 minutes directly opposite the correct chairs. I explained that I had never been there before. The receptionist very rudely told me that I had to wait until other people had been seen. I got into the Treatment Room. Saw the member of staff I had made the appointment with and had discussed the reason why I needed to see them last week on phone. I had to have my old bandages removed and new ones put on ( on both legs ) my legs were very swollen and I am having compression stockings applied in a few weeks. The old bandages were removed and then they said " oh you don't have any wounds. It's NHS policy not to re bandage where there are no wounds. " this had not been explained last week on phone. They did it grudgingly. I explained that if my legs weren't re bandaged today, they would swell up again. That I would be back to square one. Never going back there again ! Very stressful and upsetting day.

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Response from Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust 6 years ago
Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
Submitted on 30/05/2017 at 11:30
Published on nhs.uk at 13:32


Thank you for taking the time to provide us with feedback on your experience of our services. I am sorry you are disappointed with the service. At Lancashire care we are keen to understand peoples experiences and as such would be very grateful if you would contact the Hearing Feedback Team in order for us to better explore what has happened in your case. You can do this by email; hearing.feedback@lancashirecare.nhs.uk or by phone; 01772 695315 or by Freepost at FREEPOST LANCASHIRE CARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST.

Regards,

Sarah Harrison, Head of Hearing Feedback

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