Busy Nhs!!

[Caran]

Had a phone call from the hospital asking if I still wanted an appointment.
When I asked what for the lady said I was on the list to see a doctor re high blood pressure and cholesterol. I said I had no knowledge of this. She remarked that two a half years ago I went on the list to see a doctor and I had just come to the top of the list. I told her my condition is managed by pills from my GP so I didn't need the appointment after all this time.
I know they are busy but I think this was a bit extreme.

[tonyav]

two a half years ago !

Good job your GP sorted you out with pills then, Caran.

[marval]

That is too long to wait, glad your GP has sorted you out.

[TonyV]

That is just a joke. I will not knock the NHS when you have a emergency they are superb, but routine stuff its getting worse. When I visit my local hospital you may walk through some blood spattered corridors, until you pass management area, staircase with shag pile carpet deep enough to lose yourself in and fresh flowers.
The trust system is simply not working IMO.

[Mamyalynne]

No wonder you'd forgotten Caran.

Deep shag pile on stairs is dangerous, you think they'd know that Tony.

[JF85]

Presumably somebody put you on the hospital list in the first place? I'm not sure individuals can self-refer, so my guess is that it was your GP who asked them to see you.

Or did you not see your GP about it until you got bored waiting for the hospital to call you in?

[Rosetta]

one of the problems is tick box targets, rather than actual need

[Buenchico]

Things will only be really bad though when the maternity unit has a two-and-a-half year waiting list ;-)

[TonyV]

Lynne you would had thought so, but it managers choice I guess? Pet hate of mine managers running wards and hospitals not nurses, and how they get ripped of on prices they pay pharmaceutical companies for some day to day meds like paracetamol etc.

[Caran]

I really do have memory problems. When a friend asks me what I did at weekend I have to say I can't remember. So I don't stand a chance of remembering what happened two and a half years ago!

[TonyV]

Chris lol

[Peter Pedant]

it is called list washing

[Caran]

What is list washing?